BASIC Position for UNFCCC/COP-17

The 9th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change, attended by representatives from Brazil, South Africa, India and China (BASIC), as well as observers from the Group of 77 and China, the Arab Group and the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS); concluded with a joint statement in which ministers agreed that the Durban Climate Change Conference should achieve a comprehensive, fair and balanced outcome to enable the full, effective and sustained implementation of the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol. The 10th meeting will be held in India during the first quarter of 2012.