Baku. Kamala Guliyeva – APA. The signature collection campaign organized among children by Human Rights Commissioner Elmira Suleymanova under the slogan “We are messengers of peace! Join us!” on the eve of the 17th anniversary of Khojaly genocide has ended, press service of Human Rights Commissioner told APA. The signatures of over 310,000 children from different cities and regions of the country have been collected. The letter describing the impact of Armenian aggression on the fate of Azerbaijani children and the signatures have been sent to UN Under-Secretary-General, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy with support of Foreign Ministry.
The letter addressed to the UN says that 20 percent of Azerbaijani territories have been occupied as a result of Armenian aggression, 1 in every 8 people have been displaced and hundred thousand children born in tents have been deprived of all human rights. The letter writes that civilians, women, old people, handicapped persons, children were atrociously killed during Khojaly genocide committed by Armenian nationalists, their rights to live were violated.
UN Special Representative has been invited to the international conference “Protection of children’s rights in extreme situations” that will be held in Baku on the eve of June 1 – Children’s Day on the initiative of Human Rights Commissioner and with support of UNICEF.
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