up to the 13th Conference of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Third Meeting of the parties to the Kyoto Protocol, in our Member Country, Indonesia - and beyond - we continue to collaborate with the international community in addressing the issues and challenges in a comprehensive, equitable and effective manner. Our Member Countries, acknowledging the interrelationships between energy production and consumption, environmental protection and preservation and economic growth and social development, resolve to: 1. Continue our Member Countries' response to global environmental challenges and support interrelation efforts to address these issues in the most cost -effective manner. 2. Promote collaboration in research and development in the petroleum field among OPEC science and technology centers, as well as collaboration with other international centers and the industry, with the objective of increasing the petroleum resource base, producing it more efficiently and continue introducing cleaner fuels. 3. Acknowledge that forests play a crucial role in maintaining ecological balance, as sinks, sources and reservoirs of greenhouse management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forest. To this end, global cooperation is needed to intensify collective international efforts in this field. 4. Reaffirm the core principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, in addressing climate change policies and measures, including the implementation of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. --More
