AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER TO PRESENT SPEECH TO UN ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
March 13 2007

Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend , corr S.Agayeva / The Azerbaijani Foreign
Minister, Elmar Mammadyarov, is participating in a session of the UN
Council of Human Rights, held in Geneva.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported that the Minister is expected
to make a speech on the situation of human rights and inform the
participants in the session about reforms held in this sphere.

The Council of Human Rights is a subsidiary body of the UN General
Assembly, which replaced the UN Commission on Human Rights. Since
2006 Azerbaijan has held a membership at the Council.

As part of its participation in the session, the Azerbaijani Foreign
Minister will also meet with the Armenian Foreign Minister.