"I hear no objections, ... so decided."
Dutch radio repeated time and again these words from UN Climate Summit Chairman Jan Pronk, in short notices just before the hourly news bulletins, during the early days after the Bonn meeting.
Dutch radio repeated time and again these words from UN Climate Summit Chairman Jan Pronk, in short notices just before the hourly news bulletins, during the early days after the Bonn meeting.
They are, more or less, the first and most famous words of the Chairman at the Plenary Meeting, Monday morning, July 23, after 48 hours of negotiations.
At that very moment, it was interesting to see who had decided, but now, some weeks later, the question is: did they, in the end, really make a decision?
At that very moment, it was interesting to see who had decided, but now, some weeks later, the question is: did they, in the end, really make a decision?
The Kyoto atmosphere returned somewhat in Bonn. During the night from Sunday to Monday, many delegates, journalists, photographers and last but not least, interpreters, did not see their hotelrooms.
Just as in Kyoto, people were sleeping here and there in corridors, on tables and on makeshift beds made from a few chairs pushed together.
After the second night of non-stop negotiations, at around 10:30, Chairman Jan Pronk called for a plenary meeting."They got a deal", somebody shouted through the Press Center and in the Plenary, the Kyoto atmosphere was apparent.
Just as in Kyoto, people were sleeping here and there in corridors, on tables and on makeshift beds made from a few chairs pushed together.
After the second night of non-stop negotiations, at around 10:30, Chairman Jan Pronk called for a plenary meeting."They got a deal", somebody shouted through the Press Center and in the Plenary, the Kyoto atmosphere was apparent.