Baku is one of three European countries to celebrate World Environment Day

“This year, Baku has been elected one of the three central cities along with Swiss cities of Geneva and Italian city of Genoa,” the Azerbaijan Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry said.

“We assess this as successful result of the work done in environmental protection and also national environment programs as well as international organizations’ attaching great importance to Azerbaijan in the South Caucasus region.”

The UN General Assembly declared June 5 World Environment Day at its 27th session at December 16, 1972. On the same day, the General Assembly also founded the UN Environment Program.

The World Environment Day is usually marked by street rallies, bicycle racing, essay competition at schools, plating trees, cleaning of polluted areas and utilization of wasters.


/Milli.Az/