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PM and world leaders talk of climate change
  • | VGP News | December 03, 2009 09:10 AM

A videoconference between Vietnamese PM Nguyen Tan Dung and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and leaders of some countries took placed on Wednesday evening, focusing on climate change.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung (1st from left) in the videoconference with leaders of the UN and some countries, Hanoi, December 2, 2009 – Photo: VGP

The conference was joined by Danish PM Lars Lokke Rassmussen, Australian PM Kevin Rudd, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi, and Algerian PM Ahmed Ouyahia.

The discussions concentrated on initiatives proposed at the UN Summit scheduled on December 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The leaders also discussed national commitments to the success of the Summit, including the launching of the US $10-billion Copenhagen Fund to assist the countries severely affected by climate change.

They urged developed countries to slash down the emission of greenhouse gases, promote clean technology transfer to developing and underdeveloped countries, and establish a global coordinating organization to supervise the realisation of commitments.

At the December 2, 2009 videoconference with leaders of the UN and some countries, PM Nguyen Tan Dung (2nd from left) expresses Vietnam’s confidence in the success of the Copenhagen Summit on climate change which is slated for late December 2009 – Photo: VGP

Vietnam highly appreciates important initiatives to protect the Earth’s climate, especially efforts to help developing countries minimize greenhouse gases and respond to climate change, stated PM Nguyen Tan Dung in the conference.

He asserted that developed countries and financial organisations should adopt preferential assistance mechanisms in favor of the countries severely affected by climate change, including Vietnam.

PM Dung emphasised that Vietnam calls on and thanks the international community for cooperation and assistance to Vietnam in coping with climate change and sea level rising.

“With joint efforts of each and every country, Vietnam is strongly confident in the success of the upcoming Copenhagen Summit,” the Vietnamese leader said.