Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, speaks via a videotaped message during the ...
Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, speaks via a videotaped message during the ceremony to mark the entry of the Kyoto Protocol in Kyoto. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, speaks via a videotaped message recorded at the U.N. headquarters in New York, during the commemorative ceremony to mark the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol in Kyoto, western Japan, February 16, 2005. After years of delays, a world plan to fight global warming has gone into force, feted by its backers as a lifeline for the planet but rejected as an economic straitjacket by the United States and Australia. Japanese Environment Minister Yuriko Koike (L), Kenyan 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai (2nd L) and Argentine Environment and Health Minister Gines Gonzalez Garcia (C) are seen on the podium. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama