07:00, 10 May 2010

UNICEF to appraise Azeri authorities' efforts in defending children

Today, a three-day visit to Baku of Stephen Allen, the UNICEF regional director for Central and Eastern Europe and CIS, begins. The aim of his trip is to assess the results achieved by the government of Azerbaijan in children's health, education and protection.

It is assumed that during his meetings in Baku Mr Allen will get acquainted with the problems faced by Azerbaijani children and the work performed by the government and UNICEF for helping them, as the "Trend" Agency reports.

In the course of the meetings, Stephen Allen will be informed in detail about the efforts undertaken by the Azerbaijani government and UNICEF to help children under the initiative "Building Children-Friendly Azerbaijan," the IA APA reports.