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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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Does "Away from formal negotiations" mean "in addition to formal negotiations"?

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A better climate

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will complete its fifth assessment report by November. The findings of working groups II and III will focus on the impacts of climate change, and on how societies can adapt to or mitigate those effects (working group I published its findings last year). Away from formal negotiations, United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon is hoping for “bold pledges” on emissions at a summit in New York in September. In research, a large carbon capture and storage project in Canada — the Can$1.24-billion (US$1.17-billion) Boundary Dam coal power-plant in Saskatchewan — begins commercial operation in April.
  

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Away from formal negotiations Ban Ki-moon has expressed these hopes informally.

— Clive

  • Away from formal negotiations Ban Ki-moon has expressed these hopes informally.
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Away from formal negotiations Ban Ki-moon has expressed these hopes informally.
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Still failed to get it.
Your explanation seems to me that Ban Ki-moon ignored any formal negotiations and just expressed hopes in an informal manner.
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I didn't say that he ignored formal negotiations. But people also discuss things informally.
Maybe he expressed these hopes informally, eg while having lunch with some diplomats or journalists..

Clive
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So "Away from" here means "in addition to"?
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Is the usage "away from" realy weird here?
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So "Away from" here means "in addition to"? No. It means what he did was not part of formal negotiations.

Is the usage "away from" realy weird here? No, it's not. However, it is a somewhat vague phrase.

Clive
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