UN Secretary General to pay courtesy call on President Paudel today

Baku (Azerbaijan), November 13 — UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on President Ramchandra Paudel in Baku, Azerbaijan on Wednesday.

Also today, President Paudel is organizing a special session on 'Addressing climatic loss and damage in mountainous regions' on behalf of Nepal.

The session will draw the attention of the world community to the problems facing Nepal due to climate change. President Paudel will participate in the programme to be organized by Kyrgyzstan today.

Minister for Forest and Environment Ain Bahadur Shahi will attend the high-level meeting.

President Paudel arrived here on Monday leading a high-level delegation to attend the 29th Conference of Parties of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (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.