Ghulam Isakzai from Afghanistan has been appointed as the new UN Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan, Turan was told at the UN Press Office in Baku.
According to UN sources, Isakzai previously worked in various positions in the United Nations system in Nepal, North Korea, and others. To this day, he was Deputy Resident of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
The previous head of the UN office in Baku, Antonius Broek left Azerbaijan in November 2015.-02D-
Politics
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The agreement reached at the COP29 climate summit has been hailed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres as a critical step in global efforts to combat climate change. Speaking after the conclusion of high-stakes negotiations, Guterres emphasized that the agreement is pivotal for maintaining the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, a threshold considered crucial to preventing the worst impacts of climate change.
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On 23 November at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, eco-activists from different countries held a protest action against the failure of countries to agree on climate finance.
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On the eve of the closing of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has drawn attention to the criminal cases of journalists detained in Azerbaijan.
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Negotiations at the 29th session of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku have been extended until November 24, a source in the UNFCCC Secretariat told the Turan news agency. According to the source, participants aim to finalize and sign the concluding documents by that date.
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