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 “There are serious demographic challenges in Armenia such as emigration, aging population and low birth rate. All this is a serious concern for the government and the international community because we live in one world, so everybody’s welfare matters,” UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Armenia Bradley Busetto said at a conference on ‘Demographic Challenges in the Republic of Armenia’ taking place in Yerevan. 

The aim of the conference is to present profound studies of the demographic challenges facing the country and to outline solutions for them.

“I always repeat that these demographic challenges are symptoms of deep problems and that they need a serious approach,” Mr Busetto said, adding that it is important that the respective policy be developed and introduced in order to tackle these problems.

Poverty level in Armenia is above 35%, the rates of unemployment and emigration are high, problems that cannot be resolved yet, the speaker said. Besides, according to him, there is a serious problem of equal territorial development and the most dangerous is that the birth rate index is estimated at 1.5, which is very low.