Umud Mirzayev: “I proudly listened to the speech of the President Ilham Aliyev at the UN Headquarters”<br /> <br /> The United Nations is following up the events on its Millennium Development Goals with the 65th General Assembly Session at the Headquarters in New York. International Eurasia Press Fund was the only non-government entity with a representative from Azerbaijan.<br /> <br /> Umud Mirzayev, the head of IEPF says the 65th UN General Assembly Session was attended by more than 140 world leaders. He adds straight from New York: “Yesterday, US President Barack Obama made his second speech to the assembly. Later in the day, one of the speeches that followed was presented by our President Ilham Aliyev. Mr. Aliyev’s very broad address, expressing the position of the whole country, was focused on human right activity of Azerbaijan in respect to the Garabagh struggle.
Mr. Aliyev was clear in his precise speech and steadily showing with fairness the proceedings in Azerbaijan on the Garabagh conflict. The president was focused on bringing the attention of the realities of Azerbaijan to those taking part in the session.
U.Mirzayev emphasized that, speeches of Barack Obama and Ilham Aliyev were highly observed by attendants of the high-level session, as well as politicians, experts, and journalists. “Mr. Aliyev’s statement drew much attention of participants’, and I was proud of his performance for its high-ranking, large and detailed facts that broadly outlined the problems of Azerbaijan”.
The High-Level Session at the UN Headquarters is continuing with participants including government officials, NGOs, civil society and private sectors among others.
The summit is aiming to step up the world’s efforts on the realization of Millennium Development Goals targeted for accomplishment by 2015.
Besides the IEPF Chief, the session is also being attended by Mr. Nick Nwolisa, a department head, and the New York Main Representative of IEPF with the ECOSOC division of UN. As a member with special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC), IEPF is entitled to participate in UN meetings and general assembly.
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