New Delhi: Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary General of United Nations said on Wednesday he “really wanted” Prime Minister Narendra Modi to participate in the Climate Change Summit. The Summit had been taken place next week at the United Nations in New York.
In a conference on Tuesday, Ban said, “I really wanted to have him participate in the climate change summit meeting.”
Notify that Prime Minister Modi will not attend the summit. Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar will head the Indian delegation at the conference as India is miffed with the developed countries not fulfilling their commitment to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and shifting attention from real climate issues.
An audience of nearly 120 heads of state or government will gather to attend the meeting next Tuesday.
It had been expected that the summit will help in the process of crafting an international treaty on combating climate change at a UN conference in Paris next year.
Ban said that there would not be any negotiations on the pact at next week’s summit, “but, whatever agreement or understanding will be made here, will be reflected in the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) negotiation process.”
Bureau Report
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