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CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS MUST ALSO TACKLE POVERTY, INDONESIAN LEADER TELLS UN
The solution to the problems posed by climate change must be linked to sustainable development so that the world?s least affluent countries can conquer poverty, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told the United Nations General Assembly today.
Speaking at the annual high-level debate at UN Headquarters in New York, the President said it was important to not lose sight of the fight against poverty when trying to combat climate change.
He said the global summit to be held in Bali, Indonesia, this December ?must yield a new roadmap? that spells out what both the developed and developing world must do ?to save humankind and its planet from the looming tragedy of climate change.?
The Bali summit seeks to determine future action on mitigation, adaptation, the global carbon market and financing responses to climate change for the period after the expiration of the Kyoto Protocol ? the current global framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions ? in 2012.
Mr. Yudhoyono said the summit ?must produce an outcome and timeline that will be more comprehensive and more ambitious in achieving its practical objectives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
?We developing countries must protect our natural resources while using them wisely for development,? he added.
He said he was optimistic that there is now a window of opportunity to strike a global consensus to deal with global warming.<script><!-- D(["mb","\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>Indonesia also launched a Special Leaders?\nMeeting of Tropical Rainforest Countries yesterday and the President said\nthat the participating nations have agreed to strengthen their cooperation\nso that the forests can be better conserved.\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>?We also believe that countries that seek\nto enhance their carbon sinks ? through forestation, afforestation, avoided\ndeforestation ? should be given incentive and rewarded fairly for doing\nso.?\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>* * *\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>HONDURAN LEADER URGES UN ASSEMBLY TO ADDRESS\nMIGRATION AS HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>The President of Honduras today urged national\nleaders attending the General Assembly's annual high-level debate to deal\nwith migration not as a threat or problem but as a human rights issue.\n\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales said it is a great\nparadox of the current age that while borders are opening for commerce\nand goods, they are closing for people and migrants. The issue of migration\nshould be a central concern to both sending and receiving countries, he\nsaid.\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>He said Honduras had authority to speak on\nthe issue, given its history as a multi-ethnic and multiracial society\nthat has a served as a place of transit and refuge. ?Migration never has\nbeen and never should be considered a crime or a threat,? he said. The\nissue should not be on the security agenda of countries but rather should\nbe considered in the context of development, he added.\u003c/font\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"\>?Migration is a right, a simple and elemental\nhuman right,? he declared, adding that it would be ?myopic? to view\nthe problem only from the perspective of family remittances or other narrow\nissues. ?The problem is more complex and difficult? involving factors\nsuch as economic and political structures, natural disasters, wars, violence,\npoverty and unemployment, he said.",1] ); //--></script>
Indonesia also launched a Special Leaders? Meeting of Tropical Rainforest Countries yesterday and the President said that the participating nations have agreed to strengthen their cooperation so that the forests can be better conserved.
?We also believe that countries that seek to enhance their carbon sinks ? through forestation, afforestation, avoided deforestation ? should be given incentive and rewarded fairly for doing so.?