Azerbaijan, Baku /corr. Trend I.Khalilova / The delegation headed by Shahmar Movsumov, the Executive Director of the State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Chairman of the National Committee on EITI participated at the 2007 Global Compact Leaders Summit on "Facing Realities: Getting down to Business" chaired by Ban Ki-Moon, the UN Secretary-General on July 5-6, 2007 in the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland.
Many officials from different countries extended their congratulations to the delegation of Azerbaijan on the State Oil Fund's winning the prestigious 2007 UN Public Service Award in the category of "Improving transparency, accountability and responsiveness in the Public Service".
The Summit was also attended by Elchin Amirbayov, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United Nations Office and other international organizations at Geneva, as well as nearly 1.000 top executives of participating companies, heads of international labor, civil society and United Nations agencies, government officials.