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Prime Minister Pahor attends climate summit in Copenhagen

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen, where leaders endeavoured to unify positions on adopting a new, comprehensive global agreement on combating climate change after 2012 when the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol ends.
 

(Foto: Kristina Kosec/Bobo)

 
In a statement on the margins of the plenary session, Prime Minister Pahor said that "the key policy question concerning climate negotiations is equity in burden-sharing for sustainable development", adding that "no global issue with proposals for solutions to climate change has ever reached the heads of state and government so quickly".  No nation, culpable or not, has been excluded from this; all are involved to a greater or lesser extent. Further, the European Council met at an extraordinary session and decided to support the new climate agreement.
 

(Foto: Kristina Kosec/Bobo)

 
On the margins of the summit, Prime Minister Pahor held a number of shorter bilateral meetings. Among others, he met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Premier of the People's Republic of China Wen Jiabao  and South African President Jacob Zuma.