OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
EXECUTIVE ORDER
OF PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC
INSTITUTION OF STATE PRIZES IN THE FIELDS OF SCIENCE, CULTURE AND LITERATURE IN AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC
For the purpose of appreciation of best works in the fields of science, culture and literature in the Republic of Azerbaijan, and encouragement of creative intellectuals to create high-level works meeting modern requirements, I hereby decree:
1. State Prizes in the fields of Science, Culture and Literature shall be instituted.
2. Evaluation Commission on State Prizes shall be formed to select and determine nominees for the prizes.
3. The Cabinet of Ministers shall be assigned to:
- prepare within two months a draft Regulations and composition of the Commission on State Prizes and submit to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
- solve questions arising from the present Executive Order.
4. The present Executive Order comes into effect from the day of signing.
Ilham Aliyev
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Baku, March 3, 2004