BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 11. Binali Yildirim, Chairman of Council of Elders of the Organization of Turkic States, arrived in Azerbaijan on November 11 to participate in the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Trend reports.
At Heydar Aliyev International Airport, Binali Yildirim was welcomed by Farid Gayibov, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Youth and Sports, Cahit Bagci, Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan, along with other officials.
To note, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) has started in Baku. The decision was made at the plenary session of COP28 held in Dubai on December 11 last year.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is an agreement signed at the Rio Earth Summit in June 1992 to prevent dangerous human interference in the climate system. The acronym COP (Conference of Parties) stands for “Conference of Parties” and is the highest legislative body overseeing the implementation of the Framework Convention on Climate Change.
A total of 198 countries are parties to the Convention. Unless otherwise decided by the parties, COP is held annually. The first COP event was held in March 1995 in Berlin, and its secretariat is located in Bonn.
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