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On Tuesday the US President Barack Obama in a speech at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York touched on the problem of human rights in Azerbaijan. The speech of the President is published on the White House Web site.
“In places like Azerbaijan, laws make it incredibly difficult for NGOs even to operate,” Barack Obama stated.

Around the world, brave men and women who dare raise their voices are harassed and attacked and even killed.

President even noted that the reality is sometimes, for instance, for the sake of our national security, the United States works with governments that do not fully respect the universal rights of their citizens.

“These are choices that I, as President, constantly have to make. And I will never apologize for doing everything in my power to protect the safety and security of the American people. That is my first and primary job. But that does not mean that human rights can be simply sacrificed for the sake of expediency,” Obama stated.

Note that that the Clinton Global Initiative is an international philanthropic community of leaders that has been created to implement innovative solutions to the most acute global problems.