Tanzania's National Assembly Speaker Arrives In Azerbaijan To Attend COP29 (PHOTO)
Date
11/15/2024 7:13:06 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 15. Speaker of the
National Assembly of the Republic of Tanzania Tulia Ackson arrived
in Azerbaijan on November 15 to attend the 29th session of the
Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework convention on Climate
Change (COP29), Trend reports.
MP Amina Aghazade and other officials met the guest at Heydar
Aliyev International Airport.
To note, a parliamentary meeting jointly organized by the
Inter-Parliamentary Union and Azerbaijani Parliament will be held
in Baku on November 16-17 within the framework of COP29. The event
is expected to be attended by 92 delegations from 66 countries and
international organizations - about 330 representatives in total.
Among the participants are 167 members of parliament, including 12
speakers and vice-speakers.
The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) kicked off in Baku
on November 11.
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
acronym 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
the parties decide otherwise, COP is held annually. The first COP
event was held in March 1995 in Berlin, and its secretariat is
based in Bonn.
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