Ban arrives in Copenhagen to give boost to climate talks

United Nations, New York, 15 December 2009 - The Secretary-General has arrived in Copenhagen, where he has been meeting with key officials on climate change while an estimated 130 heads of state and government prepare to converge in the Danish capital for the high-level session of the climate change conference. As he said yesterday, he has made Kenyan activist Wangari Maathai a Messenger of Peace dealing with climate change issues.
The Secretary-General will shortly begin his address to the plenary session of the climate change conference, to urge delegates to write a different future. He will say that we have a real chance to change the course of history, and that the time for maximalist negotiating positions is over.
After the plenary, the Secretary-General and Danish Prime Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, will give a joint press conference.

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