The 71th Conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), currently in progress in South Africa, has approved the State of Qatar's official hosting of the UNFCCC 18th conference in 2012. The approval was announced by the Conference's Executive Secretary Christina Vigirs who added that the 8th session of the Conference of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, will also be held in Doha during the period from November 26 to December 7, 2012. Meanwhile South Korea will host the ministerial meeting ahead of the 18th Conference. At the Durban Conference, the State of Qatar, in its capacity as one of the main energy exporters in the world, said it has been looking forward to the achievement of progress in the United Nations negotiations on climate change, and the support of developing countries' effort to adapt to the inevitable effects of climate change. Addressing the Conference, the Qatari Minister of Environment Abdullah bin Mubarak bin Aabboud Al-Ma'dhadi welcomed the convening of the 18th Conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Qatar next year, expressing Qatar's willingness to provide all its resources for the success of the conference. He also expressed in this respect his thanks to the Secretariat of the Convention and the Asian Group for their confidence in the State of Qatar, according to a report of Qatar News Agency "QNA".
