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U N Secretary General Ban-ki Moon said, "we have a deal
which is just the beginning of a process to evolve a binding
pact on controlling greenhouse gas emissions".

He said the Copenhagen agreement "will have an
immediate operational effect".
The deal was brought to the plenary as a draft document
but was strongly opposed by Sudan, Cuba, Bolivia, Venezuela
and some other countries on the ground it lacked specific
targets for reducing carbon emissions. They contended that it
was one-sided and suicidal.
Several countries including Japan, Germany and Britain
besides Maldives supported the deal.
Early Saturday morning capping days of frenetic and
sometimes dramatic discussions, Rasmuessen said, "If we
strictly stick to the principle of consensus, this
(the US-BASIC accord) cannot be adopted. I really regret it
for this reason that we cannot adopt this document.
"It is true that this document cannot be put into
operational effect. It is true but it is a reality," he said.
But later he said Denmark can be proud of its efforts to
secure an agreement.
The 3-page US-BASIC accord, taken as a final conference
draft, contained elements like limiting temperature rise to 2
degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, peaking of global
and national emissions as soon as possible, factoring in
overriding priorities of poverty for developing nations.
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