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UNICEF develops Children Paralympics Committee in Azerbaijan

13 June 2014 10:36 (UTC+04:00)
UNICEF develops Children Paralympics Committee in Azerbaijan

By Nigar Orujova

UNICEF expert Collin Higgs has held a four-day workshop in Baku to develop the Children Paralympic Committee established under Azerbaijan National Paralympics Committee.

Higgs made some presentations at the workshop that brought together committee members, representatives of government and NGOs on June 11, ANPC reports.

The attendees discussed development of the Children Paralympic Committee and efforts to attract children with disabilities.

During his 4-day trip, Higgs will hold discussions with ANPC members on establishment of the legal framework for the Children Paralympic Committee.

Higgs has been invited to Azerbaijan based on a memorandum of understanding signed between UNICEF's Azerbaijan Office and the ANPC.

The first children's paralympic committee of the world was established in Azerbaijan in September 2013.

The National Paralympic Committee and the UNICEF signed a memorandum of understanding on the formation of a children's Paralympic movement and its development in October 2013.

The movement aims to encourage more disabled children in the country to engage in sports and physical education, and will also prepare the infrastructures of paralympic sports.

Two Azerbaijani Paralympic athletes for the first time in the history of the Paralympic sports of the country participated in the 10th Atlanta Summer Paralympic Games in 1996 representing two sports.

Since then, the paralympic movement in the country has been expanding and achieving success.

At the summer Paralympic Games in London, Azerbaijani athletes gained 12 medals and become 27th among a total of 166 countries. At the Paralympic Games in Beijing in 2008, Azerbaijan won 10 medals, ranking 37th.

The Paralympic Committee brings together hundreds of athletes. At present, Azerbaijani athletes are competing in 11 sports.

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