10 July 2001

Dobriansky to Lead U.S. Delegation at Climate Change Talks

The State Department has announced that Paula Dobriansky, under secretary of state for global affairs, will lead the U.S. delegation at the resumed negotiations on climate change to be held July 16-27 in Bonn, Germany.

The following term is used in text:

COP-6.5: This refers to the resumed sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Bonn meeting is a continuation -- referred to as part two -- of the climate change talks suspended last November in the Hague.

Following is the text of State Department press statement:

U.S. Department of State
Office of the Spokesman

July 10, 2001

Press Statement by Richard Boucher, Spokesman

U.S. Delegation to Climate Change Negotiations

The United States takes the issue of climate change seriously, and will work constructively under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The United States is working with our allies to develop an effective and science-based approach to addressing global climate change.

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