UN and Azerbaijan (from UN Photo)

• New Hope for Azerbaijani Refugees and IDPs While Baku Observes World Refugee Day

  Senior United Nations officials marked World Refugee Day on 20 June with a call for greater efforts to protect the over 42 million people worldwide forced to flee violent conflict and persecution, many lacking basic humanitarian needs, such as shelter, clean water and food.

• UN and Azerbaijani Partners Working and Networking on Water, Sanitation and Health issues

  WATER – in one word, so many meanings. As Loran Eisenly, a famous poet, once said, “If there is magic on this planet, it is in water.” For some, it is to cherish this wonderful gift of God like a sacred treasure, walking for miles to get it, under the sun, sometimes barefoot, while others take it for granted.

• UN Agencies unite for education reforms and renewal in Azerbaijan

  On the day we learn to read, a whole new world opens up in front of us like an immense ocean. Spreading its wings, it captures us and takes us to a paradise, a paradise of knowledge.

• Cultural Diversity Day Celebrated in Baku with Exhibition opening and Concert

  To observe the Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, the UN DPI office, in close cooperation with the United Artists’ Club, Labyrinth Creative Public Association, the Union of Artists, Center of Contemporary Art and Royal Norwegian Embassy, organized an opening ceremony for an artwork exhibition, at the Contemporary Art Centre.

• UN House in Baku hosted artists of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Georgia and Norway

  The UN DPI Office in Azerbaijan, in close cooperation with the United Artists’ Club of Azerbaijan, Labyrinth Creative Public Association and the Union of Azerbaijan Artists organized a joint workshop at UN House in Baku.
  
  

• Broadening Access to Knowledge, Exploring Other Cultures and Languages

  A mixture of “Salam, Hello, Bonjour, Zdravstvuyte” was a great starting point to a session devoted to promotion of multilingualism and the cultural diversity held at Baku’s European Lyceum on 5 May.
  
  

• DPI office in Azerbaijan Roundtable on Reaching MDG for Maternal Health

  The UN DPI office in Azerbaijan and the UN Population Fund convened a gathering of representatives from the government, civil society, women’s NGOs, as well as medical practitioners in Sheki district on 28 April.

• DPI office in Azerbaijan and Local NGO Team UP With Youngsters to say “NO” to Drugs

  The DPI office in Azerbaijan together with the NGO “Dirchalish” arranged, on 24 April 2009, a performance of “The Way Leading to Hell” to jointly raise awareness of the dangers of drugs, learn how to say ‘NO’ to drug abuse and to suggest solutions to the drug problem.

• DPI office in Azerbaijan Orientation Briefing for National NGOs – Getting Out the Word

  Representatives of various Azerbaijani non-governmental organizations  gathered on April 22, 2009 in the UN House for an orientation briefing organized by the Baku-based office of the Department of Public Information.

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