State Committee on Work with Diaspora (Azerbaijan)

The State Committee on Work with Diaspora of Azerbaijan Republic is a governmental agency within the Cabinet of Azerbaijan

Cabinet of Azerbaijan

The Cabinet of Azerbaijan is the chief executive body of the Republic of Azerbaijan.-The Executive Power:The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the head of state....

in charge of establishing and maintaining contacts with the Azerbaijani diaspora

Azerbaijani diaspora

The Azerbaijani diaspora are the communities of Azerbaijanis living outside of places of their ethnic origin: Azerbaijan Republic and Iranian Azerbaijan...

abroad and support the Azerbaijanis around the world in their efforts for national unity. The ministry is headed by Nazim Ibrahimov

Nazim Ibrahimov

Nazim Ibrahimov Huseyn oglu is an Azerbaijani politician serving as the Chairman of State Committee of Azerbaijan Republic on Work with Diaspora.-Early life:...

History

Since the restoration of independence of Azerbaijan in 1991, supporting Azerbaijanis in other countries in defending national interests of Azerbaijan has become a priority for Azerbaijani government. In order to foster better ties with ethnic Azerbaijanis

Azerbaijani people

The Azerbaijanis are a Turkic-speaking people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as in the neighbourhood states, Georgia, Russia and formerly Armenia. Commonly referred to as Azeris or Azerbaijani Turks , they also live in a wider area from the Caucasus to...

around the world, preserve their national identity, establish a network of Azerbaijani organizations around the world to ensure national solidarity, the President of Azerbaijan

President of Azerbaijan

The country of Azerbaijan is a presidential republic, with the President of Azerbaijan as the head of state, and the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan as head of government...

Heydar Aliyev

Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev , also spelled as Heidar Aliev, Geidar Aliev, Haydar Aliyev, Geydar Aliyev was the third President of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party from June 1993 to October 2003, when his son Ilham Aliyev succeeded him.From 1969 till 1982, Aliyev was also the leader of Soviet...

signed a decree on holding a World Azerbaijanis Congress on May 23, 2001.
Therefore, the 1st World Azerbaijanis Congress was held on November 9-10 of the same year. Four hundred representatives from over 200 diaspora organizations from 36 countries participated in the congress. Over 700 representatives and 844 guests from 130 state and public organizations of Azerbaijan, members of 25 political parties took part in the conference.

On July 5, 2002, President Heydar Aliyev signed a decree on creation of State Committee on Work with Azerbaijanis Living Abroad. On November 19, 2008 the Presidential Decree No. 54 superseded the committee with the new State Committee on Work with Diaspora.

Structure

The committee is headed by its Chairman and Deputy Chairman. The committee cooperates with other central and local executive and municipal bodies, diplomatic representations of the Azerbaijan Republic in other countries, NGOs working with Azerbaijanis living abroad. The committee provides organizational, informative, material (books, publications, films) and cultural assistance to Azerbaijanis living abroad and to the diaspora organizations established by them. Main functions of the committee are helping Azerbaijanis living abroad to preserve and develop their national identity, study and increase application of their native language; providing favorable conditions for Azerbaijanis living abroad to create and develop close ties with the state bodies of and NGOs in Azerbaijan; engaging ethnic Azerbaijanis in economic, social and cultural development of Azerbaijan Republic; help preserve national ideas and national-cultural values ensuring worldwide solidarity of Azerbaijanis around the world; involving Azerbaijanis living abroad in the process of economic development carried out in Azerbaijan creating favorable conditions for them to invest and attract investment in Azerbaijan; providing assistance to Azerbaijanis living abroad to hold events of importance to Azerbaijani nation such as Khojaly Massacre

Khojaly Massacre

The Khojaly Massacre was the killing of hundreds of ethnic Azerbaijani civilians from the town of Khojaly on 25–26 February 1992 by the Armenian and Russian armed forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh War...

, Black January

Black January

Black January , also known as Black Saturday or the January Massacre, was a violent crackdown of the Azerbaijani independence movement in Baku on January 19–20, 1990, pursuant to a state of emergency during the dissolution of the Soviet Union....

and Day of Azerbaijani Genocide

March Days

The March Days, or March Events, refer to an inter-ethnic strife and massacres of up to 12,000 Azerbaijanis and other Muslims that took place between March 30 and April 2, 1918 in the city of Baku and adjacent areas of the Baku Governorate of Russian Empire.Facilitated by a political power struggle...

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Detailed overview of activities of State Committee on Work with Diaspora

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History

Structure

See also

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