BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 17. The participation of delegations of colonial territories in the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) is planned, the head of the Baku Initiative Group Abbas Abbasov said, Trend reports.
He made the announcement at the first congress held in Baku with the participation of leaders of more than 15 political parties and movements for the independence of Corsica, Melanesia, and Polynesia, a group of Caribbean and Antilles islands suffering from French colonialism.
“We have already started discussing this issue. France has created serious environmental problems in its colonial territories. All these problems will be highlighted at COP29 in Baku,” he said.
To note, the Baku Initiative Group was established on July 6, 2023, in Baku by the participants of the conference "Total Elimination of Colonialism" within the framework of the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement under the chairmanship of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The Baku Initiative Group has already organized about 15 international conferences.