President Paudel and UN Secretary-General Guterres to hold courtesy meeting today

Baku (Azerbaijan), Nov 13: There is a schedule for a courtesy meeting between United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and President Ramchandra Paudel, who arrived here leading a high-level Nepali delegation to attend the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), on Wednesday. 

President is scheduled to host a high-level session on behalf of Nepal today.    

In the session 'Addressing Climate Induced Loss and Damage in Mountainous Regions', Nepal would draw the attention of the global community to the agenda and the effects that a mountainous country like Nepal is facing owing to climate change. 

The president is scheduled to attend a high-level program hosted by Kyrgyzstan as a part of a conference along with the Minister for Forest and Environment Ain Bahadur Shahi on Wednesday. 

President Poudel arrived here on Monday to attend the COP29 summit at the invitation of Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev.    

Influential leaders working in the field of climate change in most countries of the world, including Presidents or Vice presidents of 40 countries and Prime Ministers of 35 countries, are participating in the conference for discussions and global cooperation (Translated from RSS)