Baku/23.01.20/Turan: Transparency International, an international non-governmental organization, has published its annual study, which analyzes the level of corruption in 180 countries around the world.
New Zealand and Denmark (87 points each) are still in the lead in 2019, followed by Finland (86 points). They are recognized as the most non-corrupt countries. Among the CIS countries, Armenia took 77th place (42 points), Georgia - 44th (56 points). Although Azerbaijan has improved its performance compared to 2018, it was in 126th place with 30 points. At the end of the ranking are Syria (13 points), South Sudan (12 points) and Somalia (9 points). -02D-
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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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