SOCIETY 370 / 2016

DIPLOMATIE
ASERBAIDSCHAN
The Azerbaijan
Republic, which
achieved its independence
at the end
of the last century,
will solemnly celebrate
the 25th anniversary
of this great
political event. Our
native people, who have been yearning
for independence, to live their lives
freely and have the full ownership of
their natural resources, bravely endured
many difficulties on this honorable road.
This became apparent after a severe trial
stage on June of 1993 – at the fateful time
where a world-renowned politician, who
returned to power on the basis of persistent
request of the people – national
leader Heydar Aliyev, who has protected
the country from the threats of collapse
and dissappearance from the map of the
world and civil strife with his emergency
rescue mission and took them to the path
of sustainable development.
At the same time, the policy of national
leader Heydar Aliyev responded to the
interests of the people and turned to the
conceptual development way promoting
a life quality of separate social groups in
society, forming economic stimuli and
respect for human rights, and generally,
establishing social welfare, political stability
and justice norms. This policy also
provided formation of a favorable social
and moral climate, solidarity conditions
and the formation of a fair legal system.
As a leader of a new era, the President
of the Azerbaijan Republic, Mr. Ilham Aliyev,
successfully implements innovative
ideas of the national leader into practical
life. Events serving the formation of a
strong independent state in the country,
empowerment of the reputation of Azerbaijan
in the world, increase of the social
welfare of every citizen in the country in
the past 13 years prove that once again.
Besides rapid economic development of
our republic, successive reforms are carried
out in the direction of strengthening
the democratic norms and the development
of civil society institutions. These
reforms, generally practice application
of modernization ideas in Azerbaijan and
serve the higher national idea of raising
our republic up to the standards of a modern
and developed country. The necessity
of preparing our republic for the period
without oil, while still providing for the
lifestyle of the citizens in accordance
with the lifestyle of the future is among
the top priorities in Azerbaijan.
Without integration to the modern
world, it is impossible to build an economic,
political and legal system in accordance
with the challenges of the modern
world. In this regard, the president,
Mr. Ilham Aliyev, is taking important
steps in the direction of integration of
Azerbaijan into the modern world. As a
student studying in Russia, I can proudly
say that, as the result of this successful
policy, the world knows Azerbaijan and
reckons with it. Contructive ideas addressed
to our Republic in the 5th International
Humanitarian Forum prove that
once again.
The leader of the country Mr. Ilham
Aliyev, who takes the challenges of the globalization
era into account, considers the
importance of the acceleration of reforms
and preparation of administrative and legal
systems for new stage. This provides
the realization of cardinal changes reflecting
social demand on the basis of public
administration. The nationwide referendum
held on September 26, 2016 in connection
with amendments and changes
proposed to the constitution, has opened
a new qualitative stage in the comprehensive
development of our country. Besides
being another triumph of the policy pursued
by the country authorities, the initial
results of the referendum allow the adaptation
of the legal norms in the country to
the current growth of the community in
order to promote state administration and
give a more reliable protection of constitutional
rights of the citizens.
Sustainable and stable development of
each country depends on the progressive
nature of its legal system. The fact that
the legal reforms remain behind the pace
of the development of society, and do not
meet modern requirements is not desirable
in terms of a stable and dynamic state
development. It should be kept in mind,
that changes made to the constitution
of the Azerbaijan Republic, which were
made in 1995 and after the nationwide
referendum in 2002 and 2009, also help
in the adaptation of the main law.
Constitutional innovations, which
were installed on September 26, as the
embodiment of the political will of the
people, gave new legal status to some
norms in connection with the state administration.
The project of the referendum
act of the Azerbaijan Republic “On
the changes in the Constitution of the Republic
of Azerbaijan” serves for more reliable
protection of human rights, freedom
and improvement of mechanisms of state
administration.
It is possible to witness this again in
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