KATHMANDU, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Prior to the 15th conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Nepal has decided to hold the highest altitude cabinet meeting for the first time to protect Himalayas.

    The historic cabinet meeting dedicated to reveal the entire world about the impact of climate change in Himalayas will be the held at Kalapatthar, the Mt. Qomolangma (also known as Mt. Everest) Base Camp at an altitude of 17,192 feet on Dec. 4.

    The cabinet meeting of the Nepali government to be presided by Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on the laps of the majestic Himalayas is a step further to express its commitments to safeguard the environmental sanctity of the Himalayas for the common interest of local to global communities.

    In addition to this, the cabinet meeting also targets to highlight the issues of melting Himalayas and millions of people living in the region due to the climate change to the Copenhagen Conference as a collective action in national and international level to shed light on melting Himalayas.

    "We do so with the recognition that the Himalayan range is one of the three major spots on this planet that is going through a change that has a global consequence," said Deepak Bohora, Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation on Sunday. The other two are the Amazonian rain forest and the polar ice caps, he added.

    According to him, Nepal's position is unique in this debate as it is centrally located in the middle of the three thousands kilometer long Himalayan range which covers several countries including two of the most populated countries on the planet-China and India.

    "This meeting at the base camp is an example of our green action. It is just a beginning for this country's long term goal toward making it a green nation," Bohora said.

    Meanwhile, Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation, Sharat Singh Bhandari said that Nepal's economy based on agriculture and tourism has been badly affected by climate change though it does not emit greenhouse gas like developed and industrialized countries in the world.

    "We are suffering badly because of the greenhouse gas emitted by big countries, so small countries like Nepal need compensation. Thus, to support this concept we are organizing this campaign," Bhandari emphasized in a press conference organized here in capital Kathmandu on Sunday.

    Nepal, for her geographical location, has to bear the brunt of the impacts of climate change on the Himalayas, and therefore rightfully placed to raise the collective voice of the region for collective action for Himalayas, the release issued by government read.

    "As we are closing in towards the 15th Conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, the Nepali government would avow its commitment to represent a collective regional voice to protect the Himalayan sanctity," the release added.

    The event will enjoin the Summiteers' Summit to Save the Himalayas being held in Copenhagen on Dec. 11, on the occasion of International Mountain Day.

    The cabinet meeting will make some important decisions which will help in ensuring the environmental integrity of the Himalayas.

    The event will include 27 ministers, 5 cabinet secretariat members and 26 Nepali summiteers in the campaign, according to the Forest Minister Bohora.