The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) continues to make efforts for peaceful settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and hopes that it is able to ensure the protection of children affected by the conflict, Trend reports.
The Office of Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsman) of Azerbaijan said Aug. 23 that, the abovementioned is an exert from the reply of UNICEF’s executive director to the statement of the Azerbaijani Ombudsman, in connection with the murder of 2-year-old Zahra Guliyeva, as a result of shelling of Alkhanli village of Azerbaijan’s Fuzuli district by the Armenian armed forces on July 4, 2017.
The letter says that, as it was previously noted in March by the UN Secretary General, the UNICEF supports the appeal to the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to refrain from any actions that could violate the ceasefire and demonstrate resoluteness in its peaceful settlement.
No community, no family has to suffer from the loss of children as a result of armed conflicts, says the letter.
It is also noted that, the UNICEF office in Azerbaijan will continue to provide assistance in the protection of children and youth.
