Baku attempt to spread anti-Armenian propaganda foiled in UNOctober 20, 2009 - 15:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The United Nations General Assembly's Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs Committee, commonly referred to as the Third Committee held a hearing on children's rights. On October 16, when Armenian and Azerbaijani representatives were scheduled to speak, Azeri delegate decided to dedicate his speech to "occupation of Azeri lands by Armenia, refugees and atrocities in Khojalu." The chairman had to interrupt the speech, saying that the Azerbaijani parliamentarian misuses the time. However, the delegate continued speaking in the same vein and the chairman turned off the microphone. Representative of Armenia, for his part, emphasized that Azerbaijan once again tried to disseminate anti-Armenian propaganda irrespectively of the agenda of the session. He also drew attention to the violence Azerbaijan used against the Armenian population of the republic. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |