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The UAE's COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber arrives at the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) summit in Belem, followed by Ecuador's Minister of Foreign Affairs Gustavo Manrique. The closely watched summit adopted what host country Brazil called a "new and ambitious shared agenda" to save the rainforest, a crucial buffer against climate change that experts warn is being pushed to the brink of collapse. IMAGES
A summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) opens in Kingstown, on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with speeches from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Colombian President Gustavo Petro, Honduran President Xiomara Castro, and local officials. IMAGES
African leaders open a two-day summit of the African Union as the continent wrestles with coups, conflicts, political crises and regional tensions. Ahead of the gathering in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, AU Commission head Moussa Faki Mahamat voiced alarm at the violence gripping many nations, both in Africa and other parts of the world. IMAGES
The One Planet - Polar Summit, the first international summit dedicated to glaciers and poles, opens in Paris at the Natural History Museum, as part of the 6th Paris Peace Forum. IMAGES
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hosts a meeting of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation in Belem, attended by the South American leaders of Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Surinam and Guyana. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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