2001 · Organizational history
Earlier publications, organizational changes and state support, arranged by year.
Independently documented marks an externally corroborated event. Contemporary record marks a period document, publication, interview or attributed report; it does not confirm every claim or announced outcome. Each entry identifies the named body. Earlier association records do not establish WAC’s legal continuity.
2001
Publication year
Directory identifies Abbas Safarov as chair
Contemporary recordThe 2001 Who is Who directory identifies Safarov as chair of the Azerbaijan Refugees Society.
Named body: “Azerbaijan Refugees Society”
Page 344 gives 1992 as his election year; the later institutional account gives 1993. The election date remains unresolved.
The directory’s imprint and library catalog support the 2001 edition; its entry names the society’s chair. This is bibliographic evidence, not proof of the claimed election year or WAC succession.