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    Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
    May 12 2006

    Azeri MP praises UN rights body admission

    Baku, May 11, AssA-Irada

    Azerbaijan's recent admission to the newly-established UN Human
    Rights Council shows that the UN General Assembly acknowledges that
    human rights are being protected and the democratic reforms are
    successfully underway in the country, a parliament member has said.
    `The membership is another accomplishment we have made,' said
    chairwoman of the permanent parliamentary commission on human rights,
    Rabiyyat Aslanova.
    Azerbaijan became a member of the UN body following a vote on
    Tuesday, receiving 95 votes and beating a number of other countries.
    The MP said Azerbaijan will become the first South Caucasus country
    to be represented in the Council. `Neighboring states had limited
    opportunities to become a member state. It is not by mere chance that
    Azerbaijan gained the most votes [among them],' she said.
    Aslanova said that by gaining admission, Baku has acquired an
    additional opportunity to convey the essence of the long-standing
    Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict it faces with Armenia to the
    international community.
    `Armenia was not admitted to the council due to the blatant
    violations of human rights there,' the MP added.
    Also elected to the bureau have been China, Cuba, Russia, Saudi
    Arabia and Pakistan, who have been roundly criticized for poor human
    rights record. Countries such as Georgia, Armenia, Slovenia and
    Hungary have been closed out of the UN list.*
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