A service of the International Council of Environmental Law -toward sustainable development - (ICEL)

A service of the International Council of Environmental Law - toward sustainable development - (ICEL)



Monday, January 17, 2011

UNFCCC/COP-16: Bolivia contests outcome

There has been a great deal of media coverage regarding the position of the Plurinational State of Bolivia that the international principle of consensus was abandoned when UNFCCC COP-16 adopted its outcomes in spite of the country's objections. Ambassador, Pablo Salon, Permanent Representative to the United Nations was recently quoted in a number of publications saying "We will file a complaint with the International Court of Justice in the Hague against the text approved in Cancun". An Op-ed by Amb. Salon appeared recently in the Guardian.

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