Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
10SARAJEVO100
2010-01-29 15:39:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Sarajevo
Cable title:
BOSNIA: TILTING TOWARD ASSOCIATION WITH COPENHAGEN
how-toVZCZCXRO1612 RR RUEHAST RUEHDH RUEHHM RUEHLN RUEHMA RUEHPB RUEHPOD RUEHSL RUEHTRO DE RUEHVJ #0100 0291539 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 291539Z JAN 10 FM AMEMBASSY SARAJEVO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1329 INFO RUEHVB/AMEMBASSY ZAGREB 0663 RUEHBW/AMEMBASSY BELGRADE 0034 RUEHUP/AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST 0248 RUEHLJ/AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA 0147 RUEHPOD/AMEMBASSY PODGORICA 0098 RUEHCP/AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN 0022 RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND T COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS SARAJEVO 000100
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR OES/PCI PATRICK HUDAK
BUDAPEST FOR SAMUEL KOTIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KGHG SENV ENRG BK
SUBJECT: BOSNIA: TILTING TOWARD ASSOCIATION WITH COPENHAGEN
ACCORD
REF: STATE 3080
UNCLAS SARAJEVO 000100
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR OES/PCI PATRICK HUDAK
BUDAPEST FOR SAMUEL KOTIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KGHG SENV ENRG BK
SUBJECT: BOSNIA: TILTING TOWARD ASSOCIATION WITH COPENHAGEN
ACCORD
REF: STATE 3080
1. (SBU) On January 20, DCM urged President Zeljko Komsic's
Foreign Policy Advisor Davor Vuletic (in Komsic's absence) to
support the Copenhagen Accord as an important step to combat
climate change (reftel). DCM underscored that Washington is
urging Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to associate itself with the
Accord by January 31. He also noted that BiH's association with
the Accord will not carry significant legal obligations for BiH.
Although Vuletic made no firm commitment, he noted that President
Komsic has been proactive on climate change in the past. (Note:
Komsic intended to lead BiH's Copenhagen delegation but was unable
due to a death in the family. End Note.) Vuletic said that he
would follow-up with the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic
Relations (MOFTER),the lead BiH institution on climate change,
and he would share our position right away. The UK, France, and
Germany have also lobbied for BiH's participation in the Accord.
2. (SBU) On January 29, BiH's head of delegation, Senad Oprasic
from MOFTER, told us that the ministry will pass its formal
recommendation that BiH associate itself with the accord, although
with reservations, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then to
President Komsic's office, on February 1.
Comment
--------------
3. (SBU) As BiH is already a signatory to United Nations
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol, we
agree with Oprasic that BiH will be favorably inclined to associate
itself with the Copenhagen Accord.
ENGLISH
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR OES/PCI PATRICK HUDAK
BUDAPEST FOR SAMUEL KOTIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KGHG SENV ENRG BK
SUBJECT: BOSNIA: TILTING TOWARD ASSOCIATION WITH COPENHAGEN
ACCORD
REF: STATE 3080
1. (SBU) On January 20, DCM urged President Zeljko Komsic's
Foreign Policy Advisor Davor Vuletic (in Komsic's absence) to
support the Copenhagen Accord as an important step to combat
climate change (reftel). DCM underscored that Washington is
urging Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to associate itself with the
Accord by January 31. He also noted that BiH's association with
the Accord will not carry significant legal obligations for BiH.
Although Vuletic made no firm commitment, he noted that President
Komsic has been proactive on climate change in the past. (Note:
Komsic intended to lead BiH's Copenhagen delegation but was unable
due to a death in the family. End Note.) Vuletic said that he
would follow-up with the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic
Relations (MOFTER),the lead BiH institution on climate change,
and he would share our position right away. The UK, France, and
Germany have also lobbied for BiH's participation in the Accord.
2. (SBU) On January 29, BiH's head of delegation, Senad Oprasic
from MOFTER, told us that the ministry will pass its formal
recommendation that BiH associate itself with the accord, although
with reservations, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then to
President Komsic's office, on February 1.
Comment
--------------
3. (SBU) As BiH is already a signatory to United Nations
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol, we
agree with Oprasic that BiH will be favorably inclined to associate
itself with the Copenhagen Accord.
ENGLISH