Deputy Chairman of the State Committee participated in the OSCE Annual Human Dimension Meeting

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Mətbuat xidmətinin məlumatı 20 September, 2018

Fuad Huseynov, Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Refugees and IDPs attended the OSCE Annual Human Dimension Meeting held in Warsaw, Poland, on September 18-19 this year. F.Huseynov spoke about the serious consequences of the occupation of 20 percent of Azerbaijani territories by the Armenian armed forces in his speeches at the working sessions on humanitarian issues, including human trafficking, problems of refugees and internally displaced persons. Speaking about more than a million Azerbaijani, whose human rights have been brutally violated, who have become refugees and internally displaced for more than 25 years and faced humanitarian disasters, he noted that the government of Azerbaijan is consistently working to address the social problems of these people. Since 1993, the President has signed 109 decrees and orders, 381 decisions and orders were adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers, 34 laws were adopted by the National Parliament (Milli Majlis). About 7 billion USD had been spent over the past 25 years to address the social problems of internally displaced persons. Pointing out once again the resolute and principal position of the President Ilham Aliyev, the Deputy Chairman of the Committee said that Azerbaijan is a party to the OSCE`s peaceful settlement of the conflict on the basis of international law norms, principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity. It was also underlined that it is important for the organization to use its influence to put an end to the arbitrariness of the new non-constructive government of Armenia. F.Huseynov also informed about the “Great Return” program implemented by the government of Azerbaijan. It was underlined that this program intended the voluntary return of internally displaced persons to their homeland in a safe and dignified manner, had already been implemented in Jojug Marjanli village of Jabrayil region which was liberated from the occupation. Fuad Huseynov also focused on a number of other issues at the OSCE Annual Human Dimension Meeting. It was recommended that policy of ethnic cleansing and mass displacement should be condemned, and it should be focused on the practical application of the obligations to facilitate the return of refugees and internally displaced persons in a safe and dignified manner pursuant to the Lisbon Summit decision and obligations of participating countries and other related obligations of establishments and institutions of the OSCE. In addition, after the return of IDPs to their homeland, the protection of their rights should be integrated into the OSCE Conflict Prevention Center. It is recommended to review the implementation of OSCE obligations on refugees and internally displaced persons and instruct related to submission of relevant reports to the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). In response to the speech of the person introducing himself as a representative of “Artsakh European Center”, it was noted that the so-called “Artsakh”, or “Nagorno-Karabakh Republic” (“NKR”) had not been recognized by any UN member states, including Armenia. The existence, population and autonomy of “NKR” were not mentioned in any resolution of the UN Security Council, even in the speech of the chairman. On the contrary, the acts of using force against Azerbaijan, violation of its territorial integrity were condemned, and respect was paid for its sovereignty and territorial integrity. It was emphasized that Nagorno-Karabakh is an integral part of Azerbaijan. Armenia was required to immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.