UN General Assembly
2010

Between now and the conference in Cancún, States parties should move beyond rhetoric and commit to reaching an agreement, as a minimum, on those building blocks of the Bali Action Plan where negotiations have reached a level of maturity and convergence on agreed compromises. We cannot continue to defer making the hard decisions. We need to reclaim the credibility of the process. Every day of indecisiveness disproportionately increases the risks to vulnerable countries that are experiencing more frequent and severe climate change impacts. We cannot afford to leave Cancún empty-handed. Concrete results must be achieved, not only to give our people confidence that there are substantive responses to protect against climate change, but at the same time to strengthen our belief that our United Nations can deliver a legally binding agreement. Our global security is at risk. Terrorism transcends international borders in its attack on universal values. Like other international threats, terrorism is an area of mutual concern that demands a collective response. Terrorist acts committed under whatever pretext are deeply deplorable and should be