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Corruption In Azerbaijan
Corruption in Azerbaijan is considered high and occurs at all levels of government. In Transparency International's 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index, which ranked 180 countries from those perceived to be least corrupt (which received low rankings) to those perceived to be very corrupt (which received high rankings), Azerbaijan was ranked 128, compared to 45 for Georgia and 58 for Armenia. In the Azerbaijani laundromat money-laundering scheme, $2.9 billion was paid to foreign politicians and Azerbaijani elites by companies linked to Azerbaijani ruler Ilham Aliyev, government ministries, and the International Bank of Azerbaijan between 2012 and 2014. Azerbaijan is a member of Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO) and OECD's Anti-Corruption Network. International anti-corruption indices and reports In Transparency International's 2017 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), Azerbaijan achieved its best position in that year since its inclusion in the report in 2000. In the years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Azerbaijan
The national flag of Azerbaijan ( az, Azərbaycan bayrağı), often referred to in Azerbaijani as ( en, Tricolour flag), is a horizontal tricolour that features three equally sized bars of bright blue, red, and green; a white crescent; and a centred eight-pointed star. The flag has become the predominant and most recognizable symbol of Azerbaijan. The bright blue represents Azerbaijan's Turkic heritage, the red represents progress, and the green represents Islam, which is Azerbaijan's majority religion. The Azerbaijani Flag Day, held every year on 9 November, was established by Law No. 595 on 17 November 2009. The day commemorates the first official adoption of the tricolour as a national flag by the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, which occurred on 9 November 1918. The flag was used by the republic until the 1920 Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan. It was reinstated, with slight variations to the colours and size, on 5 February 1991 following the country's independence from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Global Corruption Barometer
The Global Corruption Barometer published by Transparency International is the largest survey in the world tracking public opinion on corruption. It surveys 114,000 people in 107 countries on their view of corruption. Have you paid a bribe in 2013? People in 107 countries have been surveyed whether they have paid a bribe to a public body during the last year; but for a small number of these countries, Albania, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Burundi, Fiji, France, Germany, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malawi, Russia and Zambia, response data on particular questions has been excluded because of concerns about validity and reliability. The margin of error for each country is 3%. The typical sample size is 1,000 people. Four countries – Cyprus, Luxembourg, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands – have a sample size of 500 people and a margin of error of 4%. Unlike the other similar Corruption Perception Index published by Transparency International, this is a survey directly asking the population instead of us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EEAS
The European External Action Service (EEAS) is the diplomatic service and combined Foreign ministry, foreign and Defence minister, defence ministry of the European Union (EU). The EEAS is led by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR/VP), who is also President of the Foreign Affairs Council and vice-president of the European Commission, and carries out the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), including the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). The EEAS does not propose or implement policy in its own name, but prepares acts to be adopted by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, High Representative, the European Commission or the Council of the European Union, Council. The EEAS is also in charge of EU diplomatic missions (List of diplomatic missions of the European Union, delegations) and intelligence and crisis management ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OECD
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; french: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, ''OCDE'') is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. It is a forum whose member countries describe themselves as committed to democracy and the market economy, providing a platform to compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practices, and coordinate domestic and international policies of its members. The majority of OECD members are high-income economies with a very high Human Development Index (HDI), and are regarded as developed countries. Their collective population is 1.38 billion. , the OECD member countries collectively comprised 62.2% of global nominal GDP (US$49.6 trillion) and 42.8% of global GDP ( Int$54.2 trillion) at purchasing power parity. The OECD is an official United Nations observer. In April 1948, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASAN Service
ASAN service ( az, ASAN xidmət) is a state agency for public services to citizens of Azerbaijan. The agency's goal is to make services more easily accessible to citizens using modern technologies."Azerbaijan's one-stop public service shop is driving up efficiency" Retrieved January 11, 2017. The acronym “ASAN” stands for “Azerbaijan Service and Assessment Network”. The word “asan” means “easy” in Azerbaijani. ASAN service, as part of the State Agency for Public Services and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, is chaired by Ulvi Mehdiyev. Entities and services “A ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamal Jafarov
Kamal Jafarov (born 15 December 1989, Baku) — Member of the Azerbaijan Parliament, deputy head of Azerbaijani delegation to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (''PACE'') and head of Anti-Corruption Training Center near General Prosecutor Office. He is member of European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance at ''PACE.'' Early life and education Kamal Jafarov earned law degree from Baku State University. He holds an LL.M. degree from King's College London and a MA degree from International Anti-Corruption Academy, which is the first international intergovernmental organization offers a master degree in anti-corruption studies. He also graduated from an interdisciplinary program on an "Introduction to the American legal system" from Central Texas College, USA. Kamal Jafarov is an internationally certified anti-money laundering specialist from ACAMS. He speaks English, French and Russian languages. He served in the army during 2013-2014. He is married and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vusal Huseynov
Vusal Huseynov (born 12 January 1980) is an Azerbaijani public official who serves as the Chief of State Migration Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan since 23 April 2018 Early life and education Vusal Huseynov was born on 12 January 1980 in Baku. In 1997 September, Vusal Huseynov entered Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC), the Bachelor of Arts in Economics program. He obtained a bachelor's degree in June 2001. From September 2001 to June 2002, Vusal Huseynov participated in extensive post graduate course on environmental policy focusing on environmental economics in Slovakia, Bratislava at Academia Istropolitana Nova. Two years after, he began his master's degree in Azerbaijan Economic Relations in September 2003, and in June 2005 he got his master's degree in International Economic Relations. In 2007, he participated in John Smith Fellowship program (6 weeks) focusing on leadership and governance as a John Smith Fellow in United Kingdom, the cities of Edinburgh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inam Karimov
Inam Karimov ( Azerbaijani: ''Inam Kərimov''; born 6 June 1977) is the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan since 21 April 2018. Between 2012 - 2018, he served as the Chairman of the State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (publicly known as ASAN Service) Personal and professional life Inam Karimov was born in Baku on 6 June 1977. He studied at Humanitarian Subjects gymnasium between 1984 – 1994 years. He continued his education at Richmond High School in Indiana State of the USA between 1994 – 1995 years. He entered the International Law faculty of the Baku State University. Inam Karimov achieved bachelor's degree at Strasbourg University in Law in 1998–2000 years, and master's degree in Law in Sorbonne (Paris) University in 2000–2002 years. He worked as consultant in 2002 – 2004 years and as a head consultant in 2004 - 2012 at the Administration of the President of the Republic of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commission On Combating Corruption
The Anti-Corruption Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan ( az, Azərbaycan Respublikasının Korrupsiyaya Qarşı Mübarizə üzrə Komissiyası) is set up according to the article 4.2 of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on "Fight Against Corruption" and functions as a specialized agency on combating corruption since 2005. Commission is composed of 15 members. 5 members of the commission are appointed by the President of the Republic, 5 by the Parliament and the 5 by the Constitutional Court. The statute of it approved by the Law of Azerbaijan Republic dated May 3, 2005 defines the authorities of the commission. Principal Objectives of the Commission Commission's main objectives are: * to take part in formation of state policy in the area of combating corruption * to coordinate the activities of public institutions in this area * to supervise the implementation of the State Program on Combating Corruption * to analyse the state and efficiency of the struggle again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heydar Aliyev
Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev ( az, Һејдәр Әлирза оғлу Әлијев, italic=no, Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, ; , ; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani politician who served as the third president of Azerbaijan from October 1993 to October 2003. Originally a high-ranking official in the KGB of the Azerbaijan SSR, serving for 28 years in Soviet state security organs (1941–1969), he led Soviet Azerbaijan from 1969 to 1982 and held the post of First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1987. Aliyev became president of independent Azerbaijan while the country was on the brink of civil war and suffering serious losses in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War with neighboring Armenia. Aliyev's supporters credit him with restoring stability to Azerbaijan and turning the country into a major international energy producer. His regime in Azerbaijan has been described as dictatorial,''Hans Slomp''. Europe, A Political Profile: An American Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Refugees In Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan has a large number of internally displaced people and refugees, mostly as a result of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The First Nagorno-Karabakh war displaced 750,000 Azerbaijanis, with 600,000 of them being from Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts and the 150,000 of them being from Armenia. Refugees from Armenia According to the 1979 census, Azeris numbered 160,841 and constituted 5.3% of Armenia's population. Civil unrest in Nagorno-Karabakh in 1987 led to Azeris' being often harassed and forced to leave Armenia.The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict by Svante Cornell. ''Sakharov-Center.ru'' On 25 January 1988, the first wave of Azeri refugees from Armenia settled in the city of |
List Of United Nations Security Council Resolutions On The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict ...
Four UN Security Council Resolutions have been passed during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. These resolutions have not invoked Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter. See also * 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war * Anti-Armenian sentiment * Anti-Azerbaijani sentiment * Madrid Principles * First Nagorno-Karabakh War {{Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Nagorno-Karabakh conflict The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is an ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited mostly by ethnic Armenians, and seven surrounding districts, inhabited mostly by Azerbaij ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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