azerbaijan

Azerbaijan: UN helps treat thousands of children for parasites, worms

22 December 2006
Some 16,000 Azerbaijani children from 6 to 11 years old are being treated for intestinal parasites and worms that can cause a wide range of problems, including reduced growth rate, learning problems and illnesses such as malnutrition, dysentery and anaemia, under a United Nations-backed campaign now underway.

UN agency criticizes forced return of refugee by Azerbaijan

14 November 2006
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today levelled strong criticism at Azerbaijan authorities for forcing a Turkish citizen of Kurdish ethnicity, who had previously been granted refugee status in Germany, to return to her native country.

Armenia, Azerbaijan address issue of Nagorno-Karabakh in UN Assembly debate

26 September 2006
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly on the fifth day of its annual high-level debate, the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan expressed their views on the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan

More than $15 million needed to help Azerbaijan’s displaced – UN food agency chief

28 July 2006
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will run out of supplies in a month for more than 130,000 Azerbaijanis displaced by the conflict with neighbouring Armenia over the disputed region of Nagorny-Karabakh unless it receives an urgent injection of funds, the agency said today.

Launching new project for Azerbaijan, UN food aid agency appeals for funding

13 June 2006
The World Food Programme (WFP) today appealed for continued support to Azerbaijanis displaced from the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh by the conflict with Armenia, as the United Nations agency launched a new project to help feed more than 143,500 of those affected.

Azerbaijan generally respects religion but repression persists in some areas – UN expert

8 March 2006
Calling for strengthening impartial, democratic institutions in Azerbaijan, an independent United Nations human rights expert today said the national Government generally respects freedom of religion but in some regions administrative controls “result in real forms of repression.”

Musician Rostropovich launches immunization drive in Azerbaijan with UN help

22 February 2006
World-renowned cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich this Friday will kick off a nationwide United Nations-sponsored campaign to immunize more than three million Azerbaijanis against measles and rubella.