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On 18 November UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan received the Russian Federation’s instrument of ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, thus triggering the 90 day countdown to the entry into force of the climate change agreement. “This is a historic step forward in the world’s efforts to combat a truly global threat,” said Annan. The Protocol will become legally binding on its 128 Parties on February 16, 2005, at which time 30 industrialised countries will be legally bound to reduce and limit their emissions of six greenhouse gases linked to global warming. The formal hand over of the accession papers on ratification follows a 27 October decision by the Russian Federal Council to ratify the Convention and the 4 November signing of the bill by Russian President Vladimir Putin (see BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 5 November 2004, http://www.ictsd.org/biores/04-11-05/story4.htm).
“UN Secretary-General receives Russia’s Kyoto Protocol ratification,” UN, 18 November 2004; “Russia Starts Kyoto Climate Clock Ticking,” ENS, 18 November 2004.
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