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Late-breaking news : Wednesday 11 NovUpdates brought to you by the ENB team members throughout the day:
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Argentina confident the right road leads to voluntary commitments
President Carlos Menem has announced that Argentina will take on a voluntary commitment for the budget period 2008-2012 at COP-5 and seek a "new way within the Convention" for countries like Argentina to participate in all the mechanisms of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol. President Menem signaled that he expects Argentina to travel along the road of voluntary commitments with a few other developing countries initially. However he assured the COP-4 Plenary that those who know where they are going and find a straight road do not travel alone for long.
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Left and right: President Menem accepts messages from students, urging him to help prevent further environmental destruction | ![]() |
After the Presidential Ceremony, intergovernmental organizations addressed the Plenary
In the afternoon, non-governmental organizations addressed the Plenary
COP President Press Briefing
COP4 President Maria Julia Alsogaray fielded questions from the media.
In this excerpt from the briefing, Alsogaray
discusses Argentina and the voluntary commitments issue
European Union Press Briefing
European Union representative Peter Jorgensen indicated that the pace of progress was about to speed up.
Peter Jorgensen responds to a journalist's question: "What's cooking?"
US Delegation Press Briefing
The US, represented by Stuart E. Eizenstat (Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs) and Todd Stern (Assistant to the President for Special Projects) briefed the media on recent events and fielded questions.
Meg McDonald, Ambassador for the Environment,
Australia, consults with her delegation
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