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Monday, 22 October, 2012
Geneva loses out on bid to host UN climate fund
South Korea’s finance ministry announced Saturday it had won a prize sought by Geneva. Seoul said the country would host a new U.N. climate fund envisioned as the world’s biggest financier for helping developing nations adapt to climate change, and move toward low-carbon economic growth. Reuters reported South Korea won out because it is seen as a bridge between rich and poor countries, with its strong economic performance and admission to the OECD in 1996, but it is considered a developing nation under the 1992 U.N. climate convention. WRS’s Pete Forster asks Olivier Coutau, the canton of Geneva’s delegate to International Geneva, how the canton feels about this:
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Swiss diplomacy is skilled at exploiting the achievements of Geneva-based international organisations for its own purposes. For instance, Aung San Suu Kyi’s recent visit to the ILO was repackaged by local media - especially tv - as a visit to Switzerland and hailed as a victory of Swiss diplomacy. The same happened to Nelson Mandela’s visit. This is one area where South Korea may want to be less efficient that Switzerland.
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