POLITICS
OMBUDSMAN MEETS WITH IFES REPRESENTATIVE
municipalities towards human rights protection and dialogue with local authorities.
Touching upon the upcoming municipality elections in Azerbaijan ombudsman said that some actions including zone seminar of municipalities of Baku and Sumgait were arranged within the cooperation with municipalities. She noted that much work had been done towards establishment of the new self-government system and Azerbaijan ratified “European Charter on Local Self-Government”.
Mr. K. Shields noted that IFES exists as a center of information and resources exchange regarding elections and this organization had worked in Azerbaijan for 7 years. He said that IFES would assist to organize municipality and parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan and hold discussions in this direction.