Secretary General of this authoritative body thanked the Azerbaijan Government for conducted activities on refugees and IDPs<br /> <br /> Mr. Bjarte Vandvik , ECRE Secretary General sent a letter of thank to Mr. Ali Hasanov, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the State Committee Dealing with Issues of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons. Information was received from the Information Department of International Eurasia Press Fund.
In his letter the ECRE Secretary General expressed his deepest gratitude to the Azerbaijan Government for great event organized on International Refugee Day-June 20 and activities related to refugee and IDPs’ issues. Mr. Bjarte Vandvik had good comments on IEPF, a member of ECRE and one of the partner organizations in the event of celebrating World Refugee Day. The SG noted that IEPF regularly shares information on the state of refugees and IDPS in Azerbaijan with ECRE. He highly valued the activity of IEPF on refugees and IDPs.
It is noted in the letter: “ECRE together with the 69 member agencies in its network promotes the protection and integration of asylum seekers, refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) based on values of human dignity, human rights and an ethic of solidarity”. Furthermore, the letter states that “based on the UNHCR assessment of the situation for refugees and asylum seekers in Azerbaijan, ECRE can understand there are many challenges faced by this group of people.”
As a partner with ECRE, IEPF has always made it a priority to promote the challenges faced by Azerbaijani IDPs within the ECRE network. One of the major problems identified is finding a home for IDPs and making sure that they are living in adequate houses. Recently, the Azerbaijani government has been doing a lot in this regard, with the construction of several new settlements for IDPs and assisting in the relocation of IDPs. ECRE highly commends this effort and hopes that in the near future a final solution will be found for the many hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis living as displaced persons in their country”.
The letter signed by Mr. Ali Hasanov acknowledging receipt was forwarded to Mr. Elmar Mammadyarov, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Fikret Mammadov, Ministry of Justice, Mr. Fuzuli Alakperov, Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population, Mr. Misir Mardanov, Ministry of Education, Mr. Arzu Rahimov, Head of the State Migration Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Mr. Arun Sala-Nqarm, Head of UNHCR Representation in Azerbaijan.
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