BINDING TARGETS FOR GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION MUST BE ADOPTED IN KYOTO, JAPAN TELLS ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE CORRECTION

Press Release
GA/EF/2788/

BINDING TARGETS FOR GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION MUST BE ADOPTED IN KYOTO, JAPAN TELLS ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/EF/2788 of 7 November the first two sentences of the fourth paragraph in page 4, summarizing the statement of the representative of Turkey, BURAK OZUGERGIN, should read as follows:

Reaffirming its opposition to the Framework Convention on Climate Change, he said Turkey wished to be excluded from its annexes. Those annexes specifically included developed countries that had completed their industrialization process, as well as economies in transition to which appropriate assistance was envisaged.

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