Acting Together Europeans Ratify Kyoto Treaty
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31 May 2002 - 18 Jan 2016
The 15 countries of the European Union (EU) and the European Commission have ratified the Kyoto Protocol - the binding international treaty designed to combat global warming. European ministers gathered for a luncheon to mark the occasion at UN Headquarters in New York said the their countries' unanimous ratification of the Kyoto Protocol should generate international momentum to combat climate change. For the UN, Secretary-General Kofi Annan hailed the move as a welcome development and called on other nations to follow suit.
""Today is an important day for the environment and for the process of international co- operation,"" said the Acting President of the EU Council of Ministers, Jaume Matas, who is also Spain's Minister of the Environment. With the ratifications, he said, the EU was affirming that only international co-operation could combat climate change and that the Kyoto Protocol was the best first step to taking concrete measures on curbing greenhouse gasses over the long-term.
""Today is an important day for the environment and for the process of international co- operation,"" said the Acting President of the EU Council of Ministers, Jaume Matas, who is also Spain's Minister of the Environment. With the ratifications, he said, the EU was affirming that only international co-operation could combat climate change and that the Kyoto Protocol was the best first step to taking concrete measures on curbing greenhouse gasses over the long-term.
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