On May 1st Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan issued a statement since the country has taken over UN Security Council Presidency. 
Azerbaijan has achieved a great diplomatic success on October 24, 2011 as it was elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2012-2013. Following 17 rounds of high competition, our country gained confidence of the international community and managed to win the support of 155 UN member countries.
This victory, which coincided with 20th anniversary of the country`s independence, became a true indicator of great accomplishments achieved by our country within short span of time thanks to implementation of the balanced, multi-vector and deliberate foreign policy. Azerbaijan`s election as the non-permanent member of the UN Security council is a striking evidence of its rising prestige both in the region and international arena, active participation in ongoing processes in the world and contribution to peace and tranquility.
Beginning from this day, Azerbaijan will be holding a UN Security Council presidency during a month. During its presidency, Azerbaijan will bring up according to the agenda ongoing processes in the Middle East, Africa and Balkan regions as well as other global issues such as peace and international security, fight against terrorism and resolution of conflicts, which are in focus of international community`s attention. As President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said, "First of all, we will be protecting and are protecting international law and justice in the Security Council."
Being a President of the Security Council, Azerbaijan as a terror-affected country plans to hold a high-level meeting entitled "Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts." Moreover, Azerbaijan, during its presidency in the Security Council, is going to conduct meetings on a variety of issues in order to raise major problems facing international community."

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