The former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan is celebrating the first flow of oil from the Caspian Sea for decades.

BBC: Oil flows from the Caspian Sea

President Bush is playing host today to the leader of the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan, in what some say is a litmus test of the president's so-called freedom agenda.

NPR: Azerbaijan President Visits Washington

The Conference is organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia with support of the UNESCO Moscow Office for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, the Republic of Moldova and the Russian Federation, Intergovernmental Foundation for Educational, Scientific and Cultural Cooperation (IFESCCO) and in partnership with the Armenian Linguistic University "Interlingua" and the Russian Institute for Cultural Research.

UNESCO: The Regional Conference of the CIS countries with participation of international experts ��Cultural Policy and Policy for Culture: Towards a New Cultural Policy Profile�� | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Glinka with the support of the UNESCO Moscow office for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, the Republic of Moldova, and the Russian Federation, and the Intergovernmental Foundation for Educational, Scientific and Cultural Cooperation (IFESCCO).

UNESCO: The Second International Seminar on Museum Security and Methods of the 1970 UNESCO Convention Implementation | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

The document for submission to the Memory of the World Register is the Deed of Endowment of the Rab' i-Rashidi, and details the justification for the complex, the management system, administration and the budget of the endowed properties, which included land in present-day Afghanistan, Asia Minor, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq and Syria.

UNESCO: Memory of the World

Today, Putin said he'd be okay with U.S. missile defense plan if it use the radar system that already exists in Azerbaijan instead of building a new one in the Czech Republic.

NPR: Missile Defense, the U.S. and Europe

Today 33 cultural and natural sites located on the territories of the cluster countries are inscribed on the World Heritage List (3 sites in Armenia, 2 sites in Azerbaijan, 4 sites in Belarus, 1 site in the Republic of Moldova and 23 sites in the Russian Federation).

UNESCO: OFFICE IN MOSCOW