POLITICS
Foreign ministry: Azerbaijan has demonstrated diplomatic activity to eliminate the landmine threat
28.12.2024 [18:41]
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Baku, December 28, AZERTAC
“As a country suffering from the landmines, Azerbaijan has continued its efforts to raise awareness internationally about large-scale humanitarian demining to eliminate the landmine threat and to attract international assistance to humanitarian demining. Consequently, Azerbaijan has demonstrated diplomatic activity in both bilateral and multilateral formats, maintaining dialogue with international organizations, including the UN, UNESCO, the European Union, NATO, and several other countries, to explore ways of cooperating to eliminate the landmine threat in our country,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release on the results of 2024.
“The annual international conference on humanitarian demining has become an important dialogue platform in this area. On 30-31 May, co-organized by Azerbaijan and the UN, the 3rd International Conference on “Mitigating Environmental Impact of Landmines: Resource Mobilization for a Safe and Green Future” was held in the cities of Zangilan and Baku.
Azerbaijan actively participated in the 12th session of the World Urban Forum held in Cairo on 4-8 November, where detailed information was provided on demining, rehabilitation, and reconstruction activities in our liberated territories.
On 18 September, in the framework of the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), 66 countries joined as co-authors of the statement titled “Impact of landmines and other unexploded ordnance on human rights” initiated by Azerbaijan under agenda item 3 named “Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development,” the ministry emphasized.
