"France would like regular monthly meetings of the Group of 28 to be held from March in New York or in Bonn at the ministerial or sherpa level to flesh out proposals ... and we can then arrive in Cancun with an efficiently prepared agenda," he said.

"It would be wise to follow double negotiations: those of the 192 (nations), because they alone can involve the entire international community, and that of the G28 which has demonstrated its efficiency," he said, while presenting his New Year wishes to diplomatic community.

Last month's marathon talks yielded the "Copenhagen Accord," a non-binding document crafted by a small group of countries that account for around 80 percent of world carbon emissions.

The accord was written by a couple of dozen leaders on the final day of the talks as the two-week meeting, hamstrung by textual wrangles and finger-pointing, faced collapse.

The Copenhagen Accord set a broad goal of limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) but did not specify the staging points for achieving this goal or a year by which greenhouse-gas emissions should peak.

Instead, countries are being urged to identify what actions they intend to take, either as binding curbs on emissions or voluntary action. Twenty-eight billion dollars in aid have been pledged by rich countries for 2010-2012.

Mauled by the experience, the UN forum is due to resume in the coming months, culminating this year with a ministerial-level meeting in Mexico in December.

"The main lesson from Copenhagen is that it is no longer possible to negotiate with 192 following the same procedures," Sarkozy said, adding that the heads of state had been presented with "an absolutely unreadable text" when they arrived in the Danish capital.

The French leader also said the United Nations should either expand its Security Council or risk being overtaken.

"I wish to warn that if the United Nations is not able to take necessary decisions quickly then... infomal forums like the Group of 20 will assume this responsibility for want of anything better," he said.

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