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VITAL VOICES
12
AZERBAIJAN
PHOTOCOPY
PRESERVATION
Elkind, Jonathan H.
file Azabaija
From:
WHSR
Sent:
Tuesday, September 29, 1998 7:19 AM
To:
Babbitt, James F.; Black, Steven K.; Busby, Scott W.; Davidson, Leslie K.; Elkind, Jonathan
H.; Naplan, Steven J.; Pascual, Carlos E.; Schwartz, Eric P.; Weiss, Andrew S.; Wippman,
David
Subject:
WOMEN OF AZERBAIJAN INVITE THE FIRST LADY TO
CLASS:
UNCLASSIFIED
DTG:
291109Z SEP 98
MSGTO:
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5761
RHEHAAA/THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON DC
ORIG:
AMEMBASSY BAKU
PREC:
ROUTINE
SSN:
3265
TOR:
980929070725 M3485988
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BAKU 003265
DEPT FOR S/NIS AND EUR/CACEN - GERMANO
WHITE HOUSE FOR OFFICE OF THE FIRST LADY
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OVIP, PHUM, AJ
SUBJECT: WOMEN OF AZERBAIJAN INVITE THE FIRST LADY TO
VISIT
REF: (A) BAKU 2906 (B) SATE 168576
1. (SBU) THE FIRST LADY'S THOUGHTFUL MESSAGE TO THE
CONGRESS OF WOMEN OF AZERBAIJAN (REF B) WAS RECEIVED
WITH RESOUNDING APPLAUSE AND HEARTFELT APPRECIATION.
THERE WAS EXTENSIVE PRESS AND TV COVERAGE AND, PERHAPS
MORE IMPORTANTLY|MANY WOMEN HAVE SINCE COMMENTED THAT
MRS. CLINTON'S WORDS BROUGHT HOME FOR THEM THE
REALIZATION THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE AS THEY WORK FOR
THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF WOMEN'S
RIGHTS.
2. (SBU) ON SEPTEMBER 24 THE EMBASSY RECEIVED A LETTER
FROM THE STATE COMMITTEE FOR WOMEN'S ISSUES OF THE
AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC, WHICH SPONSORED THE CONGRESS,
EXPRESSING APPRECIATION FOR THE FIRST LADY'S STATEMENT
AND INVITING HER TO VISIT AZERBAIJAN. TEXT FOLLOWS:
DEAR MRS CLINTON:
THE AZERBAIJAN STATE COMMITTEE FOR WOMEN'S ISSUES IS
HONORED TO EXTEND THE SINCERE GRATITUDE OF ALL WOMEN OF
THE AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC FOR YOUR KIND MESSAGE TO THE
AZERBAIJAN WOMEN'S CONGRESS. YOUR WORDS INSPIRED OUR
WOMEN TO WORK EVEN HARDER TO ADVANCE WOMEN'S CAUSES.
AZERI WOMEN REMEMBER YOUR IMPRESSIVE SPEECH IN BEIJING IN
1995. YOUR WORDS CONVINCED US THEN TO COMMIT OUR EFFORTS
TO THE REALIZATION OF THE GOALS OF THE BEIJING PLATFORM.
AZERI WOMEN ARE WITH YOU IN YOUR STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE,
SEPARATION. AGGRESSION AND TERRORISM. NOW YOUR NEWEST
MESSAGE TO OUR CONGRESS HAS LED US TO RENEW AND REDOUBLE
OUR DETERMINATION TO ACHIEVE FULLY THOSE BASIC HUMAN
1
RIGHTS WHICH ARE, AS YOU HAVE STATED so ELOQUENTLY, THE
RIGHTS OF WOMEN EVERYWHERE.
MRS. CLINTON. THE WOMEN OF AZERBAIJAN AND, I BELIEVE, ALL
WOMEN, ADMIRE YOU AS A BEACON AND AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL OF
US UNITED IN GLOBAL SISTERHOOD. YOU ARE AMONG THE
WORLD'S BUSIEST OF WOMEN. BUT IF YOU COULD FIND THE TIME
TO ADD TO YOUR IMPORTNT SCHEDULE A VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN,
IT WOULD MEAN SO MUCH TO EVERY AZERI WOMAN. MUCH HAS
BEEN ACHIEVED IN THE STRUGGLE FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN
AZERBAIJAN BUT THERE IS A GREAT DEAL YET TO DO. A VISIT
BY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON WOULD SERVE AS INSPIRATION AND
CxWALYST TO ENABLE US TO ACHIEVE MORE THAN WE EVERDREAMED POSSIBLE. AND SO, ON BEHALF OF
THE AZERBAIJAN
STATE COMMITTEE FOR WOMEN'S ISSUES, I INVITE YOU TO VISIT
AZERBAIJAN AND SEE FIRST HAND OUR REPUBLIC AND THE NEEDS
AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR WOMEN.
WITH DEEPEST GRATITUDE,
(SIGNED)
ZAHRA GULIEVA
AZERBAIJAN STATE COMMITTEE FOR WOMEN'S ISSUES
CHAIRMAN
END TEXT. ORIGINAL WILL BE POUCHED TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR
TRANSMITTAL TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
3. (SBU) COMMENT: WE ARE UNAWARE OF MRS. CLINTON'S
TRAVEL SCHEDULE FOR THE COMING YEAR BUT, PENDING THE
OUTCOME OF THE OCTOBER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN
AZERBAIJAN, STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS INVITATION FROM THE
LARGEST WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION IN AZERBAIJAN. SHOULD THE
FIRST LADY COME TO AZERBAIJAN HER PRESENCE AS THE GLOBAL
CHAMPIN FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND NEEDS WOULD
UNQUESTIONALY ENERGIZE THE BENEFICIAL ACTIVITIES OF
AZERI WMEN AND OF THE AZERBAIJAN GOVERNMENT ON THEIR
BEHALF. IT WOULD ALSO SERVE TO UNDERLINE THE SEVERAL AID
PROGRAMS OPERATED IN THIS COUNTRY FOR THE BENEFIT OF
WOMEN. AND IT NEED HARDLY BE MENTIONED THAT A VISIT BY
THE WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WOULD
EMPHASIZE AND STRENGTHEN THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF THE
U.S. - AZERI BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. IN LIGHT OF THE
CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF REGIONAL COOPERATION IN THE
CAUCASUS AND THE NEED TO PROMOTE CONFLICT RESOLUTION, IT
WOULD SEEM TO US APPROPRIATE THAT MRS. CLINTON CONSIDER
INCLUDING VISITS TO ARMENIA AND GEORGIA ON HER ITINERARY,
BUT ON THIS MATTER WE NATURALLY DEFER TO OUR SISTER POSTS
IN YEREVAN AND TBILISI.
4. (SBU) COMMENT CONT'D: AZERBAIJAN HAS NEVER KNOWN A
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 02 BAKU 003265
DEPT FOR S/NIS AND EUR/CACEN - GERMANO
WHITE HOUSE FOR OFFICE OF THE FIRST LADY
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OVIP, PHUM, AJ
SUBJECT: WOMEN OF AZERBAIJAN INVITE THE FIRST LADY TO
VISIT
REF: (A) BAKU 2906 (B) STATE 168576
DEMOCRATIC ELECTION. A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS
SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 11 AND INITIAL INDICATIONS ARE THAT
IT WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY FREER AND FAIRER THAN ANY PAST
2
CONTEST. OF COURSE FINAL JUDGMENT CANNOT BE MADE UNTIL
AFTER THE ELECTORAL PROCESS IS COMPLETE. IN OUR VIEW, THE
NATURE OF THAT ELECTION SHOULD WEIGH HEAVILY IN ANY
CONSIDERATION OF A VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN BY THE FIRST LADY.
IN COMING DAYS WE WILL OFFER A RECOMMENDATION IN LIGHT OF
THE CONDUCT OF AZERBAIJAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
ESCUDERO
3
ROUTINE
UNCLASSIFIED
file Azerbaijan
WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM
PAGE 01 OF 03
PRT: FIRSTLADY
SIT: BLACK ELKIND
SIT: NSC
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DEPT FOR S/NIS AND EUR/CACEN - GERMANO
WHITE HOUSE FOR OFFICE OF THE FIRST LADY
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958>N/A
TAGS: OVIP, PHUM, AJ
SUBJECT: WOMEN OF AZERBAIJAN INVITE THE FIRST LADY TO
VISIT
REF: (A) BAKU 2906 (B) STATE 168576
1. (SBU) THE FIRST LADY'S THOUGHTFUL MESSAGE TO THE
CONGRESS OF WOMEN OF AZERBAIJAN (REF B) WAS RECEIVED
WITH RESOUNDING APPLAUSE AND HEARTFELT APPRECIATION.
THERE WAS EXTENSIVE PRESS AND TV COVERAGE AND, PERHAPS
MORE IMPORTANTLY, MANY WOMEN HAVE SINCE COMMENTED THAT
MRS. CLINTON'S WORDS BROUGHT HOME FOR THEM THE
REALIZATION THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE AS THEY WORK FOR
THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF WOMEN'S
RIGHTS.
2. (SBU) ON SEPTEMBER 24 THE EMBASSY RECEIVED A LETTER
FROM THE STATE COMMITTEE FOR WOMEN'S ISSUES OF THE
AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC, WHICH SPONSORED THE CONGRESS,
EXPRESSING APPRECIATION FOR THE FIRST LADY'S STATEMENT
AND INVITING HER TO VISIT AZERBAIJAN. TEXT FOLLOWS:
DEAR MRS CLINTON:
THE AZERBAIJAN STATE COMMITTEE FOR WOMEN'S ISSUES IS
HONORED TO EXTEND THE SINCERE GRATITUDE OF ALL WOMEN OF
THE AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC FOR YOUR KIND MESSAGE TO THE
AZERBAIJAN WOMEN'S CONGRESS. YOUR WORDS INSPIRED OUR
WOMEN TO WORK EVEN HARDER TO ADVANCE WOMEN'S CAUSES.
UNCLASSIFIED
ROUTINE
UNCLASSIFIED
WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM
PAGE 02 OF 03
AZERI WOMEN REMEMBER YOUR IMPRESSIVE SPEECH IN BEIJING IN
1995. YOUR WORDS CONVINCED US THEN TO COMMIT OUR EFFORTS
TO THE REALIZATION OF THE GOALS OF THE BEIJING PLATFORM.
AZERI WOMEN ARE WITH YOU IN YOUR STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE,
SEPARATION. AGGRESSION AND TERRORISM. NOW YOUR NEWEST
MESSAGE TO OUR CONGRESS HAS LED US TO RENEW AND REDOUBLE
OUR DETERMINATION TO ACHIEVE FULLY THOSEASIC HUMAN
RIGHTS WHICH ARE, AS YOU HAVE STATED so ELOQUENTLY, THE
RIGHTS OF WOMEN EVERYWHERE.
MRS. CLINTON. THE WOMEN OF AZERBAIJAN AND, I BELIEVE, ALL
WOMEN, ADMIRE YOU AS A BEACON AND AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL OF
US UNITED IN GLOBAL SISTERHOOD. YOU ARE AMONG THE
WORLD'S BUSIEST OF WOMEN. BUT IF YOU COULD FIND THE TIME
TO ADD TO YOUR IMPORTANT SCHEDULE A VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN,
IT WOULD MEAN so MUCH TO EVERY AZERI WOMAN. MUCH HAS
BEEN ACHIEVED IN THE STRUGGLE FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN
AZERBAIJAN BUT THERE IS A GREAT DEAL YET TO DO. A VISIT
BY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON WOULD SERVE AS INSPIRATION AND
CATALYST TO ENABLE US TO ACHIEVE MORE THAN WE EVER
DREAMED POSSIBLE. AND so, ON BEHALF OF THE AZERBAIJAN
STATE COMMITTEE FOR WOMEN'S ISSUES, I INVITE YOU TO VISIT
AZERBAIJAN AND SEE FIRST HAND OUR REPUBLIC AND THE NEEDS
AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR WOMEN.
WITH DEEPEST GRATITUDE,
(SIGNED)
ZAHRA GULIEVA
AZERBAIJAN STATE COMMITTEE FOR WOMEN'S ISSUES
CHAIRMAN
END TEXT. ORIGINAL WILL BE POUCHED TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR
TRANSMITTAL TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
(SBU) COMMENT: WE ARE UNAWARE OF MRS. CLINTON'S
TRAVEL SCHEDULE FOR THE COMING YEAR BUT, PENDING THE
OUTCOME OF THE OCTOBER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN
AZERBAIJAN, STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS INVIT8TION FROM THE
LARGEST WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION IN AZERBAIJAN. SHOULD THE
FIRST LADY COME TO AZERBAIJAN HER PRESENCE AS THE GLOBAL
CHAMPIN FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND NEEDS WOULD
UNQUESTIONALY ENERGIZE THE BENEFICIAL ACTIVITIES OF
AZERI WMEN AND OF THE AZERBAIJAN GOVERNMENT ON THEIR
BEHALF. IT WOULD ALSO SERVE TO UNDERLINE THE SEVERAL AID
PROGRAMS OPERATED IN THIS COUNTRY FOR THEENEFIT OF
WOMEN. AND IT NEED HARDLY BE MENTIONED THAT A VISIT BY
THE WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WOULD
EMPHASIZE AND STRENGTHEN THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF THE
U.S. - AZERI BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. IN LIGHT OF THE
UNCLASSIFIED
ROUTINE
UNCLASSIFIED
WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM
PAGE 03 OF 03
CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF REGIONAL COOPERATION IN THE
CAUCASUS AND THE NEED TO PROMOTE CONFLICT RESOLUTION, IT
WOULD SEEM TO US APPROPRIATE THAT MRS. CLINTON CONSIDER
INCLUDING VISITS TO ARMENIA AND GEORGIA ON HER ITINERARY,
BUT ON THIS MATTER WE NATURALLY DEFER TO OUR SISTER POSTS
IN YEREVAN AND TBILISI.
4. (SBU) COMMENT CONT'D: AZERBAIJAN HAS NEVER KNOWN A
REF: (A) BAKU 2906 (B) STATE 168576
DEMOCRATIC ELECTION. A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS
SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 11 AND INITIAL INDICATIONS ARE THAT
IT WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY FREER AND FAIRER THAN ANY PAST
CONTEST. OF COURSE FINAL JUDGMENT CANNOT BE MADE UNTIL
AFTER THE ELECTORAL PROCESS IS COMPLETE. IN OUR VIEW, THE
NATURE OF THAT ELECTION SHOULD WEIGH HEAVILY IN ANY
CONSIDERATION OF A VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN BY THE FIRST LADY.
IN COMING DAYS WE WILL OFFER A RECOMMENDATION IN LIGHT OF
THE CONDUCT OF AZERBAIJAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
ESCUDERO
<^SECT>SECTION: 01 OF 01
<^SSN>3265
<MSGID> M3487329
UNCLASSIFIED