(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 28. The Ministry of
Emergency Situations continues to fulfill its duties in connection
with preparations for the 29th session of the conference of the
Parties to the UN Framework convention on Climate Change (COP29),
to be held in Baku in November, Trend reports.
Meanwhile, it is noted that for this purpose, in January this
year, the Ministry of Emergency Situations set up a headquarters,
which included senior officials of the Ministry and working groups
consisting of professional specialists in relevant fields, and
developed and approved a plan of measures.
To perform at a high level the tasks set out in the approved
action plan, all the Ministry's forces were mobilized from the
first day. Within this framework, the relevant bodies of the
Ministry of Emergency Situations, within the framework of their
powers to reliably ensure the safety of the population, as well as
the guests of the city, are monitoring the fields of fire,
technical, construction, and radiation safety, flexible response to
possible emergencies, as well as improving the ecological condition
of Baku Bay and other areas.
Under the leadership of Colonel General Kemaleddin Heydarov,
Minister of Emergency Situations, regular meetings on preparations
for COP29 are held, reports of the headquarters members on the work
done are presented and widely discussed, necessary instructions are
given to solve relevant security issues, and their fulfillment is
monitored.
To note, the majority of the work related to the preparation for
COP29 has been completed by the Ministry of Emergency
Situations.
The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will be held this
November in Azerbaijan. 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 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 to
prevent dangerous human interference in the climate system. The
abbreviation COP (Conference of Parties) means“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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