Today is March 8 – International Women’s Day, APA reports.

Today, at the suggestion of Clara Setkin, it was founded in 1910 at the Second International Conference of Socialist Women in Copenhagen.

In Azerbaijan, this holiday has been celebrated regularly since 1917.

In 1998, the State Committee for Family, Women, and Children was established in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is also represented in the Council of Europe’s Bureau for Women and is a full member of the UN Commission on Women’s Affairs.

Since 1995, our country has joined the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

March 8 is a non-working day in Azerbaijan.

Source: Azeri-Press news agency

Baku: Azerbaijan’s Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev has met with Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the country Guo Min.

During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on preparations for the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which is set to be hosted by Azerbaijan this year, as well as discussed opportunities for cooperation.

Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency