He was invited  a month ago by King Mohammed VI.

Generally the attendance at an international conference of the man wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur provokes a call for the host to arrest him.

No such request has been made by the Hague-based tribunal.

Morocco is not a member of the International Criminal Court.

It has signed the Rome Statute giving birth to the court of last resort but never ratified it.

The ICC is playing its cards close to its chest in recent days with Russian President Vladimir Putin cutting all ties following criticism of the invasion of Crimea

and Philippino President  Rodrigo Duterte threatening  similar action because of attacks on his policy of killing drug traffickers.

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The United States is expected to announce it’s formally joining the process that started in South Africa five years ago and concluded in Paris last year.

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China and the US are the biggest emitters of global carbon into the atmosphere.

Joining the Paris process has become a domestic political issue in China, chocking on its own pollution.

President Jacob Zuma, who’s at the G20 summit is not expected to make any environmental announcement.

Environment Minister Edna Molewa told the United Nations General Assembly in April  that ratification procedures are underway in South Africa , in the hope that implementation of the Paris Agreement will be initiated in 2020.

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