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Feb 09th

Togo hosts regional conference on climate change on Tuesday

Lomé, Togo - A regional conference on climate change organised by the UN, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Government of Togo opens on Tuesday in Lome, sources close to the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in the Togolese capital told PANA on Monday.

The conference would address the issue of climate change from the standpoint of human rights, namely people's protection.

According to the meeting's agenda, there would be sessions on the assessment of vulnerability within the framework of climate change in West Africa; the effects

of climate change on human rights; the social dimensions of climate change; and, climate change and conflicts.

The meeting will end on Wednesday with the ministerial session to be opened by Togolese Prime minister Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo.

The conference is being organised as a prelude to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change scheduled to take place in December in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Lomé - 14/09/2009

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