COP29 in Azerbaijan to feature translations in 6 UN official languages

COP29, set to take place in Azerbaijan next month, will feature translations in the six official languages of the UN during its events, Report informs.

This provision is included in the draft law on the ratification of the "Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement on the Twenty-Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the 19th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, the 6th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement and the Sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies", which is on the agenda of the plenary session of Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis (Parliament) to be held on October 8.

Equipment and devices enabling proceedings in the six official UN languages will be used during the session. The six official languages of the UN are Chinese, Arabic, French, English, Spanish, and Russian.

The international event will take place from November 11-22 at the Baku Olympic Stadium.