Politics - 1997 September 18 (Thursday)

On November 16, at the venue of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Baku, environmental activists held rallies demanding that industrialized countries pay for the fight against climate change and respect the rights of people living in forest areas.

Lise Christoffersen, Co-Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Monitoring Committee for Azerbaijan, has voiced serious concern over the deteriorating health of civil society activists Anar Mammadli and Gubad Ibadoghlu.

The Central Election Commission of Georgia on Saturday approved the results of the 26 October Parliamentary elections.

‘I look forward to attending the COP29 climate conference to demonstrate that America is still in this fight and that we will not back down from our commitments and our allies.’