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title: "UN invites Madagascar coup \"leader\" to “climate change” talks"
description: "The UN has invited Madagascar president, Andry Rajoelina, to its next General Assembly meeting on climate change, despite the 35-year old having come to power in March in a military-backed coup. Now there’s speculation that the UN is softening its stance on the power-grabbing youngster, despite the UN, AU and EU saying that a new transitional government that is supposed to be made up of former leaders was created unilaterally by Rajoelina. Now they have called on Madagascar to form a consensus government ahead of elections in late 2010. Wonder if the UN is confident that the youthful president will get the hint that this is really a meeting on political climate change"
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "Africa"
author: "Branko Brkic"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/brankobrkic/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2009-09-22-UN-invites-Madagascar-coup-leader-to-climate-change-talks/"
published: "2009-09-22T09:43:17"
updated: "2013-02-01T19:57:51"
lang: "en-ZA"
word_count: 113
---

# UN invites Madagascar coup "leader" to “climate change” talks

> The UN has invited Madagascar president, Andry Rajoelina, to its next General Assembly meeting on climate change, despite the 35-year old having come to power in March in a military-backed coup. Now there’s speculation that the UN is softening its stance on the power-grabbing youngster, despite the UN, AU and EU saying that a new transitional government that is supposed to be made up of former leaders was created unilaterally by Rajoelina. Now they have called on Madagascar to form a consensus government ahead of elections in late 2010. Wonder if the UN is confident that the youthful president will get the hint that this is really a meeting on political climate change

By Branko Brkic · Published 22 September 2009, 11:43 SAST · Updated 1 February 2013, 21:57 SAST

## Content

The UN has invited Madagascar president, Andry Rajoelina, to its next General Assembly meeting on climate change, despite the 35-year old having come to power in March in a military-backed coup.
Now there’s speculation that the UN is softening its stance on the power-grabbing youngster, despite the UN, AU and EU saying that a new transitional government that is supposed to be made up of former leaders was created unilaterally by Rajoelina. Now they have called on Madagascar to form a consensus government ahead of elections in late 2010.
Wonder if the UN is confident that the youthful president will get the hint that this is really a meeting on political climate change