Expressing concern over the slow progress in climate change negotiations, Bangladesh demanded a legally binding agreement implementing the Bali Action Plan. The Bangladesh delegation at a press briefing in Copenhagen said negotiations are being done by a handful of influential parties bypassing the most vulnerable countries (MVCs) and least developed countries (LDCs). The press briefing was jointly organised by the Bangladesh and Nepal delegations at the press conference room of Bella Centre, Copenhagen. "We have been observing that issues and concerns raised by LDCs, AOSIS (Association of Small Islands States) and African countries are not being addressed in different negotiation texts prepared by different parties," the delegation said. The delegation read out a written statement at the press conference. "We are worried that some of the negotiating groups and countries are not following the mandate of the Bali Action Plan," the delegation added. It said Bangladesh has already protested the positions of four giant countries of G-77 and China group about making a political agreement in Copenhagen that is not legally binding. The Bali Action Plan has given the mandate for a legally binding agreement at COP 15, not a "political decision", the delegation said. Saber Hossain Chowdhury, chief of the all-party parliamentary group on climate change, Raja Debashish Roy, former adviser on environment and forest ministry to the chief adviser of a caretaker government, Uday Sharma, secretary of the Nepal forest and environment ministry, Zafar Ahmed Khan, director general of Bangladesh department of environment, Ainun Nishat, senior adviser on climate change to the IUCN Asia, and Atik Rahman, executive director of Bangladesh Centre of Environment and Forest were present at the conference. Bangladesh has been suffering for a while and now it is ready to act against climate change consequences, said Saber Hossain Chowdhury. Mentioning that Bangladesh government has created a climate change fund of $100 million, Saber said, "We have the capacity and the institutions to use the fund."