FRAMES OF CONVENTION ON MINORITIES RIGHTS PROTECTION TO BE DISCUSSED IN PACE SPRING’S SESSION
Author: J. Shakhverdiyev

TREND, Azerbaijan
Oct 4 2006

During the spring`s session of PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of Council
of Europe), frameworks of the convention on protection of national
minorities rights is expected to be discussed, MP Ganira Pashayeva,
a member of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE told Trend today.

She pointed out that 36 member-states of the Council of Europe out
of the total 46 ones have ratified this convention. Despite of the
fact that 4 countries signed the document, they have not ratified it
yet. Four countries denied doing it at all. During discussing this
issue, our delegation is expected to deliver a speech as well. "It
will be marked that Azerbaijan has no problems with its national
minorities. And it is necessary to review this convention, since
the most of 36 countries signed it with certain conditions", told
Mrs. Pashayeva.

She also pointed out that during the discussion of this issue, it
will be underlined that once Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh
had such a right.

"It will be also marked that they could obtain education in their
mother tongue. They had their own mass media. But after that
they launched carrying out an ethnic clean-up on the territory of
Nagorno-Karabakh, a part of the Azerbaijan territory", pointed out
the MP.

She pointed out that during the forthcoming discussion, it will be
underlined that Azerbaijan supports the convention.