FIRST LADY OF AZERBAIJAN CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO TURN ATTENTION TO NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT

TREND News Agency, Azerbaijan
May 18 2007

Azerbaijan, Baku / corr. S.Agayeva / The international community should
focus its attention on the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Such a statement was made by the President
of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and Goodwill Ambassador of both
UNESCO and ISESCO, the First Lady of Azerbaijan, Mehriban Aliyeva,
on 18 May in the opening ceremony of the Azerbaijani room in Nation
Palace, stated Elchin Amirbeyov, the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to
Switzerland and also Head of Azerbaijan’s Permanent Representation
to UN Geneva Department and international organizations, on 18 May.

The First Lady of Azerbaijan regretfully stressed that presently the
member of UNO, Azerbaijan, is under military conflict, but the UN’s
four resolutions on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement have not
yet been implemented. She called on the international community to
turn its attention to the conflict. The opening ceremony was attended
by Director General of UN Geneva Department, Sergey Ordjankidze,
Ambassador of the foreign countries in Geneva, representatives of
the international organizations. According to Amirbeyov, before
the ceremony, Aliyeva met with the Director General of UN Geneva
Department, Sergey Ordjankidze. The meeting focused on the prospects
of the co-operation between Azerbaijan and the UN. Ordjankidze highly
assessed the efforts of Azerbaijan to expand the co-operation with
the UN and voiced confidence for future effective co-operation.

The First Lady of Azerbaijan spoke of the real development of
Azerbaijan and invited Director General of UN Geneva Department to
visit Azerbaijan. The Ambassador said that the date of the visit will
be confirmed through diplomatic channels. Mehriban Aliyeva’s visit
will conclude on 18 May. In Geneva, the World Health Organization
awarded Mehriban Aliyeva ‘For Exclusive Services in Protecting and
Strengthening the Health of Mothers, Children and Families’.