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Azerbaijan introduces draft resolution regarding enlargement of Executive Committee of UN High Commissioner Program for Refugees

10 November 2011 07:57 (UTC +04:00)

The document was issued at United Nations Headquarters yesterday during the Third Committee of the UN GAâ€™s 66th session.

While introducing the document, Azerbaijani representative noted that his delegation, with the delegation of Rwanda, had requested UN bodyâ€™s enlargement from 85 to 87.

Subsequently, the Economic and Social Council took a decision toward that end on July 28, 2011. Baku therefore requests the consensus approval of the draft text.

In his previous letter to the Secretary-General, Azerbaijani Permanent representative mentioned that the country also wishes to become a member of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

â€œAzerbaijan has always been fully committed to the aims of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Azerbaijan is a party to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 1951and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees of 1967. From 1999 to 2007, Azerbaijan was a Standing Committee observerâ€, he reminded.

The Representative also mentioned that Azerbaijan is dedicated to the improvement of the situation of refugees through international and regional cooperation, as well as at the national level: â€œAzerbaijan has demonstrated a strong interest in and devotion to the solution of the problems of refugees and internally displaced persons both internationally and nationallyâ€.