The United Nations supports Azerbaijan's development by creating an enabling environment for improving good governance, reducing poverty, ensuring respect for human rights and gender equality, meeting people's basic health and education needs.
Baku, February 16, 2010 - A joint Baku, study on “Early marriages: violation of the human rights of children,” was launched by UNICEF and the State Committee for Family, Women and Children’s Affairs of Azerbaijan on 16 February 2010. This report presents a qualitative assessment of the early marriage situation in Azerbaijan showing an increasing trend in some of the regions of the country where early marriage has been affecting some boys and, in most cases, many young girls.
Baku, New York, January 18, 2010 - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is calling for US$35.6 million for immediate recovery assistance in Haiti following Tuesday’s massive earthquake. Immediate responses will include the clearing of rubble and rehabilitating essential social infrastructures, such as street repairs and electricity, to facilitate urgently needed assistance. UNDP will also carry out cash-for-work programmes to jump-start the local economy.
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