BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 18. The highest efforts are being made to facilitate equal participation of disabled individuals in COP29, Expert of the COP29 Accessibility Department Kamal Mammadov told reporters during a media tour of the Baku Olympic Stadium today, Trend reports.
Also, he claims that special accommodations will be made for individuals with disabilities during the event.
“We'll present COP29 to the population as a new model. A special system for people with hearing and speech impairments will be installed in the meeting rooms," he added.
This November, Azerbaijan will host COP29. This decision was made at the COP28 plenary meeting held in Dubai on December 11 last year.
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. COP—the Conference of the Parties—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 Germany's Berlin with its secretariat in Bonn.
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