ANDI BRATASIDA

reporting: by andi BRATASIDA KBRI Washington RI Insists on Bid to Chair UN Climate Body Indonesia will announce its candidate to contest the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) top post next week, but three of four names tipped to chair the position at the international body refused to be nominated. The deadline to submit candidate nominees to the UN office will close on March 31. Indonesian nominees will compete with nominations from Costa Rica, India and South Africa to replace Yvo de Boer. Special assistant to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on climate change issues, Agus Purnomo, said that Indonesia would go ahead to race the climate top post with recruitment of the candidate conducted by the Foreign Ministry. “There will be a meeting with President Yudhoyono to approve a candidate to represent Indonesia to bid for the executive secretary post at the UNFCCC,” he told The Jakarta Post on Thursday. Purnomo is among potential candidates alon...

reporting : by andi BRATASIDA Kementerian Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia http://www.deplu.go.id/washington RI to Apply for UN Climate Change Top Position 01 Maret 2010 The government has expressed interest in applying for the UN's climate change top post to replace Yvo de Boer, who will resign by July, just months before climate talks on emission-cut targets. Officials said the likely candidates were Liana Bratasida, an expert staff member on international environmental affairs at the Environment Ministry, and Agus Purnomo, a newly appointed special staff member on climate change to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. "We have the competence to fill the post," Henry Bastaman, Environment Ministry communication and people's empowerment deputy told The Jakarta Post on Sunday. "We have staff who have long been active in climate talks such as a CDM executive board member and head of the SBI." He is referring to Liana, former member of the Clean Dev...