Children parliament debates climatic changes
The Moroccan children parliament is holding in parallel to the Marrakesh negotiations on the Kyoto protocol a session to debate issues related to climatic changes and their adverse effects on earth.
The junior representatives heard presentations by chairman of the Marrakesh conference, Moroccan minister of territory development, urbanism, housing and environment, Mohamed El Yazghi, and the convention executive secretary, Michael Zammit Cutajar, on the framework-convention provisions, the Kyoto protocol and stances of various countries regarding the protocol.
The young representatives asked questions on the usefulness of the framework-convention for Morocco which is a developing country and not a large polluter, and on possibilities of harmonizing lasting development requirements in developing countries and their commitment to reduce gas emissions.
The questions also revolved around the way in which Morocco will apply the Kyoto protocol and the possibility of setting up a standing commission to follow up respect of the protocol by signatory countries, especially industrialized ones.
The children parliament will adopt a declaration that will be submitted Wednesday to the official opening ceremony of the ministerial conference.
