Mr. Co-Chairs,

1. The Group of 77 and China is happy that we are continuing our work in this second part of the second resumed session and I give you the assurance that we are ready to engage cooperatively with all Parties in this working Group to ensure the successful accomplishment of the mandate that we have given ourselves to achieve.

2. The G77 and China wishes to highlight the following five issues:

i. First, it reiterates the six points raised at the April session on behalf of the Group as the Group position on ADP;

a. The work under the Ad-hoc Working Group must be under the Convention and should be based on its principles. and provisions related to commitments and responsibilities with regard to mitigation, adaptation and means of implementation;
b. The process under the ADP must not lead to a reinterpretation or a rewriting of the Convention;
c. The outcome of the ADP must be in accordance with the objective, principles and provisions stipulated in the Convention, including the principles of equity and common but differentiated responsibility and respective capabilities;
d. The negotiations under the ADP must be a party driven process, and must be fully inclusive and transparent;
e. The work in this Ad-hoc Working Group should lead to a balanced, ambitious, fair and equitable outcome under the Convention; and
f. Progress depends on following a balanced approach that will include mitigation, adaptation and means of implementation, in accordance with the spirit of the Convention.

ii. The decisions of Durban and Doha provide the mandate for the work of the ADP and the Group emphasizes that we need a balanced approach to our work.

iii. In the work of the ADP the leadership of developed countries is critical. Members of the G77 and China are prepared to do our part, developed parties need to demonstrate their leadership.

iv. The Group is also of the view that the outcome of our work under the Durban Platform must enable us to further enhance the full, effective and sustained implementation of the Convention. Indeed, it should strengthen the multilateral rule-based regime in order for the Convention to achieve its ultimate objective.

v. In addition, the Group of 77 and China applauds the amendments adopted in Doha in relation to the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. Our efforts should now be focused on bringing those amendments into effect at the earliest opportunity. We therefore urge all Parties to undertake the relevant legal procedures necessary to bring the amendments into force as soon as possible.

Mr. Co-Chairs,

3. With those words you are assured of the Group cooperation and we are looking forward to engaging meaningfully with all our partners these two weeks.

Thank you Mr. Co-Chairs.