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COP29 President-Designate: Parallels between COVID-19 and our collective fight against climate change are significant
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Baku, June 20, AZERTAC
“During our Chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), the world faced a global crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic. Over this period, Azerbaijan pushed for a global response to the pandemic, and played a key role in the adoption of UN resolutions on fair and universal access to vaccines for all countries. In 2023, we also hosted a summit on post-pandemic recovery, where our President announced two global calls for pandemic recovery support in Africa and Small Island Developing States,” said COP29 President-Designate, Azerbaijan's Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev as he addressed the Climate Action Forum of the Baku Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Youth Organization held in Baku.
“The parallels between COVID-19 and our collective fight against climate change are significant. It showed us the importance of bringing the world together to meet a shared challenge and ensuring that our response takes into account the individual circumstances of each country,” the minister added.