MEDIA ADVISORY Invitation to UNFCCC Press Briefing 20 January ...

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Jan 20, 2010 - Media Information Office: (49-228) 815-1005 Fax: (49-228) 815-1999 ... Mr. Eric Hall, Spokesperson/Manage
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MEDIA ADVISORY Invitation to UNFCCC Press Briefing 20 January, 15:00 CET in Bonn (with live webcast) UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer: the outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen and the way forward in 2010 Following the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 7-19 December 2009, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer will brief the press about the outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen and the way forward for the UN climate change process in 2010. The press briefing will take place on Wednesday, 20 January 2010 at 15:00 CET at the UN’s “Langer Eugen” building in Bonn, Hermann-Ehlers-Str. 10. The briefing will also be webcast live from the web site. The webcast is available by direct link. It is not necessary to register separately for the webcast, and no special log-in or password is required. Journalists will be able to phone in with questions during the briefing. The number will be posted in the press section of the website. Please note that the phone-in number is only for calling in to pose questions. Media representatives who are unable to attend physically may also send in questions in advance via e-mail to: press(at)unfccc.int. Media must have prior accreditation in order to attend. To register for the press briefing in Bonn, please contact: Ms. Carrie Aßheuer, Public Information and Media Assistant, Tel.: (+49-228) 815-1005; mobile: (+49-172) 179-8836; e-mail: cassheuer(at)unfccc.int For further information, please contact: Mr. Eric Hall, Spokesperson/Manager of Communications and Media Tel.: (+49-228) 815-1398; mobile: (+49-172) 259-0443; e-mail: ehall(at)unfccc.int Mr. John Hay, Media Information Officer Tel.: (+49-228) 815-1404; mobile: (+49-172) 258-6944; e-mail: jhay(at)unfccc.int

Mailing Address: CLIMATE CHANGE SECRETARIAT (UNFCCC), P.O. Box 260 124, D-53153 Bonn, Germany Office Location: Haus Carstanjen, Martin-Luther-King-Strasse 8, D-53175 Bonn, Germany Media Information Office: (49-228) 815-1005 Fax: (49-228) 815-1999 Email: [email protected] Web: http://unfccc.int

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About the UNFCCC With 194 Parties, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has near universal membership and is the parent treaty of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol has been ratified by 190 of the UNFCCC Parties. Under the Protocol, 37 States, consisting of highly industrialized countries and countries undergoing the process of transition to a market economy, have legally binding emission limitation and reduction commitments. The ultimate objective of both treaties is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system.