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INTERNATIONAL EURASIAN PRESS FUND TO CONDUCT TRAINING FOR MINE VICTIMS AT GRANT OF US DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
May 31 2007
Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend A.Gasimova / The funds granted by the
Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the US Department of State
will enable the International Eurasian Press Fund establish regional
branches in the Aghstafa and Fizuly regions of Azerbaijan to conduct
exercises for all those persons who have suffered from mine explosions,
Rahman Mammadov, the Program Director of the Fund announced.
The Office of Weapon Removal and Abatement in the U.S. Department of
State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs has awarded a total of
$187,084 to support mine victims in Azerbaijan. "It was very important
for us to win this grant and expand the organization's activities,
Mammadov said, This grant will enable us to encourage mine victims
to work."
The International Eurasia Press Fund has been active in Azerbaijan
since 1992 with respect to preventing and resolving conflicts, finance
publications on Azerbaijan refugees and internally displaced people
and human rights.
The major direction of measures is the improvement of public awareness
in the medical legal sectors.
The Fund's projects are applied throughout the territory of the
country. Their cost frequently exceeds $200,000. The annual turnover
of the organization is $600,000.
According to the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA),
over 400mln sq m of Azerbaijani territory is mined or has unexploded
mines. Since September 2001, 53 people died and 122 received injuries
as a result of 83 mine explosions.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 due
to the territorial claims by Armenia against Azerbaijan. Armenia has
occupied 20% of the Azerbaijani land including the Nagorno-Karabakh
region and seven Districts of the country surrounding it. Since
1992 to the present time, these territories have been under the
occupation of the Armenian Forces. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia
signed a ceasefire agreement at which time the active hostilities
ended. The Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group ( Russia, France and USA)
are presently holding peaceful negotiations.
Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
May 31 2007
Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend A.Gasimova / The funds granted by the
Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the US Department of State
will enable the International Eurasian Press Fund establish regional
branches in the Aghstafa and Fizuly regions of Azerbaijan to conduct
exercises for all those persons who have suffered from mine explosions,
Rahman Mammadov, the Program Director of the Fund announced.
The Office of Weapon Removal and Abatement in the U.S. Department of
State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs has awarded a total of
$187,084 to support mine victims in Azerbaijan. "It was very important
for us to win this grant and expand the organization's activities,
Mammadov said, This grant will enable us to encourage mine victims
to work."
The International Eurasia Press Fund has been active in Azerbaijan
since 1992 with respect to preventing and resolving conflicts, finance
publications on Azerbaijan refugees and internally displaced people
and human rights.
The major direction of measures is the improvement of public awareness
in the medical legal sectors.
The Fund's projects are applied throughout the territory of the
country. Their cost frequently exceeds $200,000. The annual turnover
of the organization is $600,000.
According to the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA),
over 400mln sq m of Azerbaijani territory is mined or has unexploded
mines. Since September 2001, 53 people died and 122 received injuries
as a result of 83 mine explosions.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 due
to the territorial claims by Armenia against Azerbaijan. Armenia has
occupied 20% of the Azerbaijani land including the Nagorno-Karabakh
region and seven Districts of the country surrounding it. Since
1992 to the present time, these territories have been under the
occupation of the Armenian Forces. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia
signed a ceasefire agreement at which time the active hostilities
ended. The Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group ( Russia, France and USA)
are presently holding peaceful negotiations.