30 December 2024

‘Not the new normal’ – 2024 'one of the worst years in UNICEF’s history' for children in conflict

NEW YORK, 28 December 2024 –, The impact of armed conflicts on children around the world reached devastating and likely record levels in 2024, according to a review by UNICEF of the latest available data and prevailing global trends. More children than ever are estimated to be either living in conflict zones or fo...
09 December 2024

UNICEF at COP29: Making children part of the conversation

The past few years have seen – for the first time – a recognition of the impact of climate change on children and a collective global commitment to respond. But children are still largely ignored in climate policy and investment. COP29 provided an opportunity to build on global progress for children and embed chil...
03 December 2024

Visions of a brighter future

Looking toward the future, children from across Europe and Central Asia share their dreams for the world they want in 2050. Through their eyes, we see visions of hope, innovation, collaboration, and bright futures. These aspirations are intrinsically tied to the rights guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of...
02 December 2024

World Children's Day marked in Azerbaijan

Every year on November 20 – to mark the signing of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child – UNICEF celebrates World Children’s Day, an annual day of action for children, by children. It is UNICEF’s biggest day of the year and an occasion to advocate, raise funds and raise awareness for the most ...
22 November 2024

Ümumdünya Uşaq Hüquqları Gününə həsr olunmuş vebinar keçirilib

Noyabrın 20-də Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikasının İnsan Hüquqları üzrə Müvəkkili (Ombudsman) və UNİCEF-in Azərbaycan Nümayəndəliyinin birgə təşkilatçılığı ilə "BMT-nin Uşaq Hüquqları Komitəsinin "Uşaq hüquqları haqqında" Konvensiyanın icrası ilə bağlı Azərbaycan Respublikasının beşinci və altıncı məruzələrinə dair Ye...
12 January 2024

UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia concludes visit to Azerbaijan

BAKU, Azerbaijan, 12 January 2024, –, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia and Special Coordinator for the Refugee and Migrant Response in Europe, Regina De Dominicis today concluded her first official visit to Azerbaijan. During the visit, De Dominicis met with Prime Minister Ali Asadov and govern...
10 August 2021

Alex Heikens appointed as UNICEF Representative in Azerbaijan

BAKU, Azerbaijan, 10 August – Newly appointed UNICEF Representative in Azerbaijan Mr. Alex Heikens presented today his Letter of Accreditation to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Republic Mr. Jeyhun Bayramov. “I am looking forward to further strengthening UNICEF’s long-lasting partnership with the Government of Azerbaijan and to…
06 February 2020

Cyberbullying: What is it and how to stop it

“What would you like to know about cyberbullying?” We posed this question to young people and received thousands of responses from around the world. We brought together UNICEF specialists, international cyberbullying and child protection experts, and teamed up with Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to answer the qu...
28 January 2020

Local Internship Opportunity at the UNICEF Azerbaijan office

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30 December 2019

A year for children

As another year draws to its close it seems like a good moment to pause and reflect on the lives of children – those youngest citizens who came into the world in the first decades of a new century. And the year just ending itself marked a significant anniversary for children around the world –30 years since the Convention on the Rights of the…
20 June 2019

The Best Classrooms are Inclusive Classrooms

Around the world, children with disabilities are one of the most marginalized and excluded groups. Facing daily discrimination in the form of negative attitudes, lack of adequate policies and legislation, they are effectively barred from realizing their rights to healthcare, education, and even survival. In Azerb...
13 June 2019

EU and UNICEF Azerbaijan Unveil 3.3 Million Euro Initiative to Protect Vulnerable Children and Young

BAKU , -- “Looking into your eyes gives me a lot of energy to continue to work for your interests and create more opportunities for each of you. Azerbaijan’s…National Children’s Paralympic Committee [is] a great example to the world,” said Mr. Johannes Hahn, European Union (EU) Commissioner for European Neighborho...