"The issue of missing persons during armed conflicts is a global problem," it was said in the address of President Ilham Aliyev to the participants of the international conference on "Increasing national and global efforts to clarify the fate of missing persons" held in Baku, APA reports.
President of Azerbaijan said that Azerbaijan has taken serious steps to increase international attention to this issue.
"Our country put forward a resolution on missing persons in the UN General Assembly every two years. We believe that there is a need for establishing a special mechanism for missing persons within the UN system," said the head of the state.