HARVARD UNIVERSITY STUDENTS GREET YUDHOYONO

Boston, Sept 29 (ANTARA) - A group of Harvard University students greeted visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono outside their campus on Tuesday afternoon.

When President Yudhoyono arrived at the campus, the students greeted the Indonesian head of state by expressing their gratitude for Yudhoyono's and Indonesia's leadership in making climate change management a global concern.

Outside the university campus were Michelle Kissenkoetter, Dominic Maxwell, Michael Blomfield and Joel Kenrick who chanted and unfurled posters as President Yudhoyono's motorcade passed by.

The students carried yellow and pink posters with the messages: "Thank You Indonesia", "Harvard Says Indonesia's Our Climate Change Hero", "President Yudhoyono World Climate Change Leader", "The Earth Our Future, Thank You Yudhoyono."
"We are Harvard University students from various nations. We want Indonesian people to know that America and even the world highly appreciate what your leader has done for climate change," Michelle said.

Meanwhile, Dominic said that Indonesia had made a great contribution to the efforts to deal with climate change by convening world leaders at the Bali Summit on climate change two years ago to discuss ways to manage global warming.

"What Indonesia has done is really of great significance because, after the Bali summit, world leaders continue to meet and are going to meet again in Copenhagen, Denmark," Dominic said.

In December 2009, world leaders will meet in Copenhagen to discuss climate change issues again and are expected to reach a global agreement on ways to deal with global warming after the expiry of the Kyoto Protocol in 2012.

President Yudhoyono came to Harvard University on Tuesday to deliver a general lecture on "Cultural Harmonization."
Meanwhile, Joel Kenrick said he would be unable to attend Yudhoyono's lecture to around 800 students and academics because he did not have an entry ticket.

He said the students and academics were supposed to buy entry tickets in advance for President Yudhoyono's general lecture.