BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 1. The Border Control Command of the State Border Service (SBS) of Azerbaijan is ready for the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), Elshan Verdiyev, Head of Border Control at the SBS said during a media briefing held at the command in Baku today, Trend reports.
He pointed out that steps have been put in place to guarantee a smooth entry for foreign citizens coming into Azerbaijan for COP29.
"Special technological equipment for efficient document verification has been fully prepared, and the necessary instructions have been issued in this regard," he added.
In a mere 10 days, Azerbaijan will host COP29, the decision about which 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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