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  • BAKU: Dep. Justice Minister meets with UN High Commishioner for refu

    AzerTag, Azerbaijan
    Aug. 18, 2006


    DEPUTY JUSTICE MINISTER MEETS WITH UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
    [August 18, 2006, 16:32:54]

    Togrul Musayev, Deputy Minister of Justice met with the UN High
    Commissioner for Refugees Mr. Antonio Gutteres.

    Mr. Musayev thanked the guest for his efforts towards solution of the
    problems of over one million Azerbaijanis who became refugees and
    IDPs as a result of the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh
    conflict.

    Speaking on the good human rights record of Azerbaijan, in
    particular, concerning refugees and IDPs, Deputy Minister dwelt on
    the work being done in Azerbaijan to strengthen the legal system and
    raise the efficiency of the justice in accordance with the decree of
    the President of Azerbaijan Republic of January 19, 2006. He touched
    upon the activity of the justice and reforms being implemented in
    this area, as well as long-term cooperation with the office of UN
    High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Azerbaijan.

    Mr. Gutteres, in his turn, highly appreciated the work that
    Azerbaijan government does to improve the state of refugees and IDPs.
    UN High Commissioner stressed, in particular, the significance of the
    work done to modernize and improve judicial system in Azerbaijan.

    The sides shared views on other issues of mutual interest.

    The discussions also involved Pirkko Kourula, Director of UNHCR's
    Bureau of Europe, Elchin Amirbayov, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to
    Switzerland and Vilayat Zahirov, Deputy Minister of Justice

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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