NEWLY-APPOINTED UNFPA COUNTRY DIRECTOR VISITS AZERBAIJAN

Ms. Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, newly-appointed United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative in Turkey and Country Director for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia, visited the Republic of Azerbaijan with her first mission on August 23-28, 2004.

UNFPA, through its joint projects with the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labor and Social Security of Azerbaijan, State Statistical Committee, Ministry of Education and other projects of cooperation, has provided substantial assistance to the Government of Azerbaijan in expanding access to and improving quality of reproductive health services in the country, strengthening institutional and technical capacity of the national agencies in the collection and analysis of population and development data, and mainstreaming population and gender concerns into developing planning.

Ms. Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen's participation in this process added an important contribution to the efforts to determine and shape the future nature and scope of the UNFPA's activities in the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2005-2009, and the cooperation with its many national and international partners in the country.

Ms. Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen met with representatives of the Government of Azerbaijan and other partners of UNFPA in the country to discuss a prospect for expanding the bilateral ties of collaboration between UNFPA and its many cooperating partners in the Republic of Azerbaijan.

For more information contact:
Ms. Jamila Kerimova, UNFPA Programme Analyst
Tel: +99412 498 98 88 (ext.141)