A two-week UN summit in Paris has agreed the first climate deal to commit all countries to cut emissions
The international agreement was gavelled through by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to claps and cheers
More than 190 countries had been working on the pact for four years after earlier attempts to reach such a deal failed
Negotiations ran into the small hours for three consecutive nights in order to hammer out the final draft
South African Minister Edna Molewa, speaking on behalf of the "G77 plus China" group of developing countries:
Quote MessageThe agreement is balanced and the best we can get at this historic moment.
Ms Molewa finished her comments with a quote from Nelson Mandela:
Quote MessageI can only rest for a moment - for with freedom comes responsibilities and I dare not linger. For my long walk is not ended.
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Image source, UNFCCCWith a wide grin, COP president Laurent Fabius banged the gavel indicating the Paris agreement was now officially adopted.
The standing ovation continued.
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Image source, UNFCCCFormer US vice-president Al Gore joins the applause
Image source, UNFCCCConference president Fabius:
Quote MessageI now invite the COP to adopt the document. I see no objections.
Further to the concerns over "shall" and "should" in Article 4 - the secretariat have just clarified the meaning of this section, which appeared to suggest that developed countries had a legal obligation to make emissions reductions while developing countries didn't.
The "shall" was an error, the team says. It has been replaced by a "should" meaning that it isn't legally binding.
Now a list of technical corrections is being read out - which the "Secretaire Executif Adjoint" says resulted from delegates and staffers being understandably sleep-deprived.
Image source, BBC/UNFCCCConference president Laurent Fabius has introduced a recap of legal proceedings that took place to help put the agreement together.
The delegates are discussing the paragraphs that had already agreed by consensus.
After two long weeks of negotiations, in which a draft agreement was whittled from some 50 pages down to 31, a session is now underway that could see it turned into a UN treaty.
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We will bring you comments and analysis as the meeting progresses.
Matt McGrath
Environment correspondent, BBC News, Paris
We're hearing that there may be some problems over Article 4 of the agreement.
One of the sub-paragraphs says that developed countries "shall" undertake economy-wide, absolute emission reductions targets.
Whereas developing countries "should" continue enhancing their mitigation efforts, and are "encouraged" over time to move towards economy-wide emission reduction or limitation targets.
The line for the developed world would be legally binding, while the developing countries requirement would not.
Also the use of "absolute" - meaning actual reductions - is not reflected in the developing countries target.
This, of course, is just journalistic speculation, prompted by the lack of actual movement at present.
But the rumour continues....
Half an hour ago, the UN Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) sent this tweet:
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Since then, nothing has been said publicly by officials or delegations.
The conference centre is buzzing with uncertainty.
BBC science editor David Shukman is about to broadcast live on the early evening news in the UK - while in the next hall, hundreds of delegates await an overdue plenary session that could decide the deal.
According to some commentators, how well this deal will work comes down to a key question of vocabulary: how many "shoulds" and how many "shalls" does it contain?
"Shall" is seen as legally binding, whereas "should" is not.
ParisAgreement.org - a group that has been analysing the text as the fortnight went on - has mapped out where all the "shalls" can be found...
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Conference chief Laurent Fabius has been lost from view in a series of huddled discussions behind the lectern.
Observers are unsure exactly what is being discussed - and what we are waiting for.
The atmosphere is rather more confused now and delegates are moving around the room again, having their own discussions. But nobody is going very far.
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Environment correspondent, BBC News, Paris
As delegates wait for the start of this key session, no one is quite certain if we will be here for minutes or for hours.
The body language and the statements already made indicate that key blocks are supporting the deal.
But it may well be that groups and individual countries will want to take the opportunity to make remarks.
COP21 president Laurent Fabius could possibly "gavel through" the adoption of the agreement very quickly before the speeches start in earnest.
If that happens, expect roof-lifting cheers from the normally sombre diplomats and ministers.
It's delegations only in the hall itself - but you can watch the session right here on this page
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This plenary session is running half an hour late - and counting - but all the body language is looking positive for adoption of the agreement.
If the number of selfies being taken by groups of normally strait-laced negotiators is anything to go by, then this deal is surely home and hosed.
US lead negotiator Todd Stern told reporters as he entered the meeting that the US was supporting the agreement. The G77 plus China group, representing more than 130 developing nations, also assented to the deal.
Quote MessageWe are united, all together. We are happy to go home with this text
Nozipho Mxakato-Diseko, South African negotiator and spokesman for the G77
Attendees spotted in the room include former head of the UNHCR Mary Robinson, former US vice-president Al Gore and leading climate economist Nicholas Stern.
Image source, UNFCCCChinese negotiator Xie Zhenhua gave a quiet thumbs-up to Miguel Arias Canete, the EU's climate commissioner, as they both moved towards their seats.
