Nepal accedes to Kyoto Protocol

 Nepal has become a party to the Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, reports said.

 Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey deposited the instrument of accession amidst a function organized during the Treaty Event at the UN Headquarters on September 16.

 Kyoto Protocol is an important international treaty that seeks to strengthen the international response to climate change by arresting and reversing the upward trend in greenhouse gas emissions. With the signing of the treaty, Nepal has agreed to work with the international community to address the common challenge of global climate change and its adverse environmental consequences.

The Kyoto Protocol was adopted on December 11, 1997 and was opened for
signature from March 16, 1998 to March 15, 1999 at the UN Headquarters. nepalnews.com pb Sep 19 05

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