Thursday, January 14, 2010

Bolivia - Morales calls for Climate Change Conference in April

LA PAZ, Bolivia (EFE) .- The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, confirmed yesterday that in April he will hold a global conference will discuss a "climate justice tribunal" and an international referendum on measures to protect the environment.

The president formally convened the First World Conference on Climate Change and Peoples Rights of the Mother Earth in a ceremony in which he stood by the foreign minister, David Choquehuanca and Environment minister, Rene Orellana.

Both ministers are in charge of organizing this summit between 20 and 22 April in the city of Cochabamba (center) with "the purpose of raising awareness" in the world for countries to change their policies, he said.

Morales invited "governments who want to work with their people" to preserve the environment, scientists, academics and social movements.

The meeting, he explained, define a plan to bring "the world's peoples referendum on climate change" and seeks "a plan of action to advance the establishment of a climate court". eluniversal via google translate

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