Pidato Lengkap SBY pada Sidang Pleno

We Must Make a Breakthrough in Bali

Nusa Dua, Bali: Tepuk tangan panjang sambil berdiri dilakukan peserta sidang pleno Konferensi PBB untuk Perubahan Iklim, di Hotel Westin, Bali, Sabtu (15/12), usai Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono menyampaikan pidatonya. Inilah pidato lengkap SBY yang disampaikan dalam bahasa Inggris.


Bismillahiirrahmanirrahim
Mr. President,
Mr. Secretary-General,
Distinguished Delegates,

I have come here at this hour to make a special appeal to you.

We have invested so much time and energy in the last 12 days or so. We made significant progress on many issues but we need to do more to make it a complete package.

We are now nearing the climax of our deliberation, and we must make the last mile in this exhaustive marathon, the most difficult mile.

For last September, when we had a High-level Event on Climate Change in New York, there was an agreement, a clear call - actually a demand - among world leaders that we must make a "breakthrough" in Bali. This is a political commitment that we all share.

Thus, here and now, we must produce a Roadmap - the Bali Roadmap - that will effectively guide us in the most concrete terms to a firm and effective agreement in Copenhagen. This means concrete actions, concrete resources and concrete timelines. Without an effective Roadmap, we may never reach our destination as we envisioned it.

We now have before us milestone decisions to make. There are wordings that you must choose correctly, and I believe that you will do so wisely. We must now give it our most careful consideration, and come to an agreement over it. The worst thing that can happen is for our great project for the human race and for our planet earth to crumble because we cannot find the right 'wording'.

We all embrace the principle of "common and differentiated responsibilities", but this also means that both developed and developing countries must do more based on their respective capabilities. I do believe that the wording in the text that you are considering already point us in the right direction.

What we do within this day will have an impact on the decades to come. We must therefore do what we sincerely recognize to be our duty, our moral obligation.

The world is watching you us today. History will be judging us tomorrow. Future generations will remember; whether we rose to the occasion and seized the opportunity before us, or let it slip through our fingers. It is time to think outside the box.

Too much is at stake. The alternative to a breakthrough in our efforts here and now is not acceptable. We cannot fail. We must not fail. For the sake our future generations, we must make that breakthrough to which we pledged ourselves.

Ultimately, there are three things that will make or break this conference. The first is a spirit of cooperation, a resolve to get things done, a spirit of globalism. All of you who have been here in Bali know and feel this spirit. The second thing that we need is our strong commitment to make this breakthrough. Again, I know that all of you have this commitment to make a difference. We just have to find common ground for it. And the third is flexibility. A spirit of give and take, and a willingness to compromise, without losing sight of the grand scheme that we are trying.

I know if we put all these things together - spirit of cooperation, commitment, flexibility, we will make the last mile. The world is waiting anxiously. The world is watching. I beg you Do not let them down.

Let us complete our work here. Thank you. (osa)