REC coordinator for Azerbaijan Ilkin Kengerli noted that the main documents to be submitted to consideration of ministers are Ministerial Declaration and European action plan? Environment and Children’s Health?. Ministry of Health representative Fuad Mardanli spoke of such important things as access to quality of drinking water, elementary toilet conditions, safety of children?s food etc.
Over 60 percent of the population of Azerbaijan are children and young people under 18 years old, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources representative Vagif Hidayatov said. According to him, participating in the NGO meeting dealing with children?s health and environment in
Brussels in December last year Azerbaijani delegation could include the problems of children from IDP families in the declaration.
A forum of NGOs entitled ?Healthy Planet? will be held in parallel with the conference of ministers in Budapest. Four NGOs will represent Azerbaijan at the forum.
Regional center representative Nato Kirvalidze was present at the meeting.