Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, will head a high-level delegation from Samoa to the all-important COP21 in Paris next week.
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The delegation is scheduled to leave this weekend for the biggest climate change conference in history.
Other officials from Samoa include the Minister of Natural Resource and Environment, Fa’amoetauloa Dr. Fa’ale Tumaali’i, staff from Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (S.P.R.E.P), representatives of M.N.R.E and many others.
They will join thousands of delegates from across the world scheduled to attend.
Speaking to the Samoa Observer yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s outgoing Chief Executive Officer, Aiono Mose Su'a said they are keeping an eye on the developments in France.
“The meeting (COP21) has not been cancelled,” said Aiono.
“As far as, I know it’s still going ahead unless they say otherwise."
“There will be no security measures other than what the French will provide but we have to be careful (when we get there) that no one wonders off. We have to meet the requirements of the country.”
COP21 also known as the 2015 Paris Climate Conference will for the first time in over 20 years of UN negotiations, aim to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate change, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2degree Celsius.
Asked about Samoans in Paris, Aiono said he was not aware of how many Samoans were residents there.
He pointed out there was an Embassy in Brussels who are keeping in contact with locals there.
From what he knows, most of the Samoans in France are rugby players. The Minister of Education, Sports and Culture, Magele Mauiliu Magele, was in France last week for a meeting.
When his office was contacted yesterday, his secretary said Magele had left France before the attacks. He is scheduled to arrive today.
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