And in audio, a more in depth discussion (still very BASIC) on the topic)

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India is on the brink of a precarious situation about how to bring consensus in the G 77 and China to push for a draft text agreement to substitute the current darft text proposed by the presidency – the Danish Government. Apart from being highly inappropriate of the Danish presidency in Shyam Saran’s words to preempt the agreement , it is really wierd for all of us who are tracking the negotiations to see the state of play shaping up.

With the ministerial meeting coming up ,it would be interesting to see the way the dynamics of teh negotiations change from negotiators to politicians pushing forward the stance. In a meeting with Shyam Saran and Indian journalist a lot of these questions were addressed and a recording I took has been added.

Please do listen and give your comments on:

1. whether you feel India’s negotiating atctic of bringing a parallel text is a good way of coming to an outcome or;

2. how effective will this be in building / breaking the G77 and China?
Share your comments and speak with your negotiators through this blog, remember I am here to represent all those who can’t be here physically!

PS : Most of my negotiators will read this so write a comment!