The Republic of Azerbaijan: Twenty years after the restoration of independence by His Excellency Dr. Murad N. Najafbayli, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Swiss Confederation and Principality of Liechtenstein, Permanent Representative to the UN Office and other international organizations at Geneva
The Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan was adopted on 30 August 1991 at the extraordinary session of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The Deputies of the Parliament adopted the Constitutional Act on “The State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan” on 18 October 1991. This Act proclaimed that the independent Azerbaijan was the successor of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR, 1918-1920) — the first democratic secular republic in the East. The Republic…
