Issue of Armenia not included in initial variant of PACE
April 27-30 session agenda
21-04-2009 19:55:00 | Armenia | Politics
YEREVAN, APRIL 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The issue on the process of
fulfillment of the resolutions adopted by PACE on activity of
democratic institutions in Armenia is not included in the
initial variant of agenda of the PACE spring session to be
convened between April 27-30 in Strasbourg. It was decided at
the PACE Monitoring Committee March 30 meeting that depending
on the results to be recorded during further use of amended
articles of the RA Criminal Code, before the PACE session the
Committee will again touch upon the issue of Armenia's
fulfilling the commitments.
As NT correspondent was informed by the Armenian delegation
in PACE, the discussion of the issue at the Monitoring Committee
is envisaged on April 27.
According to the report of the Council of Europe Press
Service, it was proposed discussing two issues in the urgent
order at the session. The first was introduced bu the Group of
Socialists and regards democratic institutions' activity in
Moldova and the second by the Committee of Ministers and it is
expected to receive an opinion on the 14th protocol of European
Convention of Human Rights aimed at simplification of internal
procedures of European Court of Human Rights.
The humanitarian consequences of the Russian-Georgian war
and fulfillment of requirements of Resolution N 1647 by the two
countries, as well as the annual report of 2008 activity of
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas
Hammarberg are also among the issues on the agenda.
It should be also mentioned that a ceremony dedicated to
the Council of Europe's 60th anniversary is also envisaged on
the session's first day.