COP27 gives vice-chair to Pakistan among 195 UN nations

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations’ Climate Change Conference (COP27) has announced to hand over the vice-chairmanship of the conference to Pakistan.

Displaced people carry belongings after they salvaged usable items from their flood-hit home as they wade through a flooded area in Jaffarabad, a district of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Officials say flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,000 people and displaced thousands more since mid-June. (AP Photo/Zahid Hussain)

Among the 195 countries of the United Nations, Pakistan has received the honour as result of the effective voice raised by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at global and regional forums, regarding the need for urgent climate action plan.

Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi has invited Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to co-chair the COP27 climate summit.

Prime Minster Sharif will jointly chair the roundtable conference along with president of Egypt and the prime minister of Norway, being held in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh from November 6 through 18.

The meeting will be attended by world leaders, think-tanks and the heads of governments and international financial institutions.

This will be the 27th meeting organized by the United Nations regarding the problems of climate change and the need for their sustainable solutions.

Following the recent devastating floods in Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif effectively raised voice for an immediate action on climate change at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Samarkand, Uzbekistan, and the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York. The prime minister’s proposal for a global cooperation on addressing the challenge of climate change had received endorsement by several countries.