New York – Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar said, Thursday in New York, that the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declares his full support for the success of the 22nd Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22), be held next November in Marrakech.
“Ban Ki-moon will be present. He gives his full support for the success of the COP22,” said Mezouar, who was speaking at a press conference, held on the sidelines of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly.
He also said that the Marrakech Conference will be a “major turning point,” that will contribute to the development of a structured and detailed agenda of action to address climate change, humanity’s greatest environmental threat.
Mezouar, who is also president of the COP22, noted, in this regard, that Morocco is determined more than ever to contribute to this collective awareness to save the planet.
