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12:58, December 03, 2007 |
Indonesian State Minister for Environment Rachmat Witoelar was elected president of the 13th Session of Conference of Parties (COP13) to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) here on Monday.
Witoelar took over the helm from COP12 President David Mwiraria at the opening session of the UN climate change conference which to run until Dec. 14.
Witoelar said that he hoped "we will be very successful in the coming years." The Bali meeting came after some high-level discussions about climate change this year, such as G-8 summit in Germany and a UN climate meeting in New York, he said
Witoelar said "We are here to send a 'strong' statement to the international community that the international community needs to continue efforts in this regard."
The conference is expected to come up with a so-called "Bali roadmap" to a climate change regime after the 1997 Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012.
Source: Xinhua
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