UN official certain of success at Copenhagen climate summit, with US on board

United Nations, New York, 19 November 2009 - The guest at the noon briefing was Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on climate Change.
With just 17 days left before the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen, a top UN official today predicted success for a framework accord including specific reduction targets from the United States, the only hold-out among industrialized nations, with a formal treaty to follow within six months.
There is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that it [Copenhagen] will yield a success, the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Yvo de Boer, told a news conference in New York, saying President Barack Obamas presence in the Danish capital would make a huge difference.

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