THE MEETING OF THE OSCE COMMISSION ON PRISONERS-OF-WAR AND MISSING PERSONS IS TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN BY THE END OF THE YEARNovember 27, 2000 - 21:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 27.11.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The Mixed Commission on Prisoners-of-War (POW) and Missing Persons, created under the umbrella of the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, is planning to meet in Yerevan by the end of the year.As was reported to Mediamax in the press service of the OSCE, this is stated in the annual report 2000 on OSCE activities, issued today in Vienna. The report notes that in summer 2000 the RNK leadership responded positively to the request by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office to unconditionally release all Azeri POWs. The document notes that positive changes are observed in the parties' attitude concerning the co-operation on humanitarian issues and the progress in this field, in its turn, has had a positive effect on the negotiation process. -0- 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 | U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |