COP29 Presents Promising Opportunities For OTS - Secretary General
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, August 2. The 29th
Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework convention on Climate
Change, to be held in Baku, presents promising opportunities for
the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), Secretary General of OTS
Kubanychbek Omuraliev told AstanaTimes, Trend reports.
"Environmental sustainability and resilience will be at the
forefront of our agenda. The upcoming COP29 Summit in Baku presents
promising opportunities for our organization to make significant
contributions to this area," he said.
To note, this November, Azerbaijan will host COP29. This
decision was made at the COP28 plenary meeting held in Dubai on
December 11 last year. Baku will become the center of the world and
will receive about 70–80,000 foreign guests.
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.
The 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.
MENAFN02082024000187011040ID1108509865
Legal Disclaimer:
MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.