UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia commends progress in children's rights in Armenia

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 20, ARMENPRESS.Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Paruyr Hovhannisyan on December 20 received the delegation headed by UNICEF's Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia Regina De Dominicis.

Paruyr Hovhannisyan highly appreciated the work of the United Nations Children's Fund in Armenia, including the program cooperation in a number of directions, as well as the involvement of UNICEF in humanitarian responses and support for forcibly displaced refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, the foreign ministry said.

According to the source, during the meeting, the complex support provided to refugee children, assessment of needs, and protection of children from the most vulnerable groups were emphasized by both sides. Regina De Dominicis noted the progress registered in the field of children's rights in Armenia, highlighting the active cooperation between the government agencies of the Republic of Armenia and the United Nations Children's Fund.