41. 6.3 Diplomatic Series: New Election Laws In Azerbaijan The azerbaijan government recognizes that the presidential elections will be In addition, the azerbaijan government announced it intends to remove a http://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/63_folder/63_articles/63_electionl

Autumn 1998 (6.3) New Election Laws in Azerbaijan An Overview Introduction On Sunday, October 11, 1998, the Republic of Azerbaijan will hold its first presidential election under the country's new Constitution (adopted in 1995) in which the term for Presidency is five years. In February 1998, a new election law was proposed. Following debate in the Azerbaijani Parliament (Milli Majlis) and formal discussions with opposition parties, leading political figures and numerous international organizations, the draft law was substantially amended and passed by the Parliament. It was signed into law by President Heydar Aliyev on June 9, 1998. Comprehensive Law The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs said in a statement issued on July 22, 1998 that "the current draft of the law on presidential elections provides in many respects a legal framework that conforms with international standards for elections. It reflects extensive deliberation and consultation on the part of the government, and incorporates proposals made by the opposition." Central Election Commission The law establishes an independent Central Election Commission (CEC), comprised of representatives from political factions in the country, to monitor and supervise the electoral process. The CEC is to have 24 non-partisan members: 12 members are appointed by the President, with the remaining 12 appointed by the Parliament on a representational basis appropriate to party affiliation in the legislature. In addition to the 24 non-partisan seats, each political party that meets the qualification (of 50,000 signatures) to put forth a presidential candidate will also receive a seat on the CEC. Citizens may sign petitions endorsing as many candidates as they desire.

42. Investment Opportunities | Azerbaijan Investment Promotion And Advisory Foundati the economic development strategy determined by azerbaijan government.During last years azerbaijan government pays much more attention to the foreign http://www.azerinvest.com/eng/invopp.php?pg=investmentclimate

43. MapZones.com : Azerbaijan Government Information of Country s Government, Political parties, democracy, Prime Minister. http://www.mapzones.com/world/europe/azerbaijan/governmentindex.php

fiSearchFormMaxSetId='AX006201'; Country Info Azerbaijan Introduction Azerbaijan General Data Azerbaijan Maps Azerbaijan Culture ... Azerbaijan Time and Date Azerbaijan Government Back to Top Government: One autonomous republic, Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic; one autonomous region, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region. Fifty-six districts and ten cities under direct central control. administrator branch includes president, elected by direct popular vote and Council of Ministers, appointed by president with legislative approval; 350-member legislature, Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet, broken in May 1992, superseded by fifty-member Melli-Majlis (National Council). Regimes of early 1990s unstable. Adoption of new constitution delayed by political turmoil. Judicial branch remains substantially unchanged from Soviet system, which offered limited rights to those accused. Politics: Azerbaijani Communist Party, previously only legal party, broken formally September 1991 but remained influential and was reconstituted December 1993. Major parties New Azerbaijan Party, led by President Heydar Aliyev; Azerbaijani Popular Front, major opposition party 1990-92; and National freedom Party, major opposition party 1992-94. Several smaller parties influential in coalition politics of MelliMajlis . Foreign Relations: Major goal countering worldwide Armenian information campaign on Nagorno-Karabakh. Policy toward Turkey and Russia varies with perception of support and mediation of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; Aliyev government closer to Russia. Blockade of Armenia brought United States restriction of relations and aid in 1992. Recognized by 120 countries by 1993.

44. Azerbaijan Development Gateway Azerbaijan Overview, str. m. Legislation Database, str. m. Local Gateways, str azerbaijan government eReadiness Report. 0. (doc) 211.00 kB http://www.gateway.az/cgi-bin/cl2_gw/item.cgi?lang=en&item=20031127131643685

45. Azerbaijan Development Gateway The project has been initiated by Government of Azerbaijan, According to theNational Coordinator of the azerbaijan government World Bank joint http://www.gateway.az/control/news.php?id=29&language=1

46. BTC Signs Project Finance Agreements With Azerbaijan Government 2/3/04 3, 2004 The azerbaijan government and BTC Co, operated by BP, today hosted anofficial ceremony during which the final package of project finance http://www.unocal.com/uclnews/2004news/020304a.htm

BTC signs project finance agreements with Azerbaijan government The following news release was issued in Baku by BTC Co. Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 3, 2004 The Azerbaijan Government and BTC Co, operated by BP, today hosted an official ceremony during which the final package of project finance documents was signed to finance BTC construction. The signing ceremony, which took place in the Gulustan Palace in Baku, marks the completion of agreements covering the third party financing for the pipeline project. The BTC financing agreements were signed by representatives of the Governments of the Azerbaijan Republic, the Republic of Georgia and the Republic of Turkey and representatives from the BTC lender group in the presence of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic, H.E. Ilham Aliyev. The financing package includes 208 finance documents, with over 17,000 signatures from 78 different parties, and it represents a major milestone in the implementation of the financing arrangements for the pipeline which will cost $2.95 billion to construct ($3.6 billion total project cost including line fill and loan interest during construction). Approximately 30 percent of BTC costs are being funded by equity contributions, while the remaining 70 percent of the total is being provided in the form of financing by third parties. The BTC partners have already contributed $1 billion. The total debt committed is $2.6 billion thus completing the funding for the project.

47. Review - Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT Eager to keep his mosque s independence from the azerbaijan government, The azerbaijan government wants closer alliances with Western Europe as a hedge http://www.westminstercollege.edu/review/index.cfm?parent=1607&detail=1609&conte

48. Conflict - Karabakh - Azerbaijan - Map Strangely, both OSIAzerbaijan and Soros NY made the network in spite of having However, all three sites support the azerbaijan government position on http://www.govcom.org/publications/drafts/map.html

Karabakh Conflict - Azerbaijan Starting Points Starting Points didn't make the network. Of the 8 starting points, only 1, Adil Baguirov's Virtual Azerbaijan Resources, made the network. http://www.armenianreality.com... http://scf.usc.edu... http://www.karabakh.cjb.net... http://refugee-az.s5.com... ... http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill... Legend Goverment Local NGO Int NGO Web directories Commercial Story 1 - Azeri Genocide The AzeriGenocide.org website is one of the starting points in the network, but in the end the site didn't make the issue network. Due to a spam campaign by the AzeriGenocide web team, most web masters of Azerbaijan sites know about the AzeriGenocide site, and the AzeriGenocide banner is posted on many Azerbaijan-related sites. However, none of the final Karabakh issue network sites have links to AzeriGenocide.org. Considering that the Khojaly Tragedy and Friends of Turkey sites made the network, it's not clear why AzeriGenocide didn't, especially as AzeriGenocide initiated a recent and popular campaign to repeal Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act, an issue which is important for most Azeris. Story 2 - Outlinks Four sites made the network without having any outlinks to other network members: Karabakh.org, OSI-Azerbaijan, Friends of Turkey, and UNDP-Azerbaijan.

49. Azerbaijan azerbaijan government 2000 From Photius Coutsoukis. azerbaijan government FromNationmaster.com. Government of Azerbaijan From Abacci Atlas. http://www.washlaw.edu/forint/asia/azerbaijan.htm

Add Site Search Law Library Contact Us ... LawTech Foreign and International Law Azerbaijan Azerbaijan law resource page with links to the Azerbaijan constitution, Azerbaijan government, Azerbaijan law firms, Azerbaijan law, Azerbaijan legal research, Azerbaijan association of lawyers, Azerbaijan courts, Azerbaijan embassy, Azerbaijan president, Azerbaijan legislature, and Azerbaijan law guide. Azerbaijan Law Government of Azerbaijan In English, Azarbaycan, Pycckar. From The President. Click the "Government" link on the left once you enter. Azerbaijan Government 2000 From Photius Coutsoukis. Azerbaijan Government From Nationmaster.com. Government of Azerbaijan From Abacci Atlas. Governments on the WWW: Azerbaijan Republic of Azerbaijan From the Law Library of Congress. "The Guide to Law Online is an annotated compendium of sources accessible through the Internet. Links provide access to primary documents, legal commentary,” and more. Association Association of Lawyers of Azerbaijan From Juris International. Constitution The Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan In English, Azarbaycan, Pycckar. Click "The Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan" on the right.

50. Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Of The Republic Of Armenia Official Site When the azerbaijan government thought it best to subjugate this district, theArmenian Government was quite ready to declare war about it. http://www.armeniaforeignministry.com/fr/nk/nk_file/article/14.html

Nagorno Karabagh: The Karabakh File Statements made by Nasib Beg Usubbekov and Alexander Khatisian, the Prime Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia respectively, following private discussions, on the conflict between the two countries, to Col. James C. Rhea of the U.S. Army. The discussions were followed by an agreement signed on 23 November, 1919 in Tbilisi, reflecting the major concern, the cessation of hostilities. 20 November 1919 Mr. Usubbekov : We have agreed that all military operations must be stopped, but we have not yet agreed on details. We will discuss these questions further and in case we are not able to agree, we ask you [Col. Rhea] to decide the questions. I have proposed to the President of Armenia that Armenia withdraw all her regular troops, officers and military agents now in Zangezur, that no war material shall be left in Zangezur, all guns, rifles, etc. be withdrawn, and the people disarmed; that the roads leading into Zangezur shall be kept open for traffic and that refugees are to be returned to Zangezur. Mr. Khatisian

51. Azerbaijan (10/04) Per capita GDP $753 (azerbaijan governmentreported). Although the Governmentof Azerbaijan consists of three branches, Azerbaijan has a strong http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2909.htm

Bureau of Public Affairs Electronic Information and Publications Office Background Notes Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs October 2004 Background Note: Azerbaijan PROFILE OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Azerbaijan Geography Location: South Caucasus; bordered by Russia to the north, the Caspian Sea to the east, Iran to the south, and Georgia and Armenia to the west. Area: 33,774 sq. mi. (includes Nakhchivan and Nagorno-Karabakh); slightly smaller than Maine. Cities: Capital Baku. Terrain: Caucasus Mountains to the north, lowland in the central area through which the Kura River flows. Climate: Dry, subtropical with hot summers and mild winters; forests, meadows, and alpine tundra in the mountains. People Nationality: Noun Azerbaijani(s), Azeri. Adjective Azerbaijani, Azeri. Population (Dec. 2000 est.): 8,082,000. Population growth rate: 0.27%. Net migration rate: -5.92/1,000. Ethnic groups (1998 est.): Azeri 90%, Dagestani Peoples 3.2%, Russian 2.5%, Armenians 2%, and other 2.3%. Religion: Muslim 93.4% (majority Shi'a), Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox Church 2.3%, and other 1.8%. Languages: Azerbaijani 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, and other 6%.

52. >>> AsiaNews.it <<< Government Shuts Down Djuma Mosque Now Slated To Be A Carpet The azerbaijan government wants to turn it into a Carpet Museum. The authorities’decision to close down this important Mosque goes back to the presidential http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1091

53. IFEX :: Azerbaijan azerbaijan government STALLS ACCESS TO INFORMATION LAW. The Azerbaijani governmentis azerbaijan government COMMITTING GRAVE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/archivefeatures/179/

SEARCH: Advanced Entire site In Azerbaijan HOME REGIONAL NEWS CAMPAIGNS HOT TOPICS ... RELATED SITES COMMUNIQUE: Sign up now for your weekly bulletin of free expression news. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER COMMUNIQUE ARCHIVE MEMBERS ONLY Page d'accueil ... Europe Azerbaijan ARCHIVES DES ARTICLES: ARTICLE 19 SURVEYS ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, GEORGIA ARTICLE 19 has published a new report highlighting the need for Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia to implement laws enabling the media and citizens to better access public information. The report assesses media laws and media ownership in each country and concludes that media in all three countries face significant barriers in accessing government information. 20 avril 2005 RAPPORT COMPLET AZERBAIJAN: EDITOR'S MURDER PROMPTS OUTCRY International press freedom groups have called for an inquiry into the murder of prominent editor Elmar Huseynov, who was gunned down in front of his home on 2 March 2005 in Baku, Azerbaijan. 09 mars 2005 RAPPORT COMPLET AZERBAIJAN: IPI SUPPORTS PRESS FREEDOM CAMPAIGN The International Press Institute (IPI) is launching a campaign with a coalition of 15 journalist associations in Azerbaijan aimed at focusing more international attention on deteriorating press freedom conditions in the country.

54. Azerbaijan: Refusing To Bear Arms 2005 Revision Refusing to Bear Arms / CONCODOC Project file for Azerbaijan, 2005/04/27. Human Rights Committee called upon the azerbaijan government in 2001 to http://www.wri-irg.org/co/rtba/azerbaijan.htm

Azerbaijan As published in The Right to Conscientious Objection in Europe , Quaker Council for European Affairs, 2005. Conscription Conscientious objection NAGORNY KARABAKH Conscription Conscription is enshrined in Article 76 of the 1995 Constitution and is further regulated by the 1992 Law on the Armed Forces. The length of military service is 18 months, and 12 months for university graduates. All men between the ages of 18 and 35 are liable for military service. Young men are usually called up for medical examination at the age of 16, after which they are called up for military service at 18. There are four call-up periods per year. According to the Law on the Armed Forces, reservist obligations apply during wartime up to the age of 50. During peacetime, men are not called up for reservist duties. Ever since 1988 Azerbaijan has been in an undeclared state of war with Armenia about the territory of Nagorny Karabakh. Nagorny Karabakh is on Azerbaijan territory, but it is claimed by Armenia. Since 1994 there is a ceasefire and Nagorny Karabakh is de facto independent, maintaining close contacts with Armenia. However, the situation has remained tense ever since and Azerbaijan conscripts may be deployed to serve in areas near Nagorny Karabakh. Statistics The armed forces comprise 67,000 troops. The number of conscripts is not known. Every year, approx. 80,000 young men reach conscription age.

55. CPJ Protests: China 2001 azerbaijan government forces closure of independent TV station. Click here toread more about press freedom conditions in AZERBAIJAN http://www.cpj.org/protests/01ltrs/Azer27aug01pl.html

AZERBAIJAN: Government forces closure of independent TV station Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in AZERBAIJAN Email this article to a friend August 27, 2001 His Excellency Heidar Aliyev President of Azerbaijan 19 Istiglaliyat Street Baku, Azerbaijan 370066 Via Facsimile: 011-994-12-920-625 Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply concerned by your government's unrelenting harassment of the independent Baku station ABA Television. The station recently closed its doors, apparently under government pressure, and Tax Ministry officials have since confiscated some of ABA's equipment. CPJ urges Azerbaijani officials to conduct a prompt, thorough, and fully transparent investigation into the Tax Ministry's possible abuse of authority. We respectfully request more information about the inquiry as it becomes available. For several months, ABA has been the subject of intense scrutiny by tax officials. Shamil Safiyev, the head of the station's finance department, has been in jail since his May 22 arrest on charges of tax evasion and the intentional use of false documents.

56. CPJ Protests azerbaijan government blocks broadcast of interview with Chechen rebel leader.Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in AZERBAIJAN http://www.cpj.org/protests/00ltrs/Azerbaijan01august00pl.html

Azerbaijan: Government blocks broadcast of interview with Chechen rebel leader Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in AZERBAIJAN August 1, 2000 His Excellency Heidar Aliyev President of Azerbaijan 19 Istiglaliyat Street Baku, Azerbaijan 370066 VIA FAX: 011-9412-920-625 Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is greatly disturbed by the pressure your government has exerted on the independent television station ANS to block it from airing an interview with a Chechen rebel leader. On July 14, electricity to the television station was cut off 15 minutes into the broadcast of an interview with Chechen rebel commander Shamil Basayev, according to CPJ's local sources and international news reports. Officials responsible for power supply claimed that the interruption was due to an accident involving electricity lines. But on July 16, ANS TV received an official notification, signed by Deputy Prosecutor-General Ramiz Rzayev, stating that the tape of the interview had been illegally imported from Russia to Azerbaijan and that the interview itself was illegal because it allegedly contained terrorist propaganda, in violation of Azerbaijani law and international conventions ratified by Azerbaijan. The letter, a copy of which was faxed to CPJ, also stated that if ANS TV continued to broadcast such programs, the Procurator-General's Office would "take more serious measures" against the station.

57. 1998 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, February 26, 1999 The azerbaijan government continues to claim that the Armenian occupied areas of An azerbaijan government commission supervises the implementation of a http://www.hri.org/docs/USSD-INCSR/1998/Europe/Azerbaijan.html

Compact version Today's Suggestion Browse through our Interesting Nodes on Religion Monday, 19 September 2005 News Latest News (All) From Greece From Cyprus From Europe From Balkans ... PNP-Online User ID: 1998 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs United States Department of State February 26, 1999 AZERBAIJAN I. Summary Azerbaijan is located along a drug transit route from Iran and Central Asia north to Russia and Central and Western Europe. Consumption and cultivation of narcotics are at low but increasing levels. The main drugs seized were opium and cannabis. Azerbaijan is devising a national drug control strategy including a new national narcotics law. Section 907 of the U.S. Freedom Support Act has precluded the funding of U.S. counternarcotics assistance in 1998. Azerbaijan is a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention and recently ratified the 1961 and 1971 UN Drug Conventions. The United Nations Narcotics Drug Control Program (UNDCP) is presently carrying out a program of technical counternarcotics assistance. II. Status of Country

58. Short Information About The Tacis Programme In Azerbaijan and has to be approved by the EC and the azerbaijan government. advice tothe central and local Government, parliament, central bank of Azerbaijan http://www.mednet.az/humanitarian/TacisAZinfo.html

Short information about the Tacis Programme in Azerbaijan Coordinating Unit - Azerbaijan The European Union’s Tacis Programme What is Tacis? Tacis is a European Union initiative for the New Independent States and Mongolia that aims to support the development of market economies and democratic societies in these countries. It provides grant finance for know-how transfer and some investment (up to 20 percent, in the field of nuclear safety 40 percent). Tacis works closely with the partner countries to determine how funds should be spent and cooperates with other donors. In Azerbaijan the Tacis Programme has implemented about 120 projects since the end of 1991 of a total budget of roughly 67 mio euro. Other European initiatives for the region Tacis is just one of several European Union aid programmes for Azerbaijan. It provides technical assistance worth about 8 million euro for 1999. The other programmes are the Food Security Programme by DG XIII (14 million euro available for 1999) ECHO programme providing humanitarian aid (4.86 million euro to be spent in 1999)

59. Azerbaijan Commercial News Updates - Oct 2004 World Bank, azerbaijan government Sign New Credit Agreement The World Bankand the Government of Azerbaijan Republic signed the Development Credit http://www.bisnis.doc.gov/bisnis/bisdoc/0506AZ.htm

COMMERCIAL NEWS UPDATE FROM AZERBAIJAN June 2005 Inside this month’s issue: World Bank, Azerbaijan Government Sign New Credit Agreement - Azerbaijan Opens Tannery, Biggest In the Region Siemens Signs Contract to Build Power Station in Azerbaijan - Baku to Host International Oil and Gas Show - Presidents of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, and Kazakhstan Inaugurate BTC - US Energy Secretary Bodman Hails Opening of the BTC Pipeline - AIOC Passes Offshore Milestones Azeri, Turkish, Georgian Leaders Sign Railway Accord Prepared by Bakhtiyar I. Mamedov, BISNIS Representative for Azerbaijan SUMMARY This commercial news update summarizes key legislative acts, government plans and announcements related to development of Azerbaijan's economy, as well as macro and micro economic trends in Azerbaijan in June 2005. Information was provided by the, USACC, World Bank, BTC Bulletin and CBN. For more information on developing your U.S. business in Azerbaijan, please contact Bakhtiyar I. Mamedov, BISNIS Representative for Azerbaijan. Some of the figures listed in the text are in local currency – manat (AZM) and euro. Current exchange rate is 1 USD = 4,704.00 AZM.

60. Internet Access And Training Program In Azerbaijan concerning the alumni working in azerbaijan government structures? We donot know the exact numbers of alumni working for azerbaijan government. http://www.iatp.az/news/iatp/26_02_2004.htm

home IATP description goals and objectives IATP partners ... links News azeri texts Web Chat Between US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish and Citizens of Azerbaijan Thursday, February 26, 2004, 2-3pm US-Azerbaijan Education Center, Baku, Azerbaijan This event was hosted by IREX through the Internet Access and Training Program (IATP), a program of the US Department of State and administered by IREX, in coordination with the US Embassy in Azerbaijan. The formatting of the chat text has been adjusted for easier reading. Spelling and explicit grammar errors have been corrected. Additionally, some minor phrasing errors that required clarification have been slightly reworded. No other changes have been made to the text of this chat. different exchange programs has very increased over the last few years. Do you have any information concerning the alumni working in Azerbaijan government structures? If the number of them is very small, is this a concern and how will you address it? <Ambassador> With regard to public health, the US is already involved through its partner organizations in helping to improve health care delivery in Azerbaijan. For example, I visited a clinic in a village outside Masalli, where we provided the building the initial medicines and helped to secure a doctor. But most importantly, the village decided to make this sustainable by agreeing to pay 1500 manat per person per month. Now, 3 years later it is a great success that could be replicated elsewhere. Also, we have programs that establish what is called a "cold chain," that delivers important vaccines to rural areas. We are also interested in seeing if we can work with the public health aspects of the November Presidential Decree.

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