Monday, December 3, 2007

Bali to welcome some 10,000

With thousands of government officials and NGO representatives arriving in Bali on the weekend, Indonesia has said it is ready for the 12 day UN climate change conference which starts Monday.

More than 10,000 people from some 180 countries have confirmed their attendance at the conference, including 130 environment ministers and five heads of state and government, plus Australian prime minister elect Kevin Rudd and U.S. former vice president and 2007 co-Nobel winner, Al Gore.

"We are ready for the big event," presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal told The Jakarta Post.

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