54/20 20 DİPLOMATİYA ALƏMİ WORLD OF DIPLOMACY JOURNAL OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN № 54, 2020 EDITORIAL COUNCIL Jeyhun BAYRAMOV Minister of Foreign Affairs (Chairman of the Editorial Council) Hikmat HAJIYEV Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of the Department of Foreign Policy Affairs of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan Araz AZIMOV Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmud MAMMAD-GULIYEV Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalaf KHALAFOV Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hafi z PASHAYEV Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ramiz HASANOV Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Huseyn HUSEYNOV Director, Analysis and Strategic Studies Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan EDITORIAL BOARD Nurlan ALIYEV Analysis and Strategic Studies Department @ All rights reserved. The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily refl ect the offi cial policy or position of the MFA «World of Diplomacy» journal is published since 2002. Registration №1161, 14 January 2005 ISSN: 1818-4898 Postal address: Analysis and Strategic Studies Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sh.Gurbanov Str. 50, Baku AZ 1009 Tel.: 596-91-31; e-mail: [email protected] CONTENTS INAUGURAL SPEECH BY H.E. MR. ILHAM ALIYEV, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 18th SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT .............4 GREETING MESSAGE OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL TO THE SUMMIT PARTICIPANTS ................................................................................9 SPEECH BY MR. TIJJANI MUHAMMAD BANDE, PRESIDENT OF THE 74th SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ........11 FINAL DOCUMENT OF THE 18th SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT ...............................14 BAKU DECLARATION .................................................................................................324 POLITICAL DECLARATION ON PALESTINE ........................................................331 SPECIAL DECLARATION ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN BOLIVIA ..............................................................338 MOTION OF THANKS TO AND SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN ..............................339 YOUTH SUMMIT OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT ....................................341 CLOSING REMARKS BY H.E. MR. ELMAR MAMMADYAROV, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN .....351 LIST OF COUNTRIES, INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS PARTICIPATED AT THE 18th SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT ..........353 PHOTO GALLERY .........................................................................................................360 XVIII SUMMIT OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT INAUGURAL SPEECH BY H.E. MR. ILHAM ALIYEV, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 18th SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT 25 October 2019 Dear Heads of State and Government, Dear guests, Ladies and gentlemen, I cordially salute all the participants of the 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement – welcome! I express my gratitude to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for the chairmanship in the Non-Aligned Movement from 2016 to 2019. The Non-Aligned Movement serves the cause of promoting universal values and demonstrates the commitment to the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of all countries. Having united 120 countries the Non-Aligned Movement is the second largest political institution to the United Nations General Assembly, where nations of the world are represented. Azerbaijan became a member of the Non-Aligned Movement in 2011. Within a short period of time as a member of the Non-Aligned Movement, our country has gained a great reputation in resolutely defending the norms and principles of international law. At the XVII Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement in 2016, a unanimous decision was made to hold the next summit in Baku and entrust the chairmanship of the Movement to Azerbaijan for the years 2019–2022. It is a manifestation of respect, trust, and confi dence shown to our country. I consider this as a support of the Non-Aligned Movement that unites in its ranks most states of the world to our policy and once again express my gratitude to you for this decision. During its chairmanship in the Movement, Azerbaijan will build its priorities and activities based on historic Bandung Principles. The Bandung Principles that embody respect to sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, non-interference into internal affairs, upholding of mutual interests and promotion of cooperation concur with the core principles Azerbaijan 54 / 2020 airs of the Republic ff of Azerbaijan’s foreign policy. We must increase our efforts to ensure universal compliance with the norms and principles of international law. In this regard, there is a great need for reforms in the activities of the United Nations. Changing of borders by force, violation of territorial integrity of countries XVIII SUMMIT OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT by use of force and interference into internal affairs are unacceptable. Journal of the Ministry of Foreign A Journal of the Ministry Foreign 4 AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI XARİCİ İŞLƏR NAZİRLİYİNİN JURNALI 54 / 2020 XVIII SUMMIT OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT Azerbaijan, during its chairmanship in the Non-Aligned Movement, will make efforts to establish and foster dialogue with other institutions and to expand the geography of cooperation. Since most of the NAM Member States are developing countries, developing of economic cooperation within the Movement is of great signifi cance. In this sense, Azerbaijan’s accession to the Group of 77 last month will further enhance our international efforts in the socio-economic area. It is very important to protect the interests of Member States within the UN through joint efforts. Special attention should be given to the challenges encountered by the least developed, landlocked and small island nations. Since 2005 Azerbaijan has rendered humanitarian and technical assistance to over 90 countries. The Agency for International Development of the Republic of Azerbaijan has implemented grant programs and projects in the spheres of poverty eradication, science, culture, healthcare, development of information technologies and effi cient use of water resources and other areas in different countries around the world. Since 2018 Azerbaijan has offered full scholarship to the nationals of the NAM Member States in higher educational institutions of our country. Today 37 students from 31 Member States benefi t from that program. Youth policy in Azerbaijan has been identifi ed as a priority. Azerbaijani youth are brought up in the spirit of national sentiment, traditional values, bond with homeland and patriotism. Thus, we have initiated the fi rst-ever Youth Summit of NAM. In the run-up to our Summit today, young representatives from 40 countries participated in the Youth Summit. Ladies and gentlemen, Dear guests, Azerbaijan’s independence is only 28 years old. One week ago, on October 18, we have celebrated the anniversary of the restoration of our independence. For more than 25 years the historic land of Azerbaijan – the Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent districts – roughly 20% of the country’s internationally recognized territory has remained under Armenia’s occupation. Armenia has conducted a policy of ethnic cleansing against Azerbaijanis and as a result over 1 million Azerbaijanis have become refugees or internally displaced persons. Back then Azerbaijan’s population was 8 million and at the time our country topped the list of the countries with the highest number of refugees and internally displaced people per capita in the world. Armenia perpetrated the Khojaly genocide against Azerbaijanis. As a result of the Khojaly genocide 613 innocent people, including 106 women and 63 children were brutally murdered just because they were Azerbaijanis. Over 1000 people went missing. Khojaly genocide was recognized internationally by more than 10 countries. In 1993 the UN Security Council adopted four resolutions that demanded complete Azerbaijan 54 / 2020 airs of the Republic and unconditional withdrawal of the Armenian forces from the Azerbaijani territory. ff Unfortunately, those resolutions were never implemented. Sometimes it is a matter of several days that the UN Security Council resolutions are implemented and then there are other instances such as with the confl ict that Azerbaijan faces when such resolutions remain on paper for 26 years. XVIII SUMMIT OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT Journal of the Ministry of Foreign A Journal of the Ministry Foreign AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI XARİCİ İŞLƏR NAZİRLİYİNİN JURNALI 54 / 2020 5 XVIII SUMMIT OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT The policy of double standards must stop. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States, the European Parliament, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, OSCE and other prominent organizations have adopted resolutions and decisions demanding the restoration of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity. Seizing this opportunity, I wish to thank the Member States for their support expressed in the documents adopted by the NAM to the resolution of the confl ict in line with the UN Security Council resolutions and based on Azerbaijan’s