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| Nepal's cabinet meets on Everest | Nepal's cabinet meets on Everest |
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| Nepalese ministers have held a cabinet meeting on Mount Everest to raise awareness of the effects of climate change. | Nepalese ministers have held a cabinet meeting on Mount Everest to raise awareness of the effects of climate change. |
| Ministers hope the world's highest cabinet meeting will attract the same attention as a similar event held underwater in the Maldives in October. | Ministers hope the world's highest cabinet meeting will attract the same attention as a similar event held underwater in the Maldives in October. |
| The meeting comes ahead of next week's climate summit in Copenhagen. | The meeting comes ahead of next week's climate summit in Copenhagen. |
| Scientific studies show temperatures are rising faster in the Himalayas than the rest of South Asia. | Scientific studies show temperatures are rising faster in the Himalayas than the rest of South Asia. |
| It has led to reduced snowfall and caused glaciers to melt. | It has led to reduced snowfall and caused glaciers to melt. |
| Before Friday's meeting, teams ferried in medical equipment, oxygen canisters, soldiers and journalists to Kalipatar - a plateau at 5,200m (17,000ft) next to Everest's base camp. | Before Friday's meeting, teams ferried in medical equipment, oxygen canisters, soldiers and journalists to Kalipatar - a plateau at 5,200m (17,000ft) next to Everest's base camp. |
| Resolution endorsed | Resolution endorsed |
| Then the entire cabinet of 21 ministers including the prime minister arrived in Kalipatar by helicopter. | Then the entire cabinet of 21 ministers including the prime minister arrived in Kalipatar by helicopter. |
| During their half-hour meeting, the ministers - some wearing oxygen masks - endorsed a resolution on climate change. They then left by helicopter. | During their half-hour meeting, the ministers - some wearing oxygen masks - endorsed a resolution on climate change. They then left by helicopter. |
| Environment Minister Thakur Prasad Sharma shrugged off criticism that the meeting was just a costly publicity stunt. | |
| "The fact is that the glaciers are melting due to global warming. That has become a critical issue and we want to draw global attention to it," Mr Sharma told the AFP news agency. | |
| The trip was funded by a group of Nepalese private organisations, many of them from the tourist sector. | The trip was funded by a group of Nepalese private organisations, many of them from the tourist sector. |
| Mount Everest is the highest point on earth, with a summit 29,035 ft (8,850 m) above sea level. | Mount Everest is the highest point on earth, with a summit 29,035 ft (8,850 m) above sea level. |