President returns after attending UNCCC
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Leader of Mongolia Ts.Elbegdorj returned to Ulaanbaatar on December 3, after taking part in the United Nations Climate Change Conference. As known, the 21st session of the Conference of Parties (COP 21) and the 11th session of the Conference of Kyoto Protocol Parties were held in Paris of France November 30-December 11.
For the first time in history, heads of states and governments of more than 150 countries have assembled to seal a historic deal for protecting the Mother earth.
The President of Mongolia delivered a speech at the COP 21, and appealed all countries to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world–terrorism and global warming.
During the Paris Climate Change Conference, the Director-general of the UNESCO Ms Irina Bokova handed in the certificate to the President on inscribing of the Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and surrounding it sacred places to the World Heritage List.