UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon will hold a meeting of Heads of States and Governments at the United Nations in New York on Tuesday to work towards producing an international commitment on cutting emissions.<br/><br/>This comes as the Group of 20 nations are giving the final touches to the agenda for this week’s G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh in the United States and setting the stage to review the progress made on the six pledges taken at the London Summit this April.<br/><br/>External Affairs Minister, S.M. Krishna will represent the Prime Minister at these high level deliberations aimed at providing political direction and momentum to the climate change debate.<br/><br/>The officials and political leaders have not been called to negotiate but to hasten the process of arriving at a consensus before the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark in December.<br/><br/>Tuesday's meeting will not be marked by speeches as the leaders have been urged to send in their videotaped presentations.<br/><br/>AIR correspondent reports that participants from the 192 member countries of the United Nations are expected to settle on round table discussions and seminars to understand each other’s climate change concerns and realise the urgency of coming to an agreement on the course of action after the first phase of the 1997 Kyoto (Japan) Protocol expires in 2012.<br/><br/>Starting from the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 when the UN framework Convention on Climate Change was adopted, to the Kyoto Protocol and the Bali roadmap a number of important datelines have come and gone with little consensus on steps to reduce emissions.<br/><br/>The High level Meeting on Climate Change being held on the sidelines of the UNGA will provide an opportunity for India to articulate her position on the climate change issue.<br/><br/>Developing countries like India which are vulnerable to and are already suffering from the impact of climate change have an important stake in establishing a truly global, transparent and rule based and equitable climate change regime based on the principles of UNFCCC which takes into account the imperatives of poverty reduction and economic development of the developing countries and the historical responsibility of developed countries.<br/><br/>India’ has always held that the global response has to be based on the principles of equity and common and differentiated responsibility and respective capabilities and most of all it should take into account the imperatives of poverty reduction and the economic development in developing countries.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, even as Pittsburgh readies itself to receive the Summit leaders, the Mayor and officials of the City are working to strengthen security and prevent any ugly protests near the venue of the Summit.<br/><br/>On Sunday about 500 protesters marched through Pittsburgh’s Hill District demanding jobs programmes.<br/>The officials of the City are trying to do a fine balancing act : allowing the protesters to exercise their constitutional freedom of speech while ensuring that the Summit meeting is not disrupted.