"Loss and damage as an idea is meant to refer to the impacts of climate change that neither mitigation nor adaptation has been able to address and in so far as there is a focus on that kind of element, that is completely appropriate," Todd Stern, the state department climate change envoy, said.
Mr. Bush said he was ready to send Anthony C. Zinni, a retired Marine general who is the administration's Middle East envoy, back to the region "when appropriate".
"The UN Security Council is responsible for its duties... to take the appropriate measures to ensure the immediate application of the joint envoy's [plan], including resorting to Article 7 in the charter," he added, referring to a measure that could authorise the use of force.
Mr Annan's envoy to Sudan says a force of 12,000-20,000 peacekeepers would be appropriate.Rapid intervention is especially needed because the suffering in Darfur has again got worse.
In his meeting this month with Myanmar's foreign minister, Mr. Nyan Win, Mr. Tang, the Chinese diplomatic envoy, also said Beijing wanted Myanmar to move toward "a democracy process that is appropriate for the country," Xinhua reported.
The envoy would help coordinate activities between the State Department and other governments, non-governmental organizations and -- if appropriate -- the private sector to address LGBT discrimination globally, Rep. John Tierney (D-Mass)., the bill's primary sponsor, told The Huffington Post.
De Gaulle refused to receive the envoy.
On Monday, Ron Dermer, the Israeli envoy in Washington, told CNN that Israel has proof that the Obama Administration was "behind" the resolution, and would "present this evidence to the new Administration through the appropriate channels".
"Cordial," one envoy said.
