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[Climate Change Media Partnership 2009] European Union climate negotiator Artur Runge-Metzger reinforced the US position on Tuesday, saying that the new climate financial scheme would be better handled by already existing financial institutions. This US proposal, he said in his keynote speech at the Thai Foreign Ministry, will not replace the current financial institution used in distributing the funds, which is World Bank.
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