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UNITED STATES IS CONCERNED ABOUT PERSECUTION OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN AZERBAIJAN
20:09 23/09/2014 >> POLITICS
United States is concerned with the persecution of the civil society
in Azerbaijan. At Human Dimension Implementation Meeting of the OSCE
said the head of the United States delegation, Professor Brian Atwood.
Statement is published on the official website of the organization.
"We are gathered for this Human Dimension Implementation Meeting at a
time when the fundamental precepts upon which European security and
this Organization rest are under increasing threat. Not least among
these is the OSCE's comprehensive security concept, which recognizes
that security and cooperation among states is indivisible from
respect for human rights and democratic principles within states,"
Atwood stated.
According to him sovereignty and territorial integrity are inviolable
and disputes among States should be settled peacefully without the
threat or use of force. Adherence to these commitments in all three
dimensions of security is essential to lasting peace and well-being.
When governments breach these fundamental principles, they do harm
not just to their neighbors, but also to their own citizens' ability
fully to take part and succeed in an increasingly interconnected,
rules-based international system. Moreover, they undermine our common
effort to achieve a Europe that is whole, free and at peace.
"During the next two weeks of HDIM, my delegation also will draw
attention to serious human dimension concerns arising in other
parts of the OSCE region. To cite a few illustrative examples, the
intensified closing of space for independent civil society in Hungary
and Azerbaijan and for free and open expression in Turkey. These
countries continue to imprison human rights defenders, journalists
and peaceful religious adherents amidst abiding concerns from the
outside world about torture and unfair trials. And we call for the
immediate and unconditional release of all individuals imprisoned
in participating States for nothing more than peacefully exercising
their human right," Atwood stated.
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2014/09/23/etvud/
From: A. Papazian
20:09 23/09/2014 >> POLITICS
United States is concerned with the persecution of the civil society
in Azerbaijan. At Human Dimension Implementation Meeting of the OSCE
said the head of the United States delegation, Professor Brian Atwood.
Statement is published on the official website of the organization.
"We are gathered for this Human Dimension Implementation Meeting at a
time when the fundamental precepts upon which European security and
this Organization rest are under increasing threat. Not least among
these is the OSCE's comprehensive security concept, which recognizes
that security and cooperation among states is indivisible from
respect for human rights and democratic principles within states,"
Atwood stated.
According to him sovereignty and territorial integrity are inviolable
and disputes among States should be settled peacefully without the
threat or use of force. Adherence to these commitments in all three
dimensions of security is essential to lasting peace and well-being.
When governments breach these fundamental principles, they do harm
not just to their neighbors, but also to their own citizens' ability
fully to take part and succeed in an increasingly interconnected,
rules-based international system. Moreover, they undermine our common
effort to achieve a Europe that is whole, free and at peace.
"During the next two weeks of HDIM, my delegation also will draw
attention to serious human dimension concerns arising in other
parts of the OSCE region. To cite a few illustrative examples, the
intensified closing of space for independent civil society in Hungary
and Azerbaijan and for free and open expression in Turkey. These
countries continue to imprison human rights defenders, journalists
and peaceful religious adherents amidst abiding concerns from the
outside world about torture and unfair trials. And we call for the
immediate and unconditional release of all individuals imprisoned
in participating States for nothing more than peacefully exercising
their human right," Atwood stated.
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2014/09/23/etvud/
From: A. Papazian