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Mexico devlivers ratified Paris Agreement to UN

Xinhua, September 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

Mexico's Environment and Natural Resources Minister Rafael Pacchiano, representing Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, delivered the ratified Paris Agreement on climate change to the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday.

The delivery took place during an official ceremony held as part of the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly which is taking place in New York.

Through a press release, Pacchiano said that ratifying the Paris Agreement "materializes years of work from people who are very committed to the environmental sector."

"On Sept. 14, Mexico ratified the aforementioned agreement before the Senate," said Pacchiano.

The Latin American country joins the other countries that have already ratified the agreement. China and the United States are the most notable countries among them.

The Paris Agreement was adopted on Dec. 12, 2015 at the end of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. It seeks to reinforce the world's response to the threat of climate change. Endi