2024-04-08 20:54:01
COP29 will open a new page in Azerbaijan’s relations with the UN.
As Day.Az reported on Monday with reference to Trend, this was announced by Deputy Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan Sahib Mammadov during a meeting of the Joint Government-UN Steering Committee for the implementation of the UN-Azerbaijan Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for 2021-2025 “.
“The organization of a platform in Azerbaijan on which the most pressing problems of humanity in the world are discussed, such as the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), confirms our country’s position as a responsible partner in solving global problems and will open a new page in our relations with the UN,” he said.
He recalled that the current year in Azerbaijan has been declared the “Year of Solidarity for the Green World.”
“Based on the above-mentioned resolution, and also taking into account the organization of COP29 in our country in November this year, I think it would be advisable to give priority to environmental projects in 2024, even in the projects that we carry out under the Framework Document,” he emphasized.
S. Mamedov mentioned that environmental and climate issues are one of the national priorities of Azerbaijan.
“One of Azerbaijan’s five national priorities for socio-economic development until 2030 is defined as “a country of clean environment and green growth”, and in the signed documents on cooperation with international partners in this direction, a special place is given to environmental and climate issues,” – he added.
It should be noted that the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will be held in Azerbaijan this November. This decision was made at the COP28 plenary meeting held in Dubai on December 11 last year. Within two weeks, Baku, having become the center of the world, will receive about 70-80 thousand foreign guests.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an agreement signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system. The abbreviation COP (Conference of Parties) stands for Conference of the Parties, which is the highest legislative body overseeing the implementation of the Framework Convention on Climate Change.
There are 198 countries that are parties to the convention. Unless the parties agree otherwise, the COP is held annually. The first COP event took place in March 1995 in Berlin, and its secretariat is located in Bonn.
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