OMBUDSMAN MEETS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF SWISS FEDERAL ORGANIZATION FOR REFUGEES
During the conversation, Elmira Suleymanova stated that considerable moral and property damage has been caused to the people by the Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan. She drew the guests’ attention to the pressing needs of those who had lost their relatives, property, and now live under hard conditions in refugee camps. According to the Ombudsman, 51,1 % of this category of people are able-bodied, and 34,6 % - under the age of 15. She stressed the necessity of humanitarian aid to these people from international donors, pointed out concern the President of the country and the Government showed about the displaced people, and told of the measure aimed at solving their problems. Dwelling on the business relations between the State Committee on Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons and representatives of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Azerbaijan including conducting joint seminars-trainings, Mrs. Suleymanova expressed hope for fruitful cooperation with the Swiss Federal Organization for Refugees. The Commissioner on Human Rights answered questions from the guests, and updated them on the work carried out to ensure international protection for Chechen, Afghan, Iraqi and other foreign asylum seekers, who had arrived in Azerbaijan escaping from the extreme conditions in their homelands, as well as restoration of refugee women’s and their children’s rights.
Kristina Ptaifer and Hans Peter Blair expressed satisfaction with the meeting and promised to render assistance to solve the problems of refugees and IDPs in Azerbaijan.
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