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UNESCO delegation visiting Baku finished its mission

19 December 2005 [10:49] - TODAY.AZ
Elmira Suleymanova, the Azerbaijani Ombudsman, received on Saturday the Director of the UNESCO Department for education policy and strategy, Mirasgar Husseyn, and a specialist on education, Dendev Badarchi.

The Ombudsman informed the guests about the situation in the sphere of human rights and freedom, including the education sector. She also underlined the role of education in the development of society.

Husseyn noted that a working group established with respect to implement a Memorandum on the development of education between UNESCO and Azerbaijan has recently held its first gathering in Baku.

Suleymanova put forward several proposals on the development of education projects in Azerbaijan with support from UNESCO.

UNESCO delegation that arrived in Azerbaijan on December 13 ended its visit yesterday. The goal of the visit as informs the Education Ministry was to conduct discussions on the measures to be implemented in the framework of Mutual Understanding Memorandum on cooperation signed between the Ministry and UNESCO.

The delegation had meetings with the Milli Majlis standing commission for science and education, officials from Education Ministry and staff of Institute of Educational Problems and Azerbaijan Teachers Institute.

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