2	7	AMMAN	AMMAN	NNP
8	10	–	--	:
11	17	Jordan	Jordan	NNP
18	22	said	say	VBD
23	25	it	it	PRP
26	30	will	will	MD
31	35	sign	sign	VB
36	39	the	the	DT
40	45	Kyoto	Kyoto	NNP
46	54	Protocol	Protocol	NNP
54	55	,	,	,
56	57	a	a	DT
58	60	UN	UN	NNP
61	65	pact	pact	NN
66	68	on	on	IN
69	77	impeding	impede	VBG
78	84	global	global	JJ
85	95	greenhouse	greenhouse	NN
96	99	gas	gas	NN
100	109	emissions	emission	NNS
109	110	,	,	,
111	120	following	follow	VBG
121	122	a	a	DT
123	129	recent	recent	JJ
130	137	Cabinet	Cabinet	NNP
138	146	decision	decision	NN
146	147	,	,	,
148	157	according	accord	VBG
158	160	to	to	TO
161	166	Faris	Faris	NNP
167	174	Juneidi	Juneidi	NNP
174	175	,	,	,
176	184	director	director	NN
185	192	general	general	NN
193	195	of	of	IN
196	199	the	the	DT
200	207	General	General	NNP
208	219	Corporation	Corporation	NNP
220	223	for	for	IN
224	235	Environment	Environment	NNP
236	246	Protection	Protection	NNP
247	248	(	(	(
248	252	GCEP	GCEP	NNP
252	253	)	)	)
253	254	.	.	.

261	262	“	``	``
262	266	Soon	soon	RB
266	267	,	,	,
268	271	the	the	DT
272	282	government	government	NN
283	287	will	will	MD
288	296	delegate	delegate	VB
297	303	Jordan	Jordan	NNP
303	305	’s	's	POS
306	320	representative	representative	JJ
321	323	to	to	TO
324	327	the	the	DT
328	334	United	United	NNP
335	342	Nations	Nation	NNPS
342	343	,	,	,
344	346	HH	HH	NNP
347	353	Prince	Prince	NNP
354	358	Zeid	Zeid	NNP
359	362	Ben	Ben	NNP
363	367	Raad	Raad	NNP
367	368	,	,	,
369	371	to	to	TO
372	376	sign	sign	VB
377	380	the	the	DT
381	389	protocol	protocol	NN
389	390	,	,	,
390	391	”	''	''
392	399	Juneidi	Juneidi	NNP
400	404	told	tell	VBD
405	408	The	the	DT
409	415	Jordan	Jordan	NNP
416	421	Times	Times	NNP
422	424	on	on	IN
425	432	Tuesday	Tuesday	NNP
432	433	,	,	,
434	440	adding	add	VBG
441	445	that	that	IN
446	448	an	an	DT
449	454	exact	exact	JJ
455	459	date	date	NN
460	463	for	for	IN
464	471	signing	signing	NN
472	474	of	of	IN
475	478	the	the	DT
479	492	environmental	environmental	JJ
493	502	agreement	agreement	NN
503	506	had	have	VBD
507	510	not	not	RB
511	515	been	be	VBN
516	519	set	set	VBN
519	520	.	.	.

527	529	In	in	IN
530	534	1997	1997	CD
534	535	,	,	,
536	538	at	at	IN
539	540	a	a	DT
541	543	UN	UN	NNP
544	554	conference	conference	NN
555	557	in	in	IN
558	563	Kyoto	Kyoto	NNP
563	564	,	,	,
565	570	Japan	Japan	NNP
570	571	,	,	,
572	575	the	the	DT
576	581	Kyoto	Kyoto	NNP
582	590	Protocol	Protocol	NNP
591	598	legally	legally	RB
599	606	obliged	oblige	VBD
607	616	developed	develop	VBN
617	626	countries	country	NNS
627	629	to	to	TO
630	636	reduce	reduce	VB
637	640	the	the	DT
641	647	amount	amount	NN
648	650	of	of	IN
651	661	greenhouse	greenhouse	NN
662	665	gas	gas	NN
666	675	emissions	emission	NNS
676	678	by	by	IN
679	680	8	8	CD
681	684	per	per	IN
685	689	cent	cent	NN
690	691	(	(	(
691	696	below	below	IN
697	701	1990	1990	CD
702	708	levels	level	NNS
708	709	)	)	)
710	717	between	between	IN
718	722	2008	2008	CD
723	726	and	and	CC
727	731	2012	2012	CD
731	732	.	.	.

739	747	Although	although	IN
748	757	developed	develop	VBN
758	767	countries	country	NNS
768	771	are	be	VBP
772	775	the	the	DT
776	781	world	world	NN
781	783	’s	's	POS
784	788	main	main	JJ
789	795	source	source	NN
796	798	of	of	IN
799	810	large-scale	large-scale	JJ
811	814	air	air	NN
815	824	pollution	pollution	NN
824	825	,	,	,
826	832	Jordan	Jordan	NNP
832	834	’s	's	POS
835	843	decision	decision	NN
844	846	to	to	TO
847	851	sign	sign	VB
852	855	the	the	DT
856	864	protocol	protocol	NN
865	867	is	be	VBZ
868	873	aimed	aim	VBN
874	876	at	at	IN
877	886	stressing	stress	VBG
887	890	its	its	PRP$
891	892	“	``	``
892	902	commitment	commitment	NN
903	910	towards	towards	IN
911	914	the	the	DT
915	924	different	different	JJ
925	938	international	international	JJ
939	950	conventions	convention	NNS
950	951	,	,	,
951	952	”	''	''
953	960	Juneidi	Juneidi	NNP
961	965	said	say	VBD
965	966	.	.	.

973	977	With	with	IN
978	981	the	the	DT
982	989	signing	signing	NN
990	992	of	of	IN
993	996	the	the	DT
997	1005	protocol	protocol	NN
1005	1006	,	,	,
1007	1009	he	he	PRP
1010	1014	said	say	VBD
1014	1015	,	,	,
1016	1020	GCEP	GCEP	NNP
1021	1026	hopes	hop	VBZ
1027	1029	to	to	TO
1030	1037	attract	attract	VB
1038	1042	more	more	JJR
1043	1050	funding	funding	NN
1051	1053	to	to	TO
1054	1064	contribute	contribute	VB
1065	1067	to	to	TO
1068	1071	the	the	DT
1072	1085	international	international	JJ
1086	1095	community	community	NN
1095	1097	’s	's	POS
1098	1105	efforts	effort	NNS
1106	1108	in	in	IN
1109	1117	reducing	reduce	VBG
1118	1128	greenhouse	greenhouse	NN
1129	1134	gases	gas	NNS
1134	1135	,	,	,
1136	1141	which	which	WDT
1142	1146	trap	trap	VBP
1147	1151	heat	heat	NN
1152	1154	in	in	IN
1155	1158	the	the	DT
1159	1164	earth	earth	NN
1164	1166	’s	's	POS
1167	1177	atmosphere	atmosphere	NN
1178	1182	thus	thus	RB
1183	1190	causing	cause	VBG
1191	1198	climate	climate	JJ
1199	1205	change	change	NN
1205	1206	.	.	.

1213	1217	GCEP	GCEP	NNP
1217	1218	,	,	,
1219	1221	an	an	DT
1222	1228	agency	agency	NN
1229	1238	operating	operate	VBG
1239	1244	under	under	IN
1245	1248	the	the	DT
1249	1257	Ministry	Ministry	NNP
1258	1260	of	of	IN
1261	1270	Municipal	Municipal	NNP
1271	1274	and	and	CC
1275	1280	Rural	Rural	NNP
1281	1288	Affairs	Affair	NNPS
1289	1292	and	and	CC
1293	1296	the	the	DT
1297	1308	Environment	Environment	NNP
1308	1309	,	,	,
1310	1312	is	be	VBZ
1313	1316	the	the	DT
1317	1324	country	country	NN
1324	1326	’s	's	POS
1327	1332	point	point	NN
1333	1335	of	of	IN
1336	1345	reference	reference	NN
1346	1349	for	for	IN
1350	1363	environmental	environmental	JJ
1364	1369	pacts	pact	NNS
1369	1370	.	.	.

1377	1379	On	on	IN
1380	1386	Monday	Monday	NNP
1386	1387	,	,	,
1388	1391	the	the	DT
1392	1394	15	15	CD
1395	1403	European	European	NNP
1404	1409	Union	Union	NNP
1410	1416	member	member	NN
1417	1423	states	state	NNS
1424	1430	agreed	agree	VBD
1431	1433	to	to	TO
1434	1436	be	be	VB
1437	1445	formally	formally	RB
1446	1451	bound	bind	VBN
1452	1454	to	to	TO
1455	1458	the	the	DT
1459	1464	Kyoto	Kyoto	NNP
1465	1471	accord	accord	NN
1471	1472	,	,	,
1473	1476	and	and	CC
1477	1485	complete	complete	VB
1486	1489	the	the	DT
1490	1502	ratification	ratification	NN
1503	1505	by	by	IN
1506	1510	June	June	NNP
1511	1512	1	1	CD
1513	1517	this	this	DT
1518	1522	year	year	NN
1522	1523	.	.	.

1530	1532	In	in	IN
1533	1538	March	March	NNP
1539	1543	2001	2001	CD
1543	1544	,	,	,
1545	1548	the	the	DT
1549	1551	US	US	NNP
1552	1566	administration	administration	NN
1567	1574	opposed	oppose	VBD
1575	1578	the	the	DT
1579	1587	protocol	protocol	NN
1588	1590	by	by	IN
1591	1597	saying	say	VBG
1598	1602	that	that	IN
1603	1605	it	it	PRP
1606	1617	contravenes	contravene	VBZ
1618	1620	US	US	NNP
1621	1629	economic	economic	JJ
1630	1639	interests	interest	NNS
1639	1640	,	,	,
1641	1642	a	a	DT
1643	1651	decision	decision	NN
1652	1659	slammed	slam	VBN
1660	1662	by	by	IN
1663	1671	European	European	NNP
1672	1677	Union	Union	NNP
1678	1687	countries	country	NNS
1688	1690	at	at	IN
1691	1694	the	the	DT
1695	1699	time	time	NN
1699	1700	.	.	.

1701	1708	Instead	instead	RB
1709	1712	the	the	DT
1713	1715	US	US	NNP
1716	1726	government	government	NN
1727	1735	produced	produce	VBD
1736	1739	its	its	PRP$
1740	1743	own	own	JJ
1744	1755	alternative	alternative	JJ
1756	1763	climate	climate	NN
1764	1770	change	change	NN
1771	1779	strategy	strategy	NN
1780	1785	aimed	aim	VBN
1786	1788	at	at	IN
1789	1800	encouraging	encourage	VBG
1801	1811	industries	industry	NNS
1812	1814	to	to	TO
1815	1819	trim	trim	VB
1820	1825	their	their	PRP$
1826	1835	emissions	emission	NNS
1835	1836	.	.	.

1843	1848	Other	other	JJ
1849	1858	developed	developed	JJ
1859	1868	countries	country	NNS
1869	1873	like	like	IN
1874	1880	Canada	Canada	NNP
1881	1885	have	have	VBP
1886	1891	shown	show	VBN
1892	1902	reluctance	reluctance	NN
1903	1910	towards	towards	IN
1911	1918	signing	sign	VBG
1919	1922	the	the	DT
1923	1928	Kyoto	Kyoto	NNP
1929	1937	Protocol	Protocol	NNP
1937	1938	,	,	,
1939	1945	saying	say	VBG
1946	1948	it	it	PRP
1949	1954	would	would	MD
1955	1958	cut	cut	VB
1959	1962	the	the	DT
1963	1971	national	national	JJ
1972	1975	GDP	GDP	NNP
1976	1978	by	by	IN
1979	1981	up	up	RB
1982	1984	to	to	TO
1985	1988	2.5	2.5	CD
1989	1992	per	per	IN
1993	1997	cent	cent	NN
1998	2000	in	in	IN
2001	2005	2010	2010	CD
2006	2009	and	and	CC
2010	2015	cause	cause	VB
2016	2024	economic	economic	JJ
2025	2031	damage	damage	NN
2032	2037	worth	worth	IN
2038	2040	30	30	CD
2041	2048	billion	billion	CD
2049	2057	Canadian	canadian	JJ
2058	2065	dollars	dollar	NNS
2066	2067	(	(	(
2067	2068	$	$	$
2068	2070	19	19	CD
2071	2078	billion	billion	CD
2078	2079	)	)	)
2079	2080	.	.	.