ArmInfo. On 19-20 October 2023, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the United Nations Population Fund Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia held a Regional Conference on ICPD30 titled "Population and Development: Ensuring Rights and Choices" to acknowledge progress, identify emerging trends, and highlight priorities for the way forward. The Conference took place in person at the Palais des Nations, Salle XVIII, Geneva, Switzerland.
Armenia's Deputy Minister of Health Artak Jumayan participated in the conference.
Mr Jumayan spoke about the situation with single mothers among the forcibly displaced citizens of Artsakh. The number of the latter has increased due to large-scale Azerbaijani aggression against Nagorno- Karabakh.
Speaking about internal and external factors influencing the decline in the birth rate, the deputy minister, among other factors, pointed to Azerbaijan's policy of using force and threats against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
According to the source, he also presented the demographic strategy of Armenia for 2023-2040 as a unique initiative based on serious research work. In particular, Jumayan spoke about the action plan provided for by the strategy, including those related to reducing infant, child and maternal mortality rates, ensuring universal access to reproductive health services, etc.
