News stories by Ambassador Dr. Palitha Kohona** Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations

The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Cancun, Mexico last month, ended with some hope, much frustration and considerable visible disappointment. A process that could be traced back to the Stockholm Conference in 1972, and which reached enthusiastic heights in Rio in 1992, continues its laboured progress.