GERMANY: DELEGATES MEET TO TRY AND SAVE KYOTO ACCORD ON GLOBAL WARMING AS PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS MARCH THROUGH BONN

Record ID: 649178

  • Title: GERMANY: DELEGATES MEET TO TRY AND SAVE KYOTO ACCORD ON GLOBAL WARMING AS PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS MARCH THROUGH BONN
  • Date: 23rd July 2001
  • Summary: (U5) BONN, GERMANY (JULY 21, 2001) (REUTERS) 1. HAS/MV DEMONSTRATION ORGANISED BY 'FRIENDS OF THE EARTH' IN CENTRAL SQUARE (2 SHOTS) 0.09 2. SCU/MV FRIENDS OF THE EARTH SUPPORTERS BUILDING THIRTY METRE WOODEN LIFEBOAT TO 'RESCUE' THE BONN TALKS AND THE KYOTO PROTOCOL (2 SHOTS) 0.18 3. SLV SUPPORTERS MARCHING BEHIND PARTS OF WOODEN LIFEBOAT FROM CENTRAL SQUARE TO CONFERENCE CENTRE (6 SHOTS) 1.02 4. MV MARGOT WALLSTROM, EU ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONER FROM SWEDEN AND JORGE MOREIRA DA SILVA, HEAD OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DELEGATION, ENTERING NEWS CONFERENCE 1.11 5. SCU WALLSTROM SEATED; SLV NEWS CONFERENCE (2 SHOTS) 1.26 6. SOUNDBITE (English) JORGE MOREIRA DA SILVA, HEAD OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DELEGATION SAYING "We know that Japan is in a difficult position but they have an easy choice: it's not true that they have to choose between Europeans and Americans, or between the environment and economy. They have to choose between the next generation of Japanese and Mr. Bush. I don't have any doubt that the Japanese will make the right choice." 1.54 7. SLV JOURNALISTS LISTENING; SLV NEWS CONFERENCE 1.59 9. SLV PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION IN PROGRESS (3 SHOTS) 3.12 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 7th August 2001 13:00
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  • Location: BONN, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVADO2Q11LCA3GZQIAOR3XK0ZWZK
  • Story Text: About 3,000 peaceful demonstrators have marched through
    Bonn where delegates from 180 countries are meeting to try to
    save the Kyoto accord on global warming.

    The Kyoto accord on global warming hung in the balance
    on Saturday (July 21) with many delegates saying more talks in
    October could be needed to resolve remaining differences.

    Conference officials, already resigned to the United
    States' rejection of any deal in advance, were to present a
    compromise on reducing emissions of gases blamed for global
    warming to overcome squabbling over details that has bogged
    down talks.

    Noisy demonstrations accompanied the Bonn summit. Angry
    but peaceful demonstrators blocked a road near the conference
    hotel. Riot police eventually dragged them off without major
    incident. Others led a huge wooden life boat - symbolizing the
    rescue of the Kyoto treaty - to the conference centre.

    With Sunday's scheduled end of the four-day talks looming,
    ministers were gearing up to argue through the night on a
    series of highly technical issues still blocking a deal to put
    the 1997 Kyoto Protocol into effect next year.

    EU Environment Commissioner Margot Wallstrom said she
    thinks Japan feels very strongly that its role here is crucial
    and so it has been very constructive in discussions.

    It will forever be connected to this process and to the
    Kyoto Protocol so of course it is in the Japanese interest as
    well to keep this alive and to be able to come to an agreement
    here in Bonn, Wallstrom added.

    At the summit of Group of Eight leaders in Genoa, Japanese
    Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said climate change was a
    main focus of talks on Saturday and Tokyo was still intent on
    trying to persuade the United States to join the deal.


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