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ndonesia rebuffed the Danish proposal on a Copenhagen agreement as it would burden developing countries with binding emission reductions targets and threaten the country's sovereignty.

Indonesian delegates, however, have not submitted an official statement to the climate conference.

Negotiator Tri Tharyat told Indonesian journalists at the Bella Center the Danish proposal seemed to promote "one-track" of result of the Copenhagen meeting.

"We are also required to report detailed programs of the emission reductions under the MRV *Measurement, Reporting and Verification* system before the rich nations provide financial support," he said.

"The presence of international auditors could threaten our sovereignty and such policy is not in line with *our* national law."

Once the MRV is implemented, international auditors will be free to verify details on emission cuts, including auditing state budget allocations for the projects or verifying government policies issued to support the program.

The G77 Group of developing countries wanted the Copenhagen talks to issue two agreements: a second commitment to the Kyoto Protocol and a long term agreement under the Convention.

Indonesia is the first developing countries to announce voluntary emission cut targets to help protect the planet from the impacts of climate change.

Indonesia has stated it will reduce about 700 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emission by 2020, compared to the current output.

The government has also promised a 41 percent emission CUT if rich nations provided financial support.

Tri said the Danish proposal would also force developing countries to move to a low carbon economy.

Under the Kyoto Protocol, the only legal binding treaty on climate change, rich nations 9 (Annex 1 countries) are required to cut emissions by 5 percent from 1990 levels.

The United States, however, has rejected the Protocol citing negative impacts on economic growth.

Currently, there are a number of developing countries that have announced voluntary emission cuts such as China (40 to 45 percent below 2005 levels for energy used versus economic output) and India (20 to 25 percent).

Ambassador for Climate Change Louise Hand from Australia, who represents the "umbrella group" of rich nations, hailed the emission cut announcement by developing countries.

"It is now time for countries to stand behind their announcement, internationalize their offerings and craft a comprehensive outcome that sets the world on the path to a low carbon future," she said.

Countries under the umbrella group include Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, the United States and Australia.

The G77 and China stressed the verification of emission cuts should be conducted at the national level.

"*Developing countries* have been promised assistance if they undertake mitigation actions," Ambassador Ibrahim Mirghani Ibrahim from Sudan, who represented the G77 countries, said.