BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 7. Prayer and meditation rooms will be established at the venue of the upcoming COP29 conference in Baku, Trend reports.
The initiative is outlined in the draft law of the Republic of Azerbaijan: "On approval of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Secretariat of the United Nations Organization on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement. The 19th session of the meeting of the parties of the Kyoto Protocol, the 6th session of the meeting of the parties of the Paris Agreement, and the Agreement on Sessions of Subsidiary Bodies," which is scheduled for discussion at the Azerbaijani Parliament on October 8.
In addition, at the conference site, there will be a mother-and-child room stocked with all the essentials, ensuring that everything is above board. Additionally, designated outdoor smoking areas will be set up within the secured territory at the COP29 conference, so attendees can take a breather without a hitch.
To note, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will be held in Azerbaijan in November this year. The decision was made at the plenary meeting of COP28 held in Dubai on December 11 last year. Within two weeks, Baku, having become the center of the world, will host about 70,000-80,000 foreign guests.
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, which 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 the parties have decided otherwise, 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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