BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 8. The territory designated for use by the United Nations (UN) at the Baku Olympic Stadium is fully prepared for the upcoming event; due to the fact that participating countries will be responsible for delivering materials for their pavilions, the preparatory work has been completed by 92 percent, Director of Department, Venue Design and Infrastructure, at COP29 Azerbaijan Operating Company Azer Guliyev told media, Trend reports.
Guliyev noted that all work will be fully completed in time for the event.
"The majority of materials used in the construction of the facilities will be reused. The total area of the temporary structures is 112,000 square meters, while the total area to be used by the UN will be 150,000 square meters," he added.
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.
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.