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UN:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT URGES ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE:12/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)
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UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network /
- 12 October 2007 –
The world's island States and most vulnerable
developing countries are waiting for concrete measures to deal with climate
change, General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim said today.
Addressing
the Rotary Club of Mulheim, Germany, Mr. Kerim said it was vital that
participants at the major summit on climate change taking place in Bali in
December develop a new regime for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other
contributors to global warming.
A
reduction in emissions is particularly important for island and poor nations,
who have for “around 20 years heard enough solemn speeches” on the subject
but witnessed few results, he said.
Mr.
Kerim stressed the need for the entire United Nations system, including the UN
Development Programme (UNDP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and
the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), to work more closely together in the fight
against climate change.
He
also said the General Assembly continues to have a valuable role as a forum for
the 192 Member States to debate ideas and the best ways to respond, adapt and
mitigate the effects of climate change.
Mr.
Kerim said the inter-connected nature of the world made the UN more essential
than ever, but he added that it must ensure, by way of continuous reform, that
it is as effective as possible in dealing with the biggest global questions.
As
General Assembly President, he said he hoped it would become more of an
interactive forum between States, rather than one in which countries use
“pre-fabricated statements” to engage in “ritual monologues.”
Yesterday,
Mr. Kerim was in the Belgian capital, Brussels, for meetings with European
Parliament President Hans-Gert Poetering and the European Union's High
Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana. The
meetings focused on the priority themes of the Assembly this session: climate
change, countering terrorism, finance for development, the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) and management reform.
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