The commitment of the leaders attending the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum was indicated in a draft declaration on climate change, energy security and clean development, Antara correspondent in Sydney said in his report on Saturday.

The declaration will be officially issued by the leaders of APEC on the last day of their 15th summit at the Sydney Opera building on Sunday (Sept 9).

Australian Prime Minister John Howard as the summit`s host and the 19 other leaders said they agreed to include the issue on climate change in a "Sydney Declaration" as an international consensus in the face of global warming.

In the draft declaration, the leaders of APEC member countries said some of those involved in UNFCCC agreed to work effectively and constructively toward enacting regulation in the run up to the year 2012.

"We agree to work for the achievement of a common perception on the objective of reducing long-term aspirational global emission to make way for the enactment of international regulation in the run up to the year 2012," the leaders said in the draft declaration concerned.

They also appreciated the efforts of Japan and Canada which proposed a long-term global objective and welcomed the US initiative to facilitate the meeting of main economic members to arrive at detailed contribution to global arrangements in 2012 under the framework of UNFCCC.

The leaders also pledged to support the UN Secretary General`s initiative to make a high level activity for climate change and reached an agreement to cooperate well bilaterally, regionally and globally for the sake of clean development by setting up a UN climate process forum for further international negotiations on climate
change.

In the declaration, the leaders of APEC member countries reiterated their commitment together with the entire international communities to push for the achievement of a global solution to the issue of global climate change.

Without any prejudice on other fora, the leaders also included an action agenda in the declaration that emphasized the importance of reforming energy efficiency through embodying aspirational APEC region objectives in reducing the intensity of energy until the year 2030. (*)

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