President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday signed the Instrument of Ratification for Pakistan to become a member of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Spokesperson to the President Senator Farhatullah Babar said that the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) that was founded on 26th Jan 2009 in Bonn, Germany, aims to promote widespread and increased adoption and the sustainable use of all forms of renewable energy. To-date 149 countries have signed the statute of IRENA while 76 have ratified it.