UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to address EP plenary on the occasion of vote on the Paris Agreement

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Strasbourg on Tuesday to attend the final vote of the European Parliament on whether to grant consent to the ratification of the Paris Agreement by the EU.

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is set to address the plenary of the European Parliament on the occasion of the vote.

The President of the UN Climate Change conference Ségolène Royal has also been invited and will be present at the vote.

There will be a round of one-minute speeches by group leaders right before the vote and a press conference will be held afterwards.