YEREVAN, APRIL 14, NOYAN TAPAN. Report of Simon Ter-Simonian, the Chairman of the Coordinating Commission of the Government's charity programs, about works implemented within the framework of the charity and humanitarian aid programs during the 2005 was taken into consideration at the April 13 sitting of the RA Government. As S.Ter-Simonian informed journalists after the sitting, 145 international and republican organizations, implemented charity and humanitarian programs of 41.84 bln drams (about 92 mln U.S. dollars) in the republic during the last years. Among those programs, 53 ones were long-term and 92 ones were short-term. Like the previous years, the "Hayastan" (Armenia) all-Armenian fund, Social Investments Fund of Armenia, Armenian organizations recognized in Diaspora (Armenian branch of the "Fund for Armenian Relief" American charity organization, Armenian Gospel Mission, etc.) implemented various and volumnious programs. It was mentioned that loads of about 14.92 bln drams duty cost were imported in 2005 the republic from 137 countries on the address of 137 organizations. It's about 3.5 bln drams less compared with 2004, what, according to the Commission Chairman, is provided by gradually passing from humanitarian aid to development programs. 69.5% of imported loads is of the health care sphere and only 1.8% is food products. The main part of loads, 73.9% was imported from the U.S., 4.6% from Switzerland, 3.2% from Iran, 3.2% from Germany. S.Ter-Simonian also informed that 33% of charity works was implemented in the sphere of health care, 19% in the sphere of education and science, 16% in the spiritual sphere. It was also mentioned that no overdue medicines were imported Armenia after 2004. Import of used toys and "Pentiun-1" and "Pentiun-2" computers to Armenia was also prohibited.

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