U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon intends to invite U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders to a mini-summit meeting on climate change next month, according to a Reuters article.
"If it happens, this would be Obama’s debut appearance at the United Nations," a U.N. diplomat said on condition of anonymity. "It would also send a strong signal if he comes and uses the occasion to show the world that he wants a sea change by reversing the environmental policies of (President) Bush."
The meeting would take place before high-level talks on the global financial crisis scheduled later in the month in London.
The White Houe has yet to confirm Obama’s attendance, but the meeting could be an important step in the success or failure of negotiations for a new international climate change treaty. Those negotiations are scheduled to reach a conclusion by December 2009.
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