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International Day of Older Persons was celebrated.

02 October 2019 | 00:00

On October 1, Gabala hosted an event dedicated to the International Day of Older Persons. At first, the event participants laid flowers at the monument to national leader Heydar Aliyev, erected in the city center. Arif Allahverdiyev, Deputy Head of the Gabala Region Executive Power, who spoke at the event, noted that the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on the protection of older people in 1992, and in accordance with the principles of this resolution, October 1 is annually celebrated worldwide as the International Day of Older Persons. It was noted that the holding of this event at the international level aims to increase attention and care for older people. It was emphasized that the International Day of Older Persons, celebrated in our country since 1993, is a clear example of the attention and care of national leader Heydar Aliyev about older people and their problems, and the Law on Social Services for Senior People signed by him on June 22, 2001 stimulates a careful attitude towards the problems of older people. Noting that today the strengthening of social protection of older people is in the focus of attention of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Arif Allahverdiyev said that, according to the “State Program to Strengthen the Social Protection of Senior Citizens”, the Head of State is carrying out consistent reforms to improve their social status. The chairman of the regional Council of Elders Nazim Mustafayev, elders Vagif Azimov, Razi Seyidov and others expressed their gratitude to President Ilham Aliyev for the attention and care for the older generation. They noted that they always supported the thoughtful, focused policy of the head of state.

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