Farid Akhmedov Was Elected A Member Of The UN Human Rights Committee - Azerbaijani MFA
Date
6/20/2022 1:12:33 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Trend
On June 17, elections to the UN Human Rights Committee for
2023-2026 were held in New York as part of the 39th meeting of the
states that acceded to the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, Trend reports citing Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry.
Candidates from 17 countries applied for nine vacancies in the
Committee, including Farid Ahmedov, Deputy Minister of Digital
Development and transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
In the voting, which was attended by 173 countries, the
candidate from Azerbaijan was elected as a member of the Committee,
gaining 94 votes.
The UN Human Rights Committee, established in 1993, monitors the
implementation by states of the provisions of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and is one of the main
international mechanisms for the protection of human rights at the
global level.
For the first time, a representative of Azerbaijan was elected
to the Committee of 18 people.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan
expresses its gratitude to all states that supported the election
of the representative of Azerbaijan to this authoritative body.
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