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On the other hand, Parties that did not support the setting up of a contact group explained that such a move would open the door to the merging of the two distinct tracks of negotiations, the Ad-hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) and the Ad-hoc Working Group under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP). The result could be a weakening and possible termination of the existing legally binding Kyoto Protocol.

Five countries –Australia, Costa Rica, Japan, Tuvalu, and the United States – have formally forwarded their submissions to the Convention Secretariat by 5 June 2009 under Article 17 of the Convention, proposing new legally binding protocols. Article 17(1) states the Conference of the Parties may, at any ordinary session, adopt protocols to the Convention. Article 17(2), provides that the text of any proposed protocol shall be communicated to the Parties by the secretariat at least six months before such a session.

The submissions were first made prior to the negotiating session on 1-12 June 2009 in Bonn during the%2

 

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TWN Copenhagen News Update No.8

11 December 2009
Published by Third World Network
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