Today, the Institute of Information Technology of ANAS hosted an event dedicated to March 1 - World Civil Defense Day. Assistant Director of the Institute Mahmud Valibeyov, Deputy Director General, Chairman of the Emergency Situations Commission Shakir Mehdiyev, Head of the Civil Defense Headquarters Khaliq Hasanov and employees of the Institute took part in the event.

Opening the event, Mehdiyev said that since March 1, 1972, the International Civil Defense Organization has celebrated Worldwide Day of Civil Defense in all countries. He said that Azerbaijan has been a member of this authoritative international organization since 1993.  The main task of the Civil Defense bodies is to organize the protection of the population and ensure their preparedness in the field of emergencies.

Protection of children's life and safety During the war and natural disasters, reducing the number of victims among children, ensuring their protection is one of the main issues that worry the world's countries. For this purpose, the slogan "Our mission is to ensure the safety of children" was proclaimed on the World Civil Defense Day 2019. Mehdiyev noted that all the necessary measures were taken to ensure the safety of the institute, the staff of Institute was acquainted with the eviction plan, firefighter balloons were placed on all the floors and there are gas masks and sound amplifiers in the Civil Defense storehouse.

The main objective of the Civil Defense is to develop a prophylactic measure to prevent emergency events, to implement preventive measures in the prevention of industrial accidents and other incidents in many emergency events through education, Khaliq Hasanov noted.

He also demonstrated rules of behavior during natural disasters, industrial accidents and emergency events.

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