PM questions accord status
New Delhi, Jan. 24: Questioning the legal status of the Copenhagen Accord, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed strong reservation over Danish Premier Lars Lokke Rasmussen and UN chief Ban-Ki-Moon pressing for meeting the January 31 deadline by declaring emission targets and climate action in India.
Sources in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said, "In his reply to the joint letter from Mr Rasmussen and the UN Secretary General, Dr Singh has expressed his unhappiness over their insistence for definitive follow-up action to the Accord before the world body’s January 31 deadline."
Dr Singh’s reservations came while apparently questioning the legal status of the various provisions included in the Accord, which is silent on the Kyoto Protocol based on equity burden sharing among the member nations. "Before going ahead with targets submission, the PM wants to be clarified on certain issues which are silent in Mr Ban’s letter," the sources added. Since there was no consensus coming up at the Danish capital in December last year, the UN members had agreed to submit their voluntarily emission cuts as well as climate action plans.
Dr Singh has also expressed inability to detail the country’s action plan and targets in such a short period, the sources informed.
Age Correspondent
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