Contributions that social workers can make in the postwar era

The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict entered the history of the 20th century as one of the most tragic conflicts, its consequences had a serious impact on the fate of millions of Azerbaijanis. This conflict, which started in the late 1980s with Armenia's open territorial claims to the historical lands of Azerbaijan and provocations on ethnic grounds with terrorist acts, resulted in military aggression against Azerbaijan.

The Armenians represented by the leadership of the Soviet Union, the leadership of the Armenian SSR and the Armenian diaspora abroad took advantage of the weakening of the central government of the USSR in the late 1980s to separate the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO), which was established in 1923 within the Azerbaijan SSR, and became the Armenian SSR. have taken purposeful action for its integration.

At the end of 1987, the process of brutal deportation of Azerbaijanis from their historical lands began in the Gafan district of the Armenian SSR. In 1988-1989, Azerbaijanis living in different cities and regions of Armenia faced the same fate. More than 250,000 Azerbaijanis living in Armenia were forcibly expelled from their historical lands, 216 of them were brutally murdered, and 1154 were injured. They were forced to seek refuge in Azerbaijan to save their lives from Armenian violence.

Azerbaijanis lived compactly in the territory of Armenia until 1988. However, unlike Armenians living in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Soviet authorities did not grant autonomous status within the Armenian SSR to the compactly populated areas of the Azerbaijanis.

In 1905-1906, 1918-1920, and 1948-1953, Azerbaijanis were purposefully displaced and deported from the territory of present-day Armenia. Only in 1948-1953, more than 150 thousand Azerbaijanis were forcibly deported from their historical homes in the territory of the Armenian SSR. At that time, some of them, especially the elderly and babies, died because they could not endure the harsh conditions of relocation, sharp climate change, physical shocks and spiritual suffering.

On February 13, 1988, the first demonstration of Armenians regarding the Karabakh issue was held in the central city of Khankendi (Stepanakert at that time). From February 16 to March 2, various rallies were organized in NKAO. On February 20, Armenian-born deputies of the Council of People's Deputies of NKAO voted in favor of the proposal to join the province to the Armenian SSR (Azerbaijani and other nationalities deputies did not participate in the meeting). On February 21, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union issued a decision "On the events of Nagorno-Karabakh", and in this document, the decision of the Provincial Council was called an action "instigated by nationalist elements". Nevertheless, on February 22, near Askaran settlement located on the Khankendi-Aghdam highway, Armenians opened fire on peaceful Azerbaijani demonstrators who protested against the above-mentioned decision of the Council of People's Deputies of the NKAO. As a result, two young Azerbaijanis were martyred. At the beginning of March, the "Karabakh" organization, which aims to unite Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, started operating in Yerevan without hindrance, while the "Krunk" organization started operating in Khankendi.

"Krunk" organization started operating in Khankendi. On June 14, the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR adopted a decision on the "incorporation" of NKAO into the Armenian SSR. In protest, the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR reconfirmed the NKAO as part of the Azerbaijan SSR on June 17. On July 18, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR made a decision that it was impossible to change the national-territorial division of the Azerbaijan SSR and the Armenian SSR. With this, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR defended the principle of territorial integrity of the republics, guided by the relevant provision established in the Constitution of the USSR (Article 78).

The activity of the Special Management Committee (SEC, January 12 - November 28, 1989) created by the decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ended in failure. On December 1, 1989, the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR adopted a decision "On the unification of the Armenian SSR and Nagorno-Karabakh". On January 9, 1990, the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR included the socio-economic development plan of the Armenian SSR in the plan of the Armenian SSR for 1990. On May 20, 1990, the election of the deputies of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR from the NKAO was held in the NKAO. The decisions of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR clearly revealed the aggressive nature of Armenia.

As a result of the victory of the Armenian National Movement in the parliamentary elections held in Armenia in May 1990, the extreme nationalist and chauvinist forces that propagated the war came to power in the republic. This accelerated their aggressive war. Yerevan focused all its efforts on the creation of unofficial military units and their arming, preferring to solve the problem by force in accordance with its goals.

On September 2, 1991, the so-called "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" ("NKR") was declared within the boundaries of the NKAO and the Shaumyan (village) district of the Azerbaijan SSR, and a "referendum" was held on December 10. It was clear that Armenia, taking into account the prospect of the collapse of the USSR, is trying to implement its activities according to a special plan in order to pretend that it is not a party to the conflict and thereby confuse the international opinion. As a response to this, on November 23, 1991, the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Azerbaijan canceled the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Until now, Armenia, which had openly voiced its territorial claims, started military operations against Azerbaijan without declaring war. Thus, the conflict entered a new "hot stage". During the military campaign, the armed forces of Armenia ruthlessly killed the peaceful Azerbaijani population in the regions and cities they occupied without making any distinction between military and civilians. Azerbaijanis were subjected to ethnic cleansing and genocide. The military and political leadership of Armenia committed systematic and mass massacre and genocide of civilians in the village of Meshali in Askera, the villages of Malibeyli and Gushchular in Shushan, the village of Garadagli in Khojaven, the city of Khojaly, the village of Agdaban in Kalbajar and to destroy, and to break the resistance of the remaining part and to rid the region of them by physically killed a part of the Azerbaijani civilian population living in Nagorno-Karabakh.

On the night of February 25-26, 1992, Armenia committed genocide against the Azerbaijani population in Khojaly. As a result, 613 civilians were killed, including 106 women and 63 children. "Justice for Khojaly!" 23 states of the United States, the Scottish Parliament of Great Britain, the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the National Assembly of Djibouti, the Foreign Relations Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, the Upper House of the National Assembly of Afghanistan, the National Congress of Honduras, the Representatives of Indonesia The First Committee of the House of Representatives, the Senate of the National Assembly of Jordan, the Second Constitutional Committee of the Colombian Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Second Committee of the House of Representatives, the Congress of Guatemala, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the General Congress of Mexico, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Senate of Pakistan, the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of the National Assembly , the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the National Assembly of Panama, the Chamber of Deputies of the National Congress of Paraguay, the Congress of Peru, the National Council of Slovenia, the National Assembly of Sudan It was recognized as genocide against Azerbaijanis by the Affairs Committee. In addition, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Turkic Council have identified this tragedy as genocide.

On May 12, 1994, an agreement was reached on a ceasefire. Until now, as a result of the military aggression of Armenia, 20 percent of the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan - the city of Khankendi, Khojaly, Shusha, Lachin, Khojavand, Kalbajar, Aghdam, Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Gubadli, Zangilan districts, as well as 13 villages of Tartar district, 7 villages of Gazakh district, and a village of Sadarak district of Nakhchivan was occupied by the Armenian army.

As a result of Armenia's aggression, more than 1 million Azerbaijanis became refugees and internally displaced persons, more than 20 thousand Azerbaijanis were killed during military operations, and more than 50 thousand people were disabled.

The further fate of 3,890 Azerbaijanis, including 71 children, 267 women, and 326 elderly people, who went missing as a result of the First Karabakh War, as well as 872 people identified as prisoners and hostages (as of December 1, 2020), is unknown. In 1988-1993, in total, 900 settlements, 150 thousand houses, 7 thousand public buildings, 693 schools, 855 kindergartens, 695 medical institutions, 927 libraries, 44 temples, 9 mosques, 473 historical monuments, palaces and museums were built in Karabakh. 40 thousand museum exhibits, 6 thousand industrial and agricultural enterprises, 160 bridges and other infrastructure facilities were destroyed.

The Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, which has become a source of serious threat to international peace and security due to its interstate nature, has caused serious discussions within international organizations, and a number of important documents on the problem have been adopted. On April 30, 1993, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution No. 822 demanding the immediate withdrawal of Armenian troops from the Kalbajar region of Azerbaijan and other occupied territories.

On July 29, 1993, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution No. 853 demanding the complete, immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Armenian troops from the Aghdam region of Azerbaijan and other occupied territories.

On October 14, 1993, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution No. 874, which demanded the withdrawal of Armenian troops from the most recently occupied territories in accordance with the timetable of the OSCE Minsk Group.

On November 11, 1993, the UN Security Council adopted resolution No. 884. The resolution condemned the occupation of Zangilan region and Horadiz settlement, the attack on the civilian population and the bombing of the territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan and demanded the withdrawal of the occupying forces from Zangilan region and Horadiz settlement and other recently occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Acting as the main guarantor of international peace and security, these resolutions adopted by the UN Security Council in connection with the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict defined the legal basis of the political process for resolving the conflict based on the norms and principles of international law. The resolutions condemned the occupation of Azerbaijani territories, emphasized the inadmissibility of occupying territories through the use of force, reaffirmed the territorial integrity, sovereignty and inviolability of Azerbaijan's borders, that Nagorno-Karabakh is an integral part of Azerbaijan, and the immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of the occupying forces from all occupied territories of Azerbaijan was requested.

In the resolution "Situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" adopted by the UN General Assembly on September 7, 2006 regarding the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, the fires caused by Armenia in the occupied territories were condemned. The resolution of the same name adopted by the UN General Assembly on March 14, 2008 covered the legal, political and humanitarian aspects of the conflict and reaffirmed the principles of its resolution. These principles include respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, the immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of Armenian troops from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, the right of people forcibly displaced from the occupied territories to return to their native lands, the provision of conditions for coexistence of both communities within Azerbaijan, and as a result of the occupation of the territories stressed the illegality of the created situation.

The conflict has been discussed many times within the framework of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The organization, guided by the principles and norms of international law, announced that Azerbaijan was subjected to military aggression. In 1993, the resolution adopted at the 21st meeting of the organization's foreign ministers held in Karachi, Pakistan condemned the Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan, demanded the immediate withdrawal of Armenian troops from all occupied territories, urged Armenia to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and resolve the conflict peacefully and justly and called for a solution.

In 1994, another resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh was adopted at the 7th Summit meeting of the heads of state and government of the OIC countries in Casablanca, Morocco. In that resolution, the fact that 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territories were occupied by Armenia was sharply condemned and concern was expressed over the fact that more than one million Azerbaijanis became refugees and internally displaced persons. Referring to the known four resolutions of the UN Security Council, the mentioned document demanded the immediate withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces from all the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, and the actions against civilians as a result of Armenia's aggression against Azerbaijan were assessed as a crime against humanity.

In the Final Document adopted at the 16th Summit meeting of the heads of state and government of the countries that are members of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran in 2012, the importance of resolving the conflict within the territorial integrity, sovereignty and internationally recognized borders of the Republic of Azerbaijan was emphasized. In the Final Document adopted at the 17th Summit meeting of the heads of state and government of the member countries of the Non-Aligned Movement in Margarita Island of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in 2016, despite the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council, it was regretted that the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan remained unresolved, and the conflict was a violation of the territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan. support for its solution was expressed.

Resolution No. 1416 of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted on January 25, 2005 "On the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict regulated by the OSCE Minsk Group" confirmed the occupation of Azerbaijani territories, expressed concern about ethnic cleansing in these territories, and the call was made by UN Security Council to comply with resolutions 822, 853, 874 and 884 and to withdraw troops from the occupied territories. The organization also confirmed the right of internally displaced persons to return to their lands and stressed the inadmissibility of the occupation of the territory of a member state by another member state.

The decision of PACE on January 26, 2016 about the fall of the Sarsang Reservoir, built on the Tartar River in 1976 to provide irrigation water to 100,000 hectares of land in the 6 regions of Azerbaijan, as a result of the occupation, and residents being deprived of irrigation water. The resolution "Inhabitants of the border regions of Azerbaijan were deliberately deprived of water" demanded the withdrawal of Armenian troops from the mentioned region, the deliberate creation of an artificial ecological crisis was assessed as "ecological aggression", and at the same time, the occupation of a part of Azerbaijan's territory by Armenia was once again confirmed. The decision of the European Court of Human Rights on June 16, 2015 regarding the case "Chiragov and others against Armenia" confirmed that Armenia is occupying Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

In a statement issued on November 9, 1993, the European Union called for the withdrawal of troops from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan and expressed its support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In the joint declaration adopted at the Eastern Partnership Summit of the European Union held in Brussels on November 24, 2017, the European Union supported the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of all partners.

The "Partnership Priorities" document initialed between Azerbaijan and the European Union in 2018 also expressed support for Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, independence, sovereignty and inviolability of internationally recognized borders. Territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Azerbaijan were supported in the final documents of the NATO Summit meetings, including the 2012 Chicago, 2014 Cardiff, 2016 Warsaw, 2018 Brussels declarations.

In addition, in 1995, when the heads of CIS member states signed the Memorandum on maintaining peace and stability in the Commonwealth of Independent States, Armenia refused to accept the 7th and 8th paragraphs of that document. Those clauses state that "Member States... shall take measures to prevent any manifestations of separatism, nationalism, chauvinism and fascism in their territories", as well as "not to support separatist movements and separatist regimes in the territory of other member states, ... undertake not to provide economic, financial, military and other assistance".

On August 5, 2019, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made a speech in Khankendi with the statement "Karabakh is a part of Armenia and a point". Before that, Armenia realized the international political, legal and moral responsibility of the policy of military occupation and annexation, and tried to cover up the policy of occupation and show it as the right of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh to self-determination. This statement of N. Pashinyan clearly showed that the real goal of Armenia is aggression. By calling for the annexation of the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, Armenia violated the norms and principles of international law, the UN Charter, the Helsinki Final Act, and showed disrespect to the international community, especially to the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, which is responsible for resolving the conflict through negotiations. On October 3, 2019, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev responded to N. Pashinyan's statement during his speech at the 16th annual meeting of the "Valday" International Discussion Club: "...the statement is word for word: "Karabakh is a part of Armenia, period". First, to put it mildly, this is a lie. Both Aran and Nagorno-Karabakh are recognized by the world as an integral part of Azerbaijan. Armenia itself does not recognize this illegal institution. Karabakh is the historical, ancient land of Azerbaijan. Thus, Karabakh is Azerbaijan and an exclamation mark.

Also, on February 15, 2020, a panel discussion was held between the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan within the framework of the Munich Security Conference. During the discussions, the President of Azerbaijan once again brought to the attention of the international community the rightful position of Azerbaijan regarding the conflict and destroyed Armenia's policy of aggression and false claims with arguments based on historical facts and international law.

The so-called "elections" organized in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan in March 2020 became another provocation. Those "elections", like the previous ones, were not recognized by the international community, any international organization, the state, on the contrary, they were sharply condemned and rejected.

In July 2020, Armenia committed another military provocation to the Tovuz destrict of the state border with Azerbaijan. The purpose of the provocation was to create a new source of tension in the region, to put the issue of the occupation of Azerbaijani territories by Armenia on the back burner, to involve third countries in the conflict and to damage the strategic infrastructure of Azerbaijan. As a result, a group of Azerbaijani soldiers, including high-ranking officers, and one civilian were martyred. The Azerbaijani Army dealt a crushing blow to the enemy and gave him a worthy response.

In August 2020, Armenia resorted to another military provocation and sent a sabotage group to Azerbaijan in order to commit terrorist acts. However, on August 23, 2020, that group was neutralized, its leader was detained, and thus the next sabotage plan did not take place. Armenia's adoption of an aggressive and offensive military doctrine and national security strategy, the creation of armed civilian volunteer units in Armenia that will take part in military operations against Azerbaijan, the call of the Minister of Defense of Armenia for a "new war for new territories", the visit of the officials of this country to the major cities of Azerbaijan and threats to attack important civil infrastructure, Armenia's recruitment of mercenaries and terrorists from different countries, supplying large quantities of weapons, etc. He clearly demonstrated that Armenia is preparing for a new war against Azerbaijan.

On September 21, 2020, the President of Azerbaijan, Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement, Ilham Aliyev, during his speech at the High-Level Meeting dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the UN within the framework of the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly, stated that aggressive rhetoric and provocations indicate that Armenia is preparing for new aggression against Azerbaijan. shows: "We invite the UN and the international community to prevent Armenia from further military aggression. The military and political leadership of Armenia is responsible for the provocations and the escalation of tension. The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict should be resolved within the framework of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and on the basis of UN Security Council resolutions."

On September 24, 2020, during his speech at the general debates of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev once again declared that Armenia is preparing for a new war against Azerbaijan.

On September 25, 2020, the President of Azerbaijan, while welcoming the European Union's special representative for the South Caucasus, noted once again that the intelligence information of the Azerbaijani side shows that very serious military preparations are underway in Armenia against Azerbaijan, and their military forces are concentrated on the contact line and the state border. : "If they attack us, they will regret it. I just want you to know this and convey this message to the European Commission and see what the European Commission can do to stop the new provocations of the aggressor."

Unfortunately, no practical steps were taken by the world community to put an end to Armenia's successive provocations and new war plans. Emboldened by this, on September 27, 2020, Armenia attacked the positions of the Azerbaijani Army from several directions, using heavy artillery to fire heavily at residential areas.

In response to Armenia's next attempt at military aggression, the Azerbaijani Army launched a counter-offensive operation and as a result of the 44-day long Patriotic War, it succeeded in destroying the Armenian army, bringing them to their knees, and liberating the occupied territories. The "Iron Fist" operation carried out by the victorious Azerbaijani Army under the leadership of the Supreme Commander, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, was written in golden letters in the history of the Azerbaijani people, and resulted in the surrender of Armenia, which turned occupation and glorification of Nazism into a state policy. On November 10, 2020, the "Statement of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia and the President of the Russian Federation" was accepted and Armenia signed the act of capitulation. Thus, the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict was ended, and Azerbaijan regained its territorial integrity.

We all know that the Second Karabakh War, which lasted from September 27 to November 10, 2020, ended with the restoration of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized borders. The restoration of the country's territorial integrity was remembered as a demonstration of the supremacy of international law and national-moral values for our state. As it is known, the material and cultural resources of our occupied territories have been looted and destroyed for nearly thirty years. So far, the calculations in this direction show that the damage caused by Armenia to Azerbaijan is measured in billions of dollars. Thus, in the UN Development Program prepared in 2000, the damage caused by the occupation was expressed as close to 54 billion dollars.

The war is over and the period of peace building has begun. It is well known to conflict experts that the conflict is considered over when the parties choose the transfer path from conflict relations to economic, social and political cooperation relations. Of course, this process is a painful process. However, immediately after the end of the war, Azerbaijan offered the other party a way of cooperation, peace building, and peaceful coexistence and stated the need for the support of the international community for this.

This photo symbolizes the Declaration of November 10, 2020 signed by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia and the President of the Russian Federation - regarding the agreement on the ceasefire

In his speech at the international conference on "Development and cooperation" held at ADA University on April 29, 2022, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev once again emphasized that "We accept the Armenians living in Karabakh as our citizens. We hope that they will soon understand that they have all the rights and security guarantees as citizens of Azerbaijan. Unlike Armenia, Azerbaijan is a country where representatives of numerous national minorities live, all of them live in peace and tranquility in our country. Representatives of the Armenian people have also lived in Azerbaijan and they have never encountered any problems. Therefore, Azerbaijan-phobia propaganda should be stopped in Armenia."

Restoring and reviving territories freed from occupation is one of the main tasks facing the state of Azerbaijan. After the Patriotic War, fundamental steps were taken in the direction of the restoration of territories freed from occupation and the implementation of sustainable settlement. Thus, for the purpose of solving the socio-economic, humanitarian, organizational issues arising from the implementation of the provisions stipulated in the Declaration signed on November 10, 2020, as well as coordinating activities in this field, in the territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan freed from occupation, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan The Coordination Headquarters was established by the order of Ilham Aliyev dated November 24, 2020.

In addition, the Karabakh Revival Fund was established as a public entity on the basis of the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev dated January 4, 2021, in order to provide a modern and decent life for sustainable settlement in the liberated territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and to carry out construction-restoration and improvement works in all areas.

At the same time, according to the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev dated December 8, 2020, disabled servicemen and members of the families of those who died in connection with the protection of the territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan, while performing their official duties in the territories liberated from occupation, as well as after the end of military operations "YASHAT" Foundation was established in order to provide additional support to the measures implemented by the state in the field of social protection to the employees of the state bodies whose disabilities were determined as a result of his participation in the elimination of the consequences, or to the family members of the deceased employees, in order to form a transparent, effective and accessible platform. We–social workers-believe that it is extremely important for social workers to cooperate with these institutions and support their activities.

As we know, one of the main goals of the recovery and reconstruction process is the return of IDPs to their homes. In order to effectively organize the return, it is very important to predict the potential of repatriation as accurately as possible, and for this to study the wishes, intentions and proposals of the internally displaced persons. The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, said about this during his speech at the conference dedicated to the results of 2020 held in video format on January 6: "I recently instructed the Presidential Administration that surveys should be conducted among the displaced people, their intentions should be learned in order to return to their ancestral lands. Do you have thoughts of going or not? Let us know and we'll have to do our own remediation. I am sure that the absolute majority of the former settlers will return to their native lands with great enthusiasm. The state will do everything in its power to achieve this." As it can be seen, in this speech, the president attaches great importance to the public opinion regarding the settlement and the large-scale settlement in Karabakh, and considers public participation in this direction appropriate. For this purpose, according to the order of the head of state, the relevant institutions will conduct sociological surveys among the internally displaced persons. One of such studies is the "Working Group on Academic and Educational Issues" of the Inter-Administrative Center under the "Coordinating Headquarters for the Centralized Resolution of Issues in the Occupied Territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan" established by the order of the head of state, conducting systematic research involving local and foreign experts.

It is such an approach that leads to the assumption that when the settlement is implemented, the wishes of the internally displaced persons will be taken into account, and all the settlements will be improved and will be given to the owners of their historical motherlands. Every person wishes to return to his ancestral homeland with the nostalgia of his childhood and youth memories, rural community lifestyle. This motivation has a deep socio-psychological weight in the Great Return (repatriation of internally displaced people that leave their homeland 30 years before because of Armenian aggression). Therefore, in surveys conducted among internally displaced persons, quite a large number of respondents unequivocally state that they want to return to their ancestral homeland.

A working mechanism for the creation of new jobs with decent wages, especially jobs suitable for young people, and comprehensive promotion of their entrepreneurial activity in the liberated territories from occupation is envisaged. It is planned to implement large-scale self-employment projects related to the entrepreneurial activity and employment of young people and to ensure the support of relevant international organizations, as well as the expansion of international cooperation and their participation in international programs and projects.

The document "Azerbaijan 2030: National Priorities for socio-economic development" approved by the decree of the President of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev on February 2, 2021 opens up new opportunities in terms of defining the country's long-term sustainable development goals and implementing reforms based on specific programs. On the basis of national priorities, the government is tasked with implementing reforms, projects and measures in 5 important directions: 1) sustainable, increasingly competitive economy; 2) a society that is dynamic, inclusive and based on ideas of social justice; 3) competitive human capital and space for modern innovations; 4) a large return to the territories freed from occupation; 5) clean environment and "green growth" country.

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, identified the clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) from occupied territories as one of the priority issues in terms of ensuring security, as well as the "Great Return" program. This necessity is conditioned by the fact that Armenia has mined not only the areas close to the contact line, but also all the districts and cities, roads, residential buildings and strategic heights in the territories it has occupied for nearly 30 years, in violation of international legal norms.{6}

Although Azerbaijan has repeatedly demanded a map of the mined areas, the Armenian side, which shows a destructive position, does not behave consistently and honestly in this process. This shows that the aggressor country is insincere towards the regional initiatives aimed at the restoration of communications, mutual trust, and the formation of an environment of peace and security.

We hope that the Great Return process will be carried out with high quality indicators, and we will witness the honorable and decent resettlement of internally displaced persons. Every citizen of Azerbaijan has the opportunity to contribute to the great process of repatriation to the territories freed from occupation. In this direction, along with employees working in the sphere of social service and social work, students studying social work and service have a great potential to act as volunteers. First of all, it would be appropriate to use their potential in the direction of conducting social work among the population that will return to their homeland. Social field specialists should come up with social initiatives related to settlement and present relevant social projects. Conducting social work with the population to be repatriated, communities, proposing social projects for decent settlement, proposing models in line with inclusive requirements for the smart city, smart village project, mobilizing the potential of social dialogue among the population of regions free from occupation for peaceful coexistence of communities, employment coming up with projects for the social service sector that will present its potential is one of the important and honorable tasks facing the social workers of Azerbaijan.

At the same time, it is appropriate to establish social service, social work and Agency for Sustainable and Operational Social Security(DOST) centers in liberated territories in order to take care of the concerns of the citizens to be repatriated, to help them overcome the social difficulties they may face during settlement and adaptation to the new environment, development of encouraging social circles and other social projects, development of innovative projects and initiatives by social workers to achieve the repatriation of the population on all demographic indicators during settlement are necessary and mandatory tasks. Studying the post-war social work experience of the countries of Europe and West, and bringing advanced experience to Azerbaijan should be one of the tasks facing the country's social workers. We believe that in the post-war period, social workers will honor their responsibilities and their contributions will make us proud as one of the glorious pages of the history of social work in Azerbaijan.

Summary

In the presented article, the tasks faced by social workers in the post-war period were discussed in detail, and it was stated that the international experience in this field should be studied, and the contribution should be made to the process by using the most advanced experience.

References

1. President Ilham Aliyev's decree of July 7, 2021 "On the new distribution of economic regions in the Republic of Azerbaijan"
2. With the establishment of a Coordination Headquarters for the purpose of solving socio-economic, humanitarian, organizational and other urgent issues arising from the implementation of the provisions stipulated in the Declaration signed on November 10, 2020, as well as in the liberated territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as coordinating activities in this field order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev dated November 24, 2020
3. The speech of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at the conference dedicated to the results of 2020 held on January 6 in video format
4. The document "Azerbaijan 2030: National Priorities for socio-economic development" approved by the decree of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev dated February 2, 2021
5. Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the establishment of the Coordination Headquarters for the centralized resolution of issues in the liberated territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Baku, November 24, 2020.
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