PACE Co-Rapporteur on Мigration in ArmeniaMay 5, 2009 - 16:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - PACE Co-Rapporteur on Migration, Refugees and Population John Greenway will be visiting Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan on May 5-8. John Greenway is currently in Yerevan.In his conversation with PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, RA NA Speaker, Hovik Abrahamyan's Press Secretary, Nairi Petrosyan informed that John Greenway is preparing a report on rights of permanently displaced persons in ЕEurope. PACE Co-Rapporteur who arrived yesterday evening, has already conducted a number of meetings in Armenia. John Greenway met NGO representatives for refugees and displaced persons' issues, as well as RA NA Human Rights Commission Chairman, Mkhitar Mnatsakanyan and Migration Agency Head Gagik Yeghanyan. John Greenway plans a visit to Nork Community refugees' hostel and a meeting with RA Ombudsman's Counselor Genya Petrosyan, NA Speaker's Press Secretary reported. At 17:15 John Greenway met RA Parliamentary Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |