Republic of Indonesia
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
The Republic of Indonesia became a Non-Annex I party to the UNFCCC on November 21, 1994. It acceded to the Kyoto Protocol on March 3, 2005. It is the host nation for the 2007 meeting of parties to the convention. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono became president of Indonesia on October 20, 2004. Prior to that, he was a general in the Indonesian army. The following is excerpted from President Yudhoyono’s address to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia on December 12, 2007. We are gathered here to fulfill the hopes of over 6 billion people living on our…