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Draft on geographical names to be debated in autumn session of Azerbaijani Parliament

24 August 2007 16:49 (UTC +04:00)

Draft on geographical names will be debated in the second reading of autumn session of Azerbaijani Parliament, head of Working Group of draft, parliamentarian Fazail Ibrahimli told the APA.
MP said that all the initiated references and proposals were examined while debating draft in the first reading and all the shortcomings were eliminated and the document was prepared for the second reading.
Ibrahimli said that geographical names have their own catalogue in the world, and special department dealing with these issues function in the UN.
â€œThose catalogues are being taken into consideration while carrying out international documentation. It is also called immortalization of names,â€ he said.
MP said that there was a time when a lot of geographical Azerbaijani names were changed in Georgia and Armenia.
He said that adoption of law on geographical names will prevent changing geographical names after it. /APA/