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PACE adopts resolution on Armenia
At its meeting on June 26, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution approving the implementation by Armenia of its obligations, as announced by Deputy Speaker of Armenia’s National ... ... when ten were killed, which was strongly condemned by the Assembly's resolution 1837. It is mentioned that in September 2023, Azerbaijani armed forces invaded Nagorno-Karabakh, a part under the protection of Russian peacekeeping forces. Fearing the consequences,...
06/27/2024PACE resolves not to ratify credentials of Azerbaijani delegation
... judiciary and respect for human rights, as illustrated by numerous judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and opinions of the Venice Commission,” the Assembly said in a resolution, based on a report by Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC).,’ the resolution placed on PACE website reads. The Assembly also cited the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, noting that Azerbaijan’s leadership “did not acknowledge the very serious humanitarian and human rights consequences” stemming from the lack of free and safe access through the Lachin Corridor, and recalling its condemnation of the September 2023 military operation ...
01/25/2024PACE says massive exodus of entire Armenian population from Nagorno-Karabakh leads to reasonable suspicion that this can amount to ethnic cleansing
... encourage and reassure them to do so. YEREVAN, October 13. /ARKA/. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has called on Azerbaijan to “create a climate of trust and the material conditions” for Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh to be able to return to their homeland – including active steps to encourage and reassure them to do so. In a resolution based on a report by Domagoj Hajduković (Croatia, SOC) following an urgent debate, the Assembly regretted the “long-standing ...
10/13/2023Nagorno-Karabakh parliament urges Armenia and UN to adopt peace enforcement resolution
... international law, as well as the continuing threat to security and stability in the region. The vivid evidence of the above is Azerbaijan's gross violations of the ceasefire regime and the norms of international law established by the Tripartite Declaration, the protocols of the European Court of Human Rights decisions and the International Court of Justice, the PACE resolution. In particular, as a result of the blockade of the Berdzor (Lachin) corridor, the blockade of Artsakh that has been ...
07/21/2023European Parliament resolution points out Azerbaijan's corruption schemes involving PACE officials
Azerbaijan's corruption schemes are pointed out in a European Parliament’s resolution of July 13, 2023 ‘on recommendations for reform of European Parliament's rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption.’ YEREVAN, July 18. /ARKA/. Azerbaijan's corruption schemes are pointed out in a European ...
07/18/2023Armenian PM: Azerbaijan had been preparing information background for June 27 provocation
... by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) last week," the Prime Minister said. He noted that the resolution was important in terms of drawing the international community's attention to the humanitarian crisis in Artsakh. The PACE resolution, adopted on June 22, calls on Azerbaijan to ensure free and safe movement through the Lachin corridor. -0-
06/29/2023Tovmasyan: any peace-oriented mechanism is acceptable to Artsakh
... is acceptable to Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), Artsakh National Assembly Speaker Artur Tovmasyan said today. He said Nagorno-Karabakh would welcome any international observation or fact-finding missions that would shed light on the situation and pacify Azerbaijan's aggressive policy. Tovmasyan welcomed the resolution adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on ensuring free and safe access through the Lachin corridor on June 22. He noted that the people of Artsakh have been under a total blockade for a long time and over the past week ...
06/23/2023PACE calls on Azerbaijan to ensure free and safe access through Lachin Corridor
... through the Lachin Corridor’, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on June 22 expressed its extreme concern by events, which have unfolded since... ... electricity and gas supplies to the region (Nagorno-Karabakh). While fully recognizing Azerbaijan’s concern to ensure security within its territory and at its borders, “the... ... humanitarian and human rights consequences stemming from the present situation”. Adopting a resolution, based on the report prepared by Paul Gavan (Ireland, UEL), the Assembly...
06/23/2023PACE calls on Azerbaijan to lift blockade of Lachin corridor and free all Armenian prisoners of war
... course of the monitoring procedure (January-December 2022), the Armenian Permanent Mission to the Council of Europe said in a Facebook post today. YEREVAN, January 27. /ARKA/. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution on the course of the monitoring procedure (January-December 2022), the Armenian Permanent Mission to the Council of Europe said in a Facebook post today. It said PACE calls on Azerbaijan to immediately and fully implement the provisional measures ordered by the ECHR in respect of the Lachin corridor, as well as to immediately release all Armenian prisoners of war. Earlier, the European Court of Human Rights partially granted ...
01/27/2023State Department concerned over preservation of Armenian cultural heritage in Azerbaijani-controlled territories
In its 2021 Report on International Religious Freedom the US Department of State refers to a Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) resolution on “Humanitarian consequences of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan / Nagorno-Karabakh conflict” that condemned the damage “deliberately caused to Armenian cultural heritage during the 6-week war (in 2020), and what appeared to be the deliberate shelling of the [Holy Savior Cathedral] in Shushi and the ...
06/03/2022PACE resolution: Armenia made marked progress in democratic development since 2018
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution on the functioning of democratic institutions in Armenia, Deputy Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Ruben Rubinyan ... ... amendments to the text of the resolution proposed by the Armenian delegation were accepted, and all the amendments proposed by the Azerbaijani delegation were rejected. According to the resolution, “Armenia has made marked progress in its democratic development ...
01/28/2022Human rights defender: Azerbaijani troops fortifying their new positions on Armenian territory
... process of creating a demilitarized security zone around the border of the Republic of Armenia with Azerbaijan, removing the Azerbaijani armed servicemen from the vicinity of the villages of the Republic of Armenia and intercommunal roads. This demand has been included already in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Resolution No. 2391 (2021) of September 27, 2021. Tatoyan is preparing to send also relevant reports on this matter to international ...
10/18/2021Russia calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to swap minefield maps for POWs
... not vote on the resolution on the humanitarian consequences of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, passed on September 27. According to Zaitsev, both the Armenian and Russian delegation approached the Russian colleagues during the discussion of the draft resolution, ‘but taking into account Russia’s mediating role in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, our delegation to PACE did not participate in the voting, some e provisions of which obviously caused contradictions between the parties.’ ‘We have repeatedly emphasized that a sustainable lasting solution to the problem of incidents that occur on certain sections ...
09/30/2021Putin describes Russian-Turkish center for monitoring ceasefire in Nagorno- Karabakh as serious guarantee of stability in region
... Azerbaijan, with the exception of a 5-kilometer corridor connecting Karabakh with Armenia. A Russian peacekeeping contingent was deployed along the contact line in Karabakh and along the Lachin corridor. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) identified Turkey as a country that sent Syrian jihadists to help Azerbaijan in last year’s conflict with neighboring Armenia. In a resolution and annexed report that were approved after a heated debate on September 27, 2021, PACE noted that “there is worrying evidence of the use by Azerbaijan, with Turkey’s assistance, of Syrian mercenaries …” It urged Turkey to cooperate ...
09/29/2021PACE passes resolution on humanitarian consequences of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
... President of Azerbaijan from the UN rostrum two days ago), we managed to change the name and the text of the resolution, which includes the "Nagorno-Karabakh conflict” definition, which is very important," he said adding that the delegations of Azerbaijan and Turkey to PACE voted against the resolution. Rubinyan listed a number of points of the document, which he said are very important for the Armenian side. Particularly, the Assembly noted that both Armenia and Azerbaijan joined the Council of Europe in January 2001 and pledged to resolve ...
09/28/2021President Biden Congratulates People of Armenia and PM Pashinyan on Successful Parliamentary Elections
... elections held on June 20. “Our partnership with Armenia is one of shared values and cooperation on democratic reform and conflict resolution—we are committed to strengthening that partnership,” President Biden said in a Twitter post. Last week the US State ... ... and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said in a statement after the elections. According to the official results announced by the Central Election Commission ...
06/29/2021PACE to discuss the issue of Armenian POWs held in Azerbaijan
... discussions. 'However, this question may be raised in a different format, which provides for adoption of a resolution,' he said. "PACE is not a court and even if a resolution is adopted, that will not mean that it will be fully implemented," Yeghoyan said. The journalists asked him about the position of Russia, since along with Turkey and Azerbaijan, its delegates voted against the inclusion of the issue on PACE session's agenda (some members of the Russian delegations ...
04/20/2021PACE calls on Azerbaijan and Armenia to fulfill the November 9 statement on ending war in Nagorno-Karabakh
... immediately. The PACE expressed also serious concern about reports of violations of humanitarian law and human rights during the conflict in Karabakh, as well as about information about the damage caused to religious sites, monuments and private property. PACE expects that these cases will be fully investigated and any violations must be eliminated and the perpetrators brought to justice, the resolution says. On September 27, 2020, Azerbaijani armed forces, backed by Turkey and foreign mercenaries and terrorists, attacked Nagorno-Karabakh along the entire front line using rocket and artillery weapons, heavy armored vehicles, military aircraft and prohibited types of weapons such ...
01/26/2021Artsakh foreign ministry responds to Baku’s statements
... the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict, official Baku hides its desire to isolate Artsakh and hinder its economic development. “We have repeatedly stated that the accusations of alleged damage to the ecological situation and deprivation of water of the Azerbaijani population living in the territories bordering Artsakh are groundless. The reference to the politically motivated PACE resolution 2085 (2016) concerning the Sarsang reservoir only confirms the unfounded and fictitious nature of all these insinuations by the Azerbaijani side. Suffice it to mention that the PACE Rapporteur refused to visit the Sarsang reservoir and completely ...
08/21/2020Barclays presents research on Armenia's economy for investors
... growth in recent quarters, the underlying picture is still one of substantial vulnerabilities. Growth potential is seen, but pace is slower than expected While external imbalances are substantial, FX reserves are very low. And Armenia continues to rely ... ... from the government. In order to track the government’s progress, there are a number of factors worth watching closely: the resolution of the conflict at Amulsar, the implementation of the 2020 budget (whether the investment part is implemented more ...
11/13/2019IMF expects Armenia's economic growth to accelerate in 2019
... Taking these circumstances into account, is the IMF developing a package of measures to mitigate the effects and recover the pace of global economic growth? Azour - Clearly trade tensions between the United States and China are a threat to the global ... ... reductions of trade tensions are good news to the global economy. At the multilateral level, the IMF encourages all parties to seek a resolution that supports a more open, stable, and transparent, rules-based multilateral trade system. The IMF supports the call ...
08/29/2019Armenian delegation foils Azerbaijan’s attempt to jam proposal on Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant layoff through PACE
The Armenian delegation in the PACE foiled today Azerbaijan’s attempt to include a proposal to cease the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant’s operation into the resolution YEREVAN, October 15. /ARKA/. The Armenian delegation in the PACE foiled today Azerbaijan’s attempt to include a proposal to cease the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant’s operation into the resolution “Nuclear Safety in Europe”, Arpine Hovhannisyan, vice-speaker of the Armenian parliament and the head of the Armenian delegation ...
10/15/2018Fitch affirms Armenia at 'B+'; outlook positive
... lower than Armenia's 9.5% average deficit in 2010-2014. Continued growth in exports and remittances, albeit at a more moderate pace than in 2017, will partly balance strong import demand and rising energy prices. A moderate current account deficit mitigates ... ... economic interest groups. The new government has maintained a balanced geopolitical approach. In terms of the conflict with Azerbaijan regarding Nagorno-Karabakh, negotiations leading to a resolution are not expected in the near term. Hence, escalation remains a real risk. Fitch’s proprietary SRM assigns Armenia ...
06/18/2018EU foreign affairs MEPs back EU partnership agreement with Armenia
... end point in terms of EU-Armenia cooperation, but a tool to promote domestic reforms and their implementation, says a separate resolution, drafted by EP’s rapporteur László TŐKÉS (EPP, HU) and adopted with 63 votes to 2 and 1 abstention. MEPs call ... ... assistance is not directed in Armenia towards sectors affected by Russian sanctions in the EU. Foreign affairs MEPs urge Armenia and Azerbaijan to increase the pace and output of their negotiations following the 2018 elections in both countries “in order to make history by ending a conflict ...
05/16/2018Serzh Sargsyan: we celebrate 30th anniversary of Karabakh movement in atmosphere of threats
... 1988, the Nagorno-Karabakh Regional Council met in an extraordinary session to adopt a resolution expressing the Artsakh people’s will for free self-determination, Sargsyan’s... ... determination and national awakening of the Armenian people,’ he said. Sargsyan recalled that Azerbaijan responded to Armenians’ peaceful and legitimate demarche by massacres in... ... Artsakh, which shook off the Azeri yoke 30 years ago, is developing at a progressive pace both economically, politically, or culturally. In our public consciousness there...
02/20/2018Armenian president says Artsakh can not be excluded from international processes
... speech at the January Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan said upon accession to the Council of Europe... ... the solution to the conflict. “Although the Council of Europe is not a conflict resolution platform, I believe it is appropriate to briefly touch upon the issue in... ... was deceiving and ‘we had never put up with Stalin’s decision to annex Artsakh to Azerbaijan.’ According to him, throughout all those years, the people of Artsakh were...
01/24/2018Karabakh president meets with German foreign minister
... Wednesday in Yerevan. According to the Karabakh president’s press office, issues relating to the Azerbaijani-Karabagh conflict resolution and regional processes were on the discussion agenda. President Sahakyan said that the official Stepanakert remained ... ... Bako Sahakyan highlighted elaborating and introducing mechanisms for investigating incidents of the ceasefire violation in the Azerbaijani-Karabagh conflict zone, which would foster maintaining peace and stability in the region and exert a constructive influence on the further pace of the negotiation process. Nagorno-Karabakh foreign minister Karen Mirzoyan, personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office,...
06/30/2016White House responds to Azerbaijani petition
... White House said in response to a petition by Elkhan Suleimanov, chairman of the Association for Development of Civic Society in Azerbaijan. The petition requests the immediate withdrawal of Armenia’s armed forces from the territories adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh ... ... in a humanitarian disaster. The response posted on the White House’s official website, says the United States is aware of Resolution 2085 of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Sarsang reservoir and, ‘although the United States is not a member of PACE, it welcomes opportunities to exchange views ...
06/13/2016PACE adopts resolution on peaceful settlement of Karabakh conflict
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted Tuesday a declaration on peaceful resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. YEREVAN, April 20. /ARKA/. Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted Tuesday a declaration on peaceful resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The document was signed by 44 PACE members....
04/20/2016PACE president urging Karabakh conflict sides to refrain from using violence
... over reports about violence in Nagorno Karabakh and deeply saddened at deaths, PASE website reports. “I am extremely worried at the reports of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and deeply saddened at the loss of life yesterday”, he is quoted on the PACE website as saying in his statement. “I call on both sides to honour the cease-fire and swiftly resume negotiations towards a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict”. Recalling that both Armenia and Azerbaijan committed themselves, when joining the Council of Europe in 2001, to use only peaceful means for settling their conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Mr Agramunt urged both governments to refrain from using violence and welcomed the news ...
04/04/2016Newspaper: Naira Zohrabyan may be stripped of her right to vote in PACE
... became known yesterday that Turkey’s delegation has complained about Zohrabyan to PACE bureau accusing her of insulting Margar Yesayan, a Turkish MP of Armenian descent... ... Walter ‘Escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and other occupied territories of Azerbaijan’. Naira Zohrabyan came up to the Turkish lawmaker immediately after that... ... sanctions on Zohrabyan at the April session. On January 26, PACE declined Robert Walter’s resolution on Karabakh, but later the same day the Assembly passed another anti-Armenian...
02/16/2016Armenian delegation thanks pace delegates for showing principled stand and full understanding of Karabakh settlement process
... the Plenary Session. The members of the Parliamentary Assembly, comprehending the responsible moment, as a result of voting rejected Robert Walter’s ill-famed report “Escalation of Violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and the other occupied territories of Azerbaijan.” As for the resolution on Sarsang, a number of PACE MPs, ignoring the opinion of the international community, displaying unilateral approach, voted for its adoption, thus, giving a political content to the report of humanitarian-technical character. ‘We express our gratitude to those PACE delegates,...
01/26/2016OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs slam pace draft resolution on Karabakh
Mediators representing the United States, Russia and France on Thursday warned the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) against “disrupting” the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process in their joint response to a pro-Azerbaijani draft resolution approved by a key PACE committee, azatutyun.am reports. YEREVAN, November 13. /ARKA/. Mediators representing the United States, Russia and France on Thursday warned the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) against “disrupting” the Nagorno-Karabakh ...
11/13/2015Armenian foreign minister blames PACE rapporteur on Karabakh for bias
... Minister Edward Nalbandyan, commenting British Rapporteur Robert Walter’s report, blamed the latter for displaying a biased approach to Karabakh problem. On Monday, the Political Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) approved a resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh drafted by British rapporteur Robert Walter. “On a number of occasions I made statements on that, and I will tell once again, that Azerbaijan makes attempts to shift the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement onto other formats,” he said in a joint news conference with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. “The only format that enjoys the mandate of the international community is the mandate,...
11/10/2015Russian foreign minister chides PACE for interfering with Karabakh settlement
... report contains numerous anti-Armenian wordings that are unacceptable to both Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. The report is put on PACE’s January session. Lavrov said the co-chairing countries -Russia, France and the United States - stand firmly opposed to all attempts to shift the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict from the OSCE Minsk Group to any international organization not mandated to tackle ... ... into armed clashes after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan sought to secede from Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by a successful referendum. A truce was brokered ...
11/09/2015Armenian president speaking at European People’s Party Statutory Congress in Madrid
... development, increase the level of the human rights protection and institutional role of the opposition. We have invited the EU, PACE, OSCE and other international structures to observe the referendum. I am confident that you participation and best practices ... ... like to note once again that the Armenian nation highly values the EPP contribution to the adoption of the European Parliament resolution to condemn the Armenian Genocide, as well as the adoption of the resolution dedicated to the Armenian Genocide Centennial ...
10/22/2015Armenia’s Sargsyan calls to refrain from provocative initiatives in PACE framework
... April 15. /ARKA/. Armenia’s president Serzh Sargsyan urged to refrain from provocative initiatives in the framework of the PACE at his meeting with the President of the PACE, Anne Brasseur, in Yerevan on Tuesday. In October 2014, initiated by Azerbaijan the PACE adopted a resolution on preparing a report entitled “Escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and other occupied territories of Azerbaijan”. Earlier, Armenia’s minister of foreign affairs Edward Nalbandyan said the efforts of PACE rapporteur ...
04/15/2015Close collaboration with Russian Federation a key component of Armenia’s security, president
... invaluable both in the condemnation and international recognition of the Armenian Genocide at the highest level, and in the peaceful resolution of the NK conflict within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship. Of course, deepening and broadening ... ... relations with the EU and pushing forward our agenda with NATO. Meanwhile, I have to note that under conditions of the boisterous pace at which globalization has proceeded in the 21st century, when the world is moving towards formation of a single common area,...
03/18/2015Armenian lawmaker requests PACE to apologize for the call to put pressure on free press
Member of the Armenian parliament and the head of “Constitutional Law Union” party Hayk Babukhanyan has made a statement on PACE resolution urging the Armenian authorities to put pressure on free press and a politician, Novosti-Armenia reported. YEREVAN, February 4. /ARKA/. Member of the Armenian parliament and the head of “Constitutional Law Union” party Hayk ...
02/04/2015GPM GOLD plans to increase annual gold production to 150,000 ounces from 2014
... investment program is on the introduction of Albion technology at Ararat gold recovery factory. Q. What can you say about the pace of introduction of this technology? A. I want to emphasize that the Ararat gold recovery factory will be the third in ... ... equipment for Sotk deposit. The bulk of that amount- about $80 million- will be utilized this year. Part will be directed to resolution of social problems. A small portion of the funds will be invested in the first quarter of 2013. According to our estimates,...
03/20/2012IMF says Armenia’s foreign funding and domestic credit pick up, and nonperforming loans decline
... post-crisis recovery in the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) region is expected to continue in 2011, although at a somewhat slower pace than in 2010, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. YEREVAN, May 4. / ARKA /. Strong post-crisis recovery in the Caucasus ... ... Tajikistan, where the share of nonperforming loans remains particularly high, authorities will need to put in place comprehensive resolution strategies. Greater competition would also help develop stronger banking systems, most notably in Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,...
05/04/2011Head of Association of Political Scientists: Armenians do not trust in the election system
... only in case when the opposition defines intentional goals and proposals for changing the Election Code and the whole election process. Currently Election Code is being reviewed in Armenia. It defines liabilities of the county in fulfillment of the resolution PACE. In the draft law the ratio of proportional and majoritarian places in the Parliament is maintained - 90/41. Changes and amendments are made in public outreach campaigns, corrections on the provision of financial reporting of political parties and ...
02/02/2011Amendments in the election code of Armenia will be summarized in March 2011
... (CEC) should be unaffiliated and independent which excludes the probability of “work” of CEC members for their political parties. Review of Election Code of Armenia is envisaged by the liabilities of the country for the implementation of PACE resolution. In the draft law, the ratio of proportional and majoritarian places in the Parliament, proportional – 90 and majoritarian – 41 is maintained. Opposition insists on the transfer to proportional system of elections. According to ...
11/30/2010Armenia’s parliamentary diplomacy should initiate n recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh republic: expert
... organizations to advocate the recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh. In his words, the ICJ ruling will have a certain impact on the future pace of the negotiations on the peaceful resolution of the conflict, but Armenia will be constrained in its moves. He said also Armenian civic society as well as tits ... ... conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh broke out in 1988 after the predominantly Armenian-populated enclave declared about secession from Azerbaijan As Azerbaijan declared its independence from the Soviet Union and removed the powers held by the enclave's ...
07/27/2010AD HOC commission completing collection of March 1 facts
... Commission Chairman Samvel Nikoyan reported that the commission has all the documents at its disposal to start preparing a resolution. “However, new questions are arising, and we will apply to government bodies to specify the information,” ... ... meeting with witnesses, police officers etc. The ad hoc parliamentary commission was set up on July 16, 2008, in conformity with PACE Resolution No.1609, which was adopted this April as a result of political instability and riots in Armenia. –0--
08/16/2008Speaker of Armenian parliament sure of successful execution of pace resolution
Speaker of the RA Parliament Tigran Torosyan is sure of successful execution of Resolution No. 1620 adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). YEREVAN, July 21. /ARKA/. Speaker of the RA Parliament Tigran Torosyan is sure of successful execution of Resolution No. 1620 adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). “I am sure that necessary work will be ...
07/21/2008PACE urges Armenian authorities to display good will
... disorders. YEREVAN, July 7. /ARKA/. Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe urges the authorities to display good will and release those who were arrested in connection with March 1 disorders. David Harutyunyan, the head of Armenian delegation in PACE, said that PACE proposes to use all legal mechanisms to stop prosecuting those charged with resisting policemen. He said that in its resolution passed on July 25, PACE, taking into account political situation and insufficient public confidence in the authorities, puts special emphasis on good will. “This is considered rather political than legal step”, Harutyunyan said....
07/08/2008PACE Calls off Consideration of Resolution on Armenia to Next Winter
The Monitoring Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has given Armenia extra time to fulfill the commitments of Resolution 1609. YEREVAN, June 26. /ARKA/. The Monitoring Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has given Armenia extra time to fulfill the commitments of Resolution 1609. RIA Novosti quotes a PACE source as saying: ...
06/26/2008Pace co-rapporteurs to visit Armenia to assess implementation of PACE resolution 1609
Co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) George Colombier and John Prescott are to visit Armenia on 16 and 17 June, in order to assess the implementation of PACE Resolution 1609 (2008) on the functioning of democratic i YEREVAN, June 12. /ARKA/. Co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) George Colombier and John Prescott are to visit Armenia on 16 and 17 June, in order to assess ...
06/13/2008Armenian Political Expert Skeptical about Pace Depriving Armenia of Voting Right
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is not likely to deprive Armenia of the right to vote, according to Alexander Iskandaryan, director of the Caucasus Mass ... ... right to vote, according to Alexander Iskandaryan, director of the Caucasus Mass Media Institute (CMI). Adopted this April, PACE Resolution 1609 on democratic institutions in Armenia urges the country’s authorities to strengthen democratic institutes ...
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