India to host United Nations global wildlife summit in 2020

New Delhi: India will host the next United Nations global wildlife conference in 2020 Announcement regarding this has been made on Saturday.

"#India to be the host of the next CMS Conference of the Parties #CMSCOP13! Officially announced at the closing #CMSCOP12 plenary, in Manila," the UN for Environment Programme tweeted.

An announcement in this regard was made in the Philippine capital on the last day of the six-day 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species, or CMS COP12, the only international treaty devoted exclusively to migratory animal species.

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Delegates from over 120 countries had gathered there.

The CMS COP is held once in three years.

--IANS