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UN's Ban says will invite other leaders to ratify climate deal

UN's Ban says will invite other leaders to ratify climate deal

By REUTERS

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife Yoo Soon-taek step out of the plane as they arrive at the Hangzhou Xiaoshan international airport before the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China September 3, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

HANGZHOU: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday he will hold a high-level event in New York to which he will invite country leaders to formally ratify the Paris climate change agreement. Ban was speaking in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, where the United States and China announced their formal ratification of the deal. READ ALSO: