Session 62 UN General Assembly: Prioritizing the issue of climate change

On September 24, the largest ever international climate conference in New York opened the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UN).

Prolonged summers in the North Pole, severe storms and floods in many places, prolonged droughts . are some signs that efforts to prevent global warming have been fruitless. Therefore, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon expected the conference to gather over 80 heads of state and dozens of other senior representatives from countries to help create a turning point in the political response to the climate change challenge.

What future is after the Kyoto protocol?

According to Christian Science Monitor, concrete results from the conference that Ban Ki Moon and UN climate experts expect to be a new driving force to bring the UN climate conference in Bali, Indonesia to success in December. The Bali conference will have to address the key question: which international agreement will replace the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that will expire in 2012 . 'What I want is a strong political commitment at the leadership level for the conference in Bali' - Ban Ki Moon does not open up in front of the press.

Chinese farmers take water from a lake near dryness because of drought (Photo: Reuters)

The best scenario would be the governments' agreement reached around 2009 to replace the Kyoto protocol. However, this goal is not easily achieved and many eyes will be on the White House meeting presided over by President George Bush on September 27 with the participation of the world's top 16 greenhouse gas emissions economies. . Besides representatives from G8 countries, the meeting will bring together countries like Indonesia, Brazil, India and China. The more attention to this meeting, the more President Bush has ignored all the events of the international climate conference on Monday and was only present at the . private dinner.

Bush's view at the presidential meeting on Thursday will help measure how much US commitment to action is and what kind of action Washington accepts. Some experts are concerned that the United States will insist on keeping its voluntary emissions reduction stance rather than a specific commitment, or this meeting shows that the US wants to go beyond the UN to address climate change. .

Another obstacle to the post-Kyoto agreement is a long disagreement between industrialized countries and developing countries about who is committed to cutting emissions more significantly. Partly because of the lack of commitment to reduce emissions from developing countries, President Bush also refused to participate.

Iran and the world

In addition to the biggest topic of climate change, the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly is likely to witness a fierce viewpoint and debate about Iran's nuclear program. Before flying to New York, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that this was the most burning issue for him personally at the first launch before the UN.

In an interview with the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune, Sarkozy clearly defined France's position: 'There is no nuclear weapon for Iran, a weapons deprivation used to convince them, negotiate, discuss and persist '.

When asked if Paris would agree with the Bush administration's view 'all options are on the table,' Mr Sarkozy replied that this was not his statement and he did not want to make it his own. With the suggestion of whether to choose between a nuclear weapons Iran and the use of force, Sarkozy did not give an answer because "he does not want to fall into the trap" that Iranian leaders also want to set.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meanwhile said he was anxious to present his position to the American people. According to him, the American people have received 'unreliable' information and hopefully with this trip, they will be 'heard with their ears'. Speaking to CBS TV, Ahmadinejad said Iran did not need nuclear weapons and did not want to wage war with the United States.

During the UN General Assembly week, many bilateral and multilateral meetings will take place in New York to discuss other hotspots such as the security situation in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, peace between Israel and Palestinians . Despite the power of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to New York, Russia intends to introduce many draft resolutions on transparency in space exploration, international information security, new forms of racism .

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended the UN General Assembly meeting

At 23:30 on the night of September 24, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem and a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese government left Vietnam to New York City (USA).The delegation will attend the 62nd Annual General Meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York.After that, the delegation will officially visit the French Republic from September 30 to October 3.

On September 27, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will attend and speak at the general meeting of the General Assembly, meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon and attending a seminar with leaders of large corporations in the US.On September 28, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will visit the New York Stock Exchange, meet the Vietnam - US Advisory Council and leading businesses.Earlier, on September 25 and 26, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will meet leaders of UN member states.

In France, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will meet French President on October 1 and hold talks with French Prime Minister on October 2.Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will also visit and speak at the Polytechnic University in Paris, visit Airbus Group in Toulouse and meet with 30 leading corporate presidents in France.

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