YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. Though the RA Government intends to work out a new national program against trafficking, but practical steps were not taken yet, as no financial resources were allocated for it from the state budget. Anthony Godfrey, the U.S. Charge d'Affaires to the RA mentioned about it at the November 1 meeting with Hranush Hakobian, the Chairwoman of the RA National Assembly Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture and Youth Issues. The Charge d'Affaires assured that the U.S. is interested in this issue, and if Armenia allocates from the state budget some money for solution of the mentioned problem, the U.S. and UNDP are willing to show active financial assistance to the program. H.Hakobian agreed that this defective phenomenon exists in our reality, so steps must be taken to uproot it. In her words, the national program must successively be brought to life, it is necesaary to join international agreements regulating the sphere, to regulate the legislative field, to establish close ties with international organizations engaged in this issue. According to the information submitted to Noyan Tapan by the RA NA Public Relations Department, it was decided at the meeting to make the cooperation continuous and to take practical steps to implement the program.

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