(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Details added: first version posted on August 17, 20:52
BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 17. The periodic
report on the International Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination was presented in Geneva as part of
the 107th session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination on August 15-16, Trend reports via the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Azerbaijan.
The delegation consisting of representatives of relevant state
structures headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Elnur Mammadov
represented Azerbaijan at the event.
During his presentation, Mammadov noted that Azerbaijan attaches
great importance to cooperation with the relevant UN human rights
treaty bodies. He stressed that Azerbaijan is a multi-ethnic
country, and he provided information on the effective activities of
the Baku International Center for Multiculturalism in the field of
promoting the values of multiculturalism and preserving cultural,
religious and linguistic diversity in the country.
The deputy foreign minister pointed out that the main obstacle
to the implementation of the convention was the ethnic cleansing
and the occupation of Azerbaijani territories for decades carried
out by Armenia.
He informed about Azerbaijan's work in connection with the
return of internally displaced persons to their native lands after
the end of the conflict as a result of the country's victory in the
2020 Second Karabakh War and the restoration of multi-ethnic
communities in these territories, mentioning that clearing these
territories of mines and unexploded ordnances is one of the
priorities in this issue.
Besides, Mammadov stressed that in the decision of the court on
provisional measures in the case initiated by Armenia in the
International Court against Azerbaijan, many appeals of Armenia
were rejected, and in a similar case on the claim filed by
Azerbaijan against Armenia, the court demanded that Armenia take
measures to suppress the incitement and propaganda of racial
hatred.
The committee noted that issues related to hate speech in
Armenia will be considered during the presentation of the periodic
report of the Government of Armenia.
After the presentation of the report, an interactive
constructive dialogue was held, and answers were given to the
questions raised by the committee members.
The committee members welcomed the consistent measures taken in
Azerbaijan to preserve the values of multiculturalism, tolerance
and religious toleration.
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