BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 27. A delegation from
the Azerbaijani Parliament, led by Chairperson Sahiba Gafarova,
visited Geneva for the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union on March 23-25, Trend reports.

During the assembly, Sahiba Gafarova addressed the attendees and
held several meetings with the heads of delegations from various
foreign countries also participating in the event.

At the assembly, Azerbaijan was showcased as the host country of
COP29, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change. The presentation was
delivered by Sevil Mikayilova, Vice-President of the
Inter-Parliamentary Union and a member of the Azerbaijani
Parliament.

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.
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 Berlin,
and its secretariat is located in Bonn.