COP21: President of Kiribati reaffirms commitment to World Heritage conservation

At COP21 on 5 December 2015, the President of Kiribati, Anote Tong, met with Mechtild Rössler, Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

The President made a presentation at the event "UNESCO sites: a climate change observatory ", where he spoke of his strong commitment to World Heritage conservation. He described progress made with fishery regulations at the Phoenix Islands World Heritage property, which, with more than 400,000 square km, is the largest site on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.