India against 'uncooked papers' at Copenhagen final leg

Amid concerns that many countries may be compelled to sign an incomplete political document to get a deal at the UN climate meet, top Indian official Shyam Saran today said no "uncooked" paper should be presented at its final leg, as he left to brief the leadership back home.

"All the G77 and China members have made it very clear that they are not envisaging that there could be any kind of uncooked paper which would go up to the heads of state and the government," Saran told journalists before leaving for New Delhi to brief prime minister Manmohan Singh whom he will return with for the end of the conference.

The G-77 group of countries and China earlier in the day slammed a Danish draft proposal for an agreement on climate change, saying it "threatens the success" of the summit.

The developing countries are concerned as the text of the controversial draft by the host country blurs the balance of obligations between developed and developing countries on issues like mitigation, protection of IPR and financing.

"Whatever has to be adopted by the heads of state and government should have been finalised before the 18th. So this is a very strong message that has been conveyed," Saran said.

There has been talk that if a legally binding agreement cannot be reached, a political document could be signed by the leaders of 100 countries who arrive next week for the last week of the conference including prime minister Singh, US president Barack Obama and Chinese premier Wen Jiabao.