AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR OF UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev has received today the special Rapporteur of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on the right to freedom of opinion and expression Ambeyi Ligabo, who is in Baku to attend the international conference on the role of mass media in development of tolerance and mutual understanding.Ambeyi Ligabo expressed his gratitude to the Azerbaijani leader for inviting him to the conference, and stressed the importance of the fact it is being held in Azerbaijan’s capital.
Ilham Aliyev and Ambeyi Ligabo discussed what Azerbaijan has done to guarantee the protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, and explored ways of boosting the Azerbaijan-UN cooperation in this sphere.