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Asian & European Foreign Ministers Agree on Need for Post-2012 Climate Regime
The Foreign Ministers of the 45 ASEM member states gathered in the historic town hall of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg for the 8th ASEM Foreign Ministers Conference from 28 to 29 May. The ASEM members agreed to intensify regional cooperation on global issues and in resolving international conflicts. One of the main themes of the conference was tackling climate change. Participants reinforced their belief that only joint decisive action can save the world from the consequences of advancing global warming. The ASEM members therefore support a comprehensive global follow-up regime to the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012. This follow-up program is intended to take account of the common but differentiated responsibility of the international community for global warming. In the Presidency’s final statement, which had been submitted to all ASEM members, the ASEM Foreign Ministers underline the need for a global and comprehensive post-2012 climate regime, in accordance with the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities. The statement acknowledged the role played by targets in improving investment security for renewable energies and energy efficiency. Negotiations should be completed by 2009 if at all possible. Federal Foreign Minister Steinmeier pointed out that the Bali Conference in December 2007 would be a crucial factor in this process. The 45 members of the ASEM cooperation are Japan, China, India, Mongolia, Pakistan, South Korea, the 10 states in the ASEAN alliance (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Viet Nam, Myanmar, the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Cambodia), the ASEAN General Secretariat as well as the 27 European Union Member States and the European Commission. The four ASEM Coordinators are the German EU Presidency, the Commission, China and Brunei Darussalam. The EU High Representative for the CFSP, Javier Solana, took part in an ASEM Foreign Ministers Meeting as a guest for the first time in Hamburg, underlining ASEM's growing security-policy dimension. ASEM participants also discussed current international crisis and conflict regions such as Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and the Middle East, as well as the situation on the Korean peninsula and nuclear non-proliferation issues. Members agreed to intensify regional cooperation on global issues and in resolving international conflicts. May 31, 2007 source: EU2007.de Links
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