POLITICS
REPORT ON PROTECTION OF IDPS’ HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
On April 2, Walter Kalin, representative of the UN Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs) met Rabiyyet Aslanova, chairwoman of Milli Majlis (Parliament) permanent commission on Human Rights.
Highly appreciating the visits of UN official on refugees and IDPs to Azerbaijan, R. Aslanova said many of documents adopted by the UN regarding human rights and freedoms have been ratified by the Azerbaijani parliament. The parliament member reminded that her country experiences the problems of refugees and IDPs because of the Armenian aggression: “From the beginning of the last century, Azerbaijanis have been subjected to aggression, genocide and terror by Armenians, driven out from their native homelands. Today, more than one million Azerbaijanis live as refugees and IDPs as a result of Armenian aggression.”
She said Armenia does not perform resolutions and decisions adopted by UN Security Council and other organizations. The Azerbaijani deputy emphasized that the international community should strengthen its role for the soonest settlement of the conflict and exert pressure upon the aggressor.
W. Kalin, in his turn, said that the representative of the UN Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons visited Azerbaijan for the last time in 1998. To his words, as a new representative his goal to visit Azerbaijan is getting acquainted with the condition of the country and development of report on human rights of internally displaced persons. This report, covering political, economical, living and other rights of IDPs, will be presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council.