ORDER of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic on Making Additions to the "State Program on Improvement of Living Conditions of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons and Employment Promotion" approved by Order No.298 of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic, dated July 1, 2004

      Affairs considered in the "State Program on Improvement of living conditions of refugees and internally displaced persons and employment promotion" approved by Order No.298 of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic, dated 1 July, 2004, are put in execution successfully.
      47 new settlements were built for refugee and internally displaced families by funds of State Oil Fund of the Azerbaijan Republic in different cities and regions of our country. More than 100 schools, tens of hospitals, cultural centers were constructed and appropriate infrastructures were created. 70 000 refugees and internally displaced persons settled in new built settlements.
       In the last 4 years 9 of 12 IDP camps were abolished. According to the program, 19 000 peo­ple temporarily settled in the rest 3 IDP camps and railway carriages will be moved to new built settlements till the end of the current year and so, no IDP camp will exist in Azerbaijan.
       At the same time, majority of internally displaced persons are living in public buildings unfit for consumer, hostels and in other places under difficult conditions and they face education, health, employment and other problems.
       For solving the problems on strengthening the social protection of refugees and internally displaced persons, improvement of their living conditions, employment promotion and also other problems I hereby decide:
  1. to approve the Additions to the "State Program on Improvement of living conditions of refugees and internally displaced persons and employment promotion " approved by Order No.298 of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic, dated 1 July, 2004 (attached).

  2. State Committee of the Azerbaijan Republic on deals of Refugees and internally Displaced Persons, Ministry of Finance of the Azerbaijani Republic, Ministry of Economic Development of the Azerbaijan Republic and State Oil Fund of the Azerbaijan Republic should take appro­priate measures for taking into account the funds required for implementation of the activities considered by the Order in the budget of the following years.

  3. Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic should:

    3.1. report the President of the Azerbaijan Republic about the work carried out in relation to execution of Additions considered in the 1st paragraph of this Order.


    3.2.
    fulfill other matters arising from this Order.

  4. This Order comes into effect from the day of signing.

Ilham Aliyev
President of the Azerbaijan Republic
Baku city, October 31, 2007
No. 2475
 
 
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