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07STATE161170
2007-11-28 19:19:00
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Secretary of State
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UNGA: INSTRUCTIONS TO CALL FOR VOTE ON PARAGRAPH

Tags:  UN KGHG SENV ECON 
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UNCLAS STATE 161170 

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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


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.
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