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SESSION OF OIC PARLIAMENTARY UNION ADOPTS RESOLUTION LABELING KHOJALY TRAGEDY AS OUTRAGE ON HUMANITY
Baku, February 1 (AzerTAc). The 6th session of the Parliamentary Union of the Islamic Conference (PUIC) adopted a resolution on cooperation between the Islamic Conference Youth Forum (ICYF) and the PUIC on Saturday in Kampala, Uganda. The resolution, which is part of the Justice for Khojaly campaign initiated by ICYF general coordinator Leyla Aliyeva, labeled the Khojaly tragedy as “mass killing of civilians by Armenian armed forces” and “outrage on humanity”. The document adopted at an event attended by heads of delegations from 51 countries called for the international support for the Justice for Khojaly campaign.
The resolution is the first document in which the international organization recognized the Khojaly tragedy as the “Outrage on humanity”, according to ICYF secretary general Elshad Iskandarov.
Iskandarov noted the resolution is the serious success for the campaign since it was passed unanimously by over 10 parliament speakers and 100 MPs from OIC member countries.
According to Iskandarov, ICYF general coordinator Leyla Aliyeva was the first to come up with the idea regarding the resolution. He particularly appreciated the support of a number of OIC countries` parliaments and Azerbaijan`s Milli Majlis.
The International Awareness Campaign was initiated on 8 May 2008 by Mrs. Leyla Aliyeva, General Coordinator of Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation under the motto of “Justice for Khojaly, Freedom for Karabakh”. The aim of the campaign is to raise world community`s awareness about the Khojaly tragedy.
The resolution is the first document in which the international organization recognized the Khojaly tragedy as the “Outrage on humanity”, according to ICYF secretary general Elshad Iskandarov.
Iskandarov noted the resolution is the serious success for the campaign since it was passed unanimously by over 10 parliament speakers and 100 MPs from OIC member countries.
According to Iskandarov, ICYF general coordinator Leyla Aliyeva was the first to come up with the idea regarding the resolution. He particularly appreciated the support of a number of OIC countries` parliaments and Azerbaijan`s Milli Majlis.
The International Awareness Campaign was initiated on 8 May 2008 by Mrs. Leyla Aliyeva, General Coordinator of Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation under the motto of “Justice for Khojaly, Freedom for Karabakh”. The aim of the campaign is to raise world community`s awareness about the Khojaly tragedy.
