responsible for protection of the town building and national architectural traditions and along with corresponding executive power and local self-governing bodies the effective use of territories of towns, settlements historically formed around them taking into consideration their natural and local features. It also assures creation of the standard-methodological support for implementation of the public town building cadastre and implementation of the town building cadastre in the way set for the republic, in parallel, development of the architectural planning and projecting solutions of buildings, establishments and their complexes; Duties of the Committee include: The Committee carries out the following functions in accordance with the directions defined by its Statute: To carry out the regulatory regulation within its competence in the relevant field; To ensure implementation of state programs and development concepts within their competence; To ensure the fulfillment of international agreements To carry out state control over the relevant fields in accordance with the legislation; To improve quality, technical and economical solution level, as well as general scheme and regional schemes of territorial arrangement of the population, use of natural resources and territorial arrangements of the population of Azerbaijan, schemes and projects of district planning, general plans and detailed planning projects of urban and other settlements, etc. To take measures together with the relevant executive authorities and self-governing bodies for the maintenance, protection and enrichment of national and historical heritage, town-planning, architectural monuments, natural-cultural landscapes and other conservation areas; To ensure modernity and national architectural style in the renovation works carried out in the cities and districts, at newly constructed facilities; To ensure the preparation of standards, norms and regulations in accordance with the requirements of the legislation within the scope of their competence and to give opinion on the field and business regulatory documents prepared by other enterprises and organizations in the relevant field; To participate in the preparation of the General Plan, detailed planning, project and scientific researches of the settlements within the scope of the funds provided for these purposes in the state budget according to the legislation, in the preparation and implementation of targeted and scientific-technical programs; To participate in the preparation of measures to protect residential areas and systems from natural disaster and incidents, together with relevant executive authorities; To issue special permit (license), as well as to provide legal documents, in the cases and in the manner prescribed by law; To establish appropriate regulatory and