International community not showing interest in Belarus’ amendment to Kyoto Protocol

We are concerned and puzzled by the inactive position of the international community towards the ratification of the amendment to the Kyoto Protocol by Belarus, Andrei Dapkiunas, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Belarus in the UN, said at a special meeting of the ECOSOC attended by the representatives of the WTO and the UN Conference on Trade and Development.

The head of the Belarusian diplomatic mission in the UN underlined that the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development mechanism is Belarus’ main mechanism of international technology financing which provides carbon dioxide low emission. However Belarus can use this mechanism only after the amendment to the Kyoto Protocol adopted by 132 countries a year and a half ago will come into force. However at present only Belarus, Uzbekistan and the Czech Republic have ratified this amendment.

Andrei Dapkiunas addressed the ECOSOC members and “Friends of Climate Change” with an appeal to set an example and turn their intentions to save the planet from the climate change into practical action. According to the Belarusian diplomat, if the amendment to the Kyoto Protocol comes into force sooner, it will be a valuable input on the part of the international community.