UNGA: INSTRUCTIONS TO CALL FOR VOTE ON PARAGRAPH

UNCLAS STATE 161170 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: UN KGHG SENV ECON SUBJECT: UNGA: INSTRUCTIONS TO CALL FOR VOTE ON PARAGRAPH 11 OF RESOLUTION ON PROTECTION OF THE GLOBAL CLIMATE ¶1. USUN is instructed to call for a vote and vote "no" on operational paragraph 11 of agenda item 56 (d) - Sustainable development: protection of global climate for present and future generations of mankind and to deliver the EOV contained in paragraph 2 prior to the vote on this paragraph. ¶2. Begin text of EOV. The United States has called for a vote and will vote "no" on OP 11 because we are disappointed by the continued diversion of resources from the UN regular budget to subsidize independent and self-sustaining treaty bodies and conventions such as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). As a matter of principle, treaty bodies and conventions can and should collect the necessary funds from their membership to finance their activities. We support the objectives of the UNFCCC, and will continue to do so through our voluntary contributions to the convention." End text of EOV. ¶3. Regardless of the outcome of the vote on operational paragraph 11, USUN is instructed to join consensus on the resulting resolution. RICE