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According to the Decree of the Supreme body Presidium of Azerbaijan SSR of September 19, 1989 with the aim of solving the questions, connected with reception, accommodation and life conditions of the persons, compelled to leave their inhabitancy places, and for coordinating the activity of soviet, economic, administrative and public organizations of the Republic in this sphere, the committee named "The State committee of Azerbaijan SSR for work with the people, compelled to leave their inhabitancy places was founded.

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According to the Regulation, approved by the Decree of the President № 187 of Azerbaijan Republic from February, 1st, 2005, the primary goals of Committee are the temporary settlement, repatriation and social protection of the refugees, the compelled immigrants and the persons, measured to receive the status of the refugee (looking for refuge), improvement of their social and domestic conditions in the territories released from occupation, conferring the status of "refugee" or " the compelled immigrant", in order...

The Department of status definition being a structural unit of the Central Office of the the State committee for refugee and IDP issues, carries out the following functions.
Since January 1, 2005 the department of status definition has been included in the structure of the Central Office of the State Committee for refugee and IDP issues, preserving the name "department" mehind it according to the Order of the Ministry of the Republicof Azerbaijan no.5 of January 8, 2005 connected with the execution of the item 3.5 of “the State program on improvement of living conditions of the refugees and forced migrants and decrease of unemployment", approved by the Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan no.298 dated July 1, 2004