>“It is time to take decisive steps towards a sustainable and lasting peace. Azerbaijan should seize the momentum of COP29 to sign peace with Armenia,” a commission spokesperson recently told EUobserver.
>In the run-up to the meeting taking place from 11-22 November in Baku, campaigners and human rights defenders are calling for the democratisation of the process by which countries are selected to host these events, demanding that UN climate values and human rights are upheld by host countries.
>The former vice-chair of the UN Global Compact and CEO of Unilever Paul Polman told EUobserver in an interview that calling it the ‘COP of Peace’ has brought significant attention to the situation in the Caucasus.
>And he also said pressure from the US and the EU could lead to positive changes in the country, particularly concerning the more than 280 political prisoners as well as journalists and activists like Anar Mammadli in detention.
>“Political presence is a key issue because Armenia cannot negotiate peace with a gun against their heads. If the people that represent [Armenia] are in prison, they cannot be part of it [peace talks],” he also said.
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>“It is time to take decisive steps towards a sustainable and lasting peace. Azerbaijan should seize the momentum of COP29 to sign peace with Armenia,” a commission spokesperson recently told EUobserver.
>In the run-up to the meeting taking place from 11-22 November in Baku, campaigners and human rights defenders are calling for the democratisation of the process by which countries are selected to host these events, demanding that UN climate values and human rights are upheld by host countries.
>The former vice-chair of the UN Global Compact and CEO of Unilever Paul Polman told EUobserver in an interview that calling it the ‘COP of Peace’ has brought significant attention to the situation in the Caucasus.
>And he also said pressure from the US and the EU could lead to positive changes in the country, particularly concerning the more than 280 political prisoners as well as journalists and activists like Anar Mammadli in detention.
>“Political presence is a key issue because Armenia cannot negotiate peace with a gun against their heads. If the people that represent [Armenia] are in prison, they cannot be part of it [peace talks],” he also said.