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Friday, 9 November 2001
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AGREEMENT
ELUDES NEGOTIATORS
FRIDAY,
7:00 PM GMT
Delegates
to COP-7 are still struggling to reach a deal as the meeting enters its
final hours. As high-level negotiations continued late Friday, delegates
were struggling to complete an agreement on the operational details for
the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. Such an agreement is widely seen as an essential
prerequisite for ratification and entry into force of the Protocol. Above
photo: Delegates with Executive Secretary Cutajar in a huddle during
high-level negotiations.
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Left photo: Delegates waiting to enter the negotiation room.
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The
final stage of discussions began Thursday night, with a package deal on the
mechanisms, compliance and Articles 5, 7 and 8 proposed in the evening by
facilitators Valli Moosa of South Africa and Phillipe Roch of Switzlerland.
According to reports, by 10:30 pm Thursday, all regional groups except the
Umbrella Group had accepted the deal. At 11:30 pm, ministers reconvened to
hear whether the Umbrella Group would join the consensus. However, no deal
had been made by shortly before 1:00 am, and ministers decided to resume at
9:00 am Friday after consultations with capitals, amid concerns as to
whether a deal could be struck Friday.
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As of 6:45 pm Friday, negotiations had still not produced a deal, with
eligibility, sinks and Article 3.14 remaining as disputed issues. Left
photo: US delegate en route to the negotiations.
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Above photos L-R: Minister of Japan and Minister of
the Netherlands
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In
cooperation with the UNFCCC Secretariat, the ENB will also publish
ENB
on the side -
a special daily report on selected side events from COP-7.
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ENB Summary of UNFCCC COP-6bis
in PDF (English,
Fran�ais)
The official website for
COP-7. This site provides ready access to the Provisional
Agenda , Annotated
Provisional Agenda and Daily Programme, Documents,
and Press Corner for all press releases during the event.
UNFCCC Secretariat web site
Linkages Climate page with links to recent coverage
of UNFCCC-related Workshops and an introduction to the climate change
process.
ENB coverage of SB-13 (Lyon),
SB-12 (Bonn) , COP-5,
COP-6 and COP-6bis
Rio Policy
Forum:State of GHG Market
Other COP-6 Online
resources
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