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Bangkok: Appeals to a common purpose against global warming dominated the first formal talks on Monday in drawing up a replacement for the Kyoto climate change pact.
"The world is waiting for a solution that is long-term and economically viable," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon said in a video address to delegates in Bangkok.
UN climate experts want the new pact to impose curbs on all countries, although there is disagreement about how to share the burden among countries.
No major decisions are likely from the Bangkok talks, which are intended mainly to establish a timetable for more rounds of talks.
Negotiators will also have to work out how to deal with the United States, the only rich nation not to have signed up to Kyoto.
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