Isramart : Kiribati, Burkina, Faso back Taiwan's UNFCCC bid

Isramart news:
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Kiribati and Burkina Faso expressed support yesterday during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference held in the Danish capital of Copenhagen for the inclusion of Taiwan in the global response to climate change.

According to Kiribati President Anote Tong, in achieving its carbon reduction commitment, it is very important for the UNFCCC to be inclusive so as to ensure that all nations, including Taiwan, can play a part in the efforts.

Blaise Compaore, president of Burkina Faso, also urged UNFCCC to admit Taiwan.

He said it is time for the world to allow Taiwan to participate more actively in the international community and help with the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The remarks by Tong and Compaore followed similar ones by Palau President Johnson Toribiong and St. Lucia Prime Minister Stephenson King a day earlier at the conference, which opened Dec. 7 and will run through Dec. 18.