There are 2,539,700 children in Azerbaijan, deputy chairman of Children Problems Department of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs Parviz Aliyev said addressing the event on the theme “Parental care – Children’s Security”.
He said 61 children died as a result of natural and man-made disasters in 2007-2012. According to him, 79 drowned in 2006-2012, 471 children were rescued.
“150 children were evacuated in fires in 2012. 76 children were killed in traffic accidents in 2011, 79 in 2012, 77 in 2013,” he said.
APA