Baku State University held an event to support a petition “Establish justice and prevent a great catastrophe” on White House’s website started by Association for Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan. BSU rector, academician Abel Maharramov noted that  “Establish justice and prevent a great catastrophe” petition has collected over 100,000 signatures. The petition calls on the US Administration  to support PACE resolution No 2085, assist liberation of the Azerbaijani lands occupied by Armenia and prevent the humanitarian catastrophe in the region. The petition further states that the OSCE Minsk Group, the mediators consisting of the United States, Russia and France, "has made no progress toward the liberation of our occupied territories," and urges "the Administration to support PACE Resolution 2085, to assist in the liberation of the Azerbaijani territories occupied by Armenia and the prevention of a humanitarian catastrophe in the region."

Event was attended by by the President of the Association for Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan Elkhan Suleymanov and Director of the Independent Research Center "ELS" Irada Yaqubova, who informed the participants about the rules of the petition signing.

Press and Information Department, April 14, 2016.