In late April – early May 1991, special police detachments (OMON) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan, with the support of the USSR Interior Ministry’s troops, launched a large-scale punitive operation of Ring, the essence of which was to exile the Armenian population of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, [...]
Dear Compatriots, Today we, just as many, many others all over the world, bow to the memory of the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide. Today, we ascend silently the Tsitsernakaberd hill because the unspeakable had happened. And we engraved nothing on the walls of the Memorial, because there are [...]
Shortcomings and problems identified. A control on non-food labeling, using and maintaining requirements has not been properly provided. The Ministry has not taken sufficient measures to protect consumers’ rights in the field of non-food quality and safety control requirements. Despite the measures taken by the Ministry, public awareness of [...]
Shortcomings and problems identified To solve youth issues there is a need for a particular strategy, where all the problems ensuring youth development and solutions to them in material, physical, mental, psychological, aesthetic sense will be reflected. Despite the fact that a Strategy on Youth Policy (2007-2012) has been elaborated it [...]
Shortcomings and problems identified As a result of changes in the appropriate Government decision, the threat of importing counterfeit medicines and pharmaceutical drugs has increased, however the Ministry hasn’t foreseen any additional mechanisms to reduce the threat, to increase control in this direction in the pharmaceutical market. Moreover, the Ministry does [...]
Shortcomings and problems identified The problems of compensation for damage caused to the employee’s life or health during accidents at work and occupational diseases are not regulated yet in respect of those persons who were caused damage by organizations which were liquidated since 1st August, 2004. Though the quantitative and [...]
Shortcomings and problems identified The Ministry has not taken sufficient measures for maintenance and development of museums. In the result of shortage of space only around 9 % of the state museum collections are presented in the museums. Sufficient measures for equipment of theatres have not been taken. In particular, the National [...]
Shortcomings and problems identified The Ministry failed to take measures in time to establish clear legal basis for organization of competition of textbooks for comprehensive schools. In the result of not submitting published textbooks to necessary examination, in some cases there were editorial, spelling and printing errors in them and as a [...]
On March7, inaccordance with the earlier agreement with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission held scheduled monitoring of the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces’ contact-line near thevillageofSeysulan, Mardakert region. From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring was held by Field Assistants of [...]
According to the information of the Permanent Representative of the NagornoKarabakhRepublicto the United States of America, Permanent Representative of the Republicof Armeniato the UN Karen Nazarian sent a letter dated 24 February 2012 to the UN Secretary-General. The letter was of the following content: “I regret to note that [...]
Commentary of the NKR MFA Information Department On February 26-29, 1988, with the actual support of the Azerbaijani authorities and the connivance of the Soviet leadership, a massacre of Armenians was carried out in the city of Sumgait, the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, which shocked the international community with its [...]
Yerevan, Armenia – A 15-member Congressional Delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives headed by Chairman David Dreier met with President Serzh Sargsian and Speaker of Parliament Samvel Nikoyan on February 19. President Sargsian hosted a dinner for the delegation, which included five members of the U.S. House of Representatives, [...]
Yesterday I submitted my application for membership to the Prosperous Armenia Party. I make this decision convinced that the Prosperous Armenia Party, together with other political parties, is able to, through political competition, secure free and fair elections, and thus, a new National Assembly with a new configuration of political [...]
President Serzh Sargsyan sent today a letter to the President of France Nicolas Sarkozy on the occasion of the adoption by the French Senate of the bill criminalizing the denial of genocides. The letter states: “Dear Mr. President, TodayFrancehas reaffirmed its greatness and power, its devotion to the universal human [...]
Today’s Senate decision is the logical continuation of the law recognizing the Armenian Genocide adopted byFrancein 2001. This day will be written in gold not only in the history of friendship between the Armenian and French peoples, but also in the annals of the history of the protection of human [...]
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eric S. Rubin will visitBaku,Istanbuland Yerevan January 1 7-28. This will be his first visit toArmeniasince assuming duties as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State with responsibility for issues related toGreece,Turkey,Cyprus, and theSouthern Caucasus. During his visit, he will meet with civil society representatives and government [...]
The Human Rights Defender Karen Andreasyan’s speech Human Rights EXPO 2011 «With the aim of celebrating the International human rights day, we have initiated this exhibition, which differs from other EXPOs also due to the fact that we are exhibiting not our success and achievements, but stressing the difficulties, failures, pains and [...]
