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Vice-President of Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva visits Geneva-PHOTO

Vice-President of Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva visits Geneva-<font color=red>PHOTO</font>

11 June 2012 21:03 (UTC +04:00)

In Geneva UN office Leyla Aliyeva met with the Deputy Secretary-General of UN, Director General of the UN office in Geneva Kasim-Zhomart Tokayev.

Aliyeva briefed Tokayev on achievements of Azerbaijan in recent years.

Then Leyla Aliyeva toured the department of the United Nations in Geneva. In particular, she has visited the courtroom of the UN Conference on Disarmament, "Room of Azerbaijan," decorated with the national carpets, paintings and works of Azerbaijani artists, familiarized herself with Raphael Abbasovâ€™s "Baku" artwork, which is a gift from the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.

Leyla Aliyeva then visited the meeting room of the UN Council on Human Rights, the League of Nations Museum and Library of the Geneva office of the United Nations.

In the archives of the League of Nations, Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation got acquainted with a map of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) dated 1920. The staff of the museum and library showed Leyla Aliyeva draft document on the adoption of ADR to the League of Nations, which was held in late 1920.

Then Leyla Aliyeva visited the Geneva office of UNICEF, where she has met with UNICEF Deputy Regional Director Kirsi Madi. UNICEF official recalled her visit to Azerbaijan last year and spoke about UNICEF projects in Yardimli, Azerbaijan. Madi praised the level of cooperation of the Geneva UNISEF office with Heydar Aliyev Foundation.

Then, in the regional office of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in Geneva, Leyla Aliyeva met with Jan Dusk, Deputy Director and Officer-in-Charge, UNEP Regional Office for Europe.

This project is a first in Europe pilot program, which is implemented by UNEP in partnership with Azerbaijanâ€™s National Academy of Sciences and national Ministry of Environment.
The sides also discussed issues of protection of health and environment.

Leyla Aliyeva spoke about Heydar Aliyev Foundationâ€™s activities in the field of environment, in particular joint project of IDEA and National Geographic photographer Reza Degati for the international childrenâ€™s contest on the theme of ecology.

The programme called "Big Five" deserves special attention, Leyla Aliyeva said. The programme is aimed at the protection of the five endangered species of fauna of the Caucasus.

Leyla Aliyeva finished her visit to Geneva.