@HelenClarkUNDP visits “#Icherisheher” in #Azerbaijan which is @UNESCO World Heritage #heleninazerbaijan pic.twitter.com/y5wcwCvGWb
— UNDP Azerbaijan (@UNDPAzerbaijan) October 1, 2014
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