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Baku/24.07.23/Turan: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has dismissed Khalaf Khalafov from the post of Deputy Foreign Minister. By another order of the head of state, Khalafov was appointed a representative of the President of Azerbaijan on special assignments.
Khalafov is a career diplomat. For more than 25 years (with a short break) Khalafov held the post of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. At the same time, he also carried out the mission of the Special Representative of the President on the Caspian Sea and border issues.—16В-
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"The war has destroyed more than 3 million hectares of forest in Ukraine. We have forest fires every day, our water and land resources are polluted". This was stated by the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Svetlana Hrynchuk at a press conference in the Ukrainian pavilion of the COP29 climate convention conference in Baku on 19 November.
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Countries around the world must reduce emissions by 9% annually throughout this decade to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated on November 19 at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
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On November 19, the Sabail District Court of Baku granted the prosecution's request to extend the pretrial detention of Talysh researcher Iqbal Abilov for another four months, his lawyer, Rovshan Rahimov reported. According to the lawyer, the defense considers Abilov’s detention to be unjustified and disputes the charges brought against him. Abilov himself also rejected the accusations. The defense plans to file an appeal against the court's decision.
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On November 19, a debate titled "No Climate Justice Without Space and Meaningful Participation" took place as part of COP29. The event was organized by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and a number of other human rights organizations.
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