Armenian parliament to elect new Ombudsman March 2March 1, 2011 - 13:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On March 2, the RA National Assembly will elect Armenia’s new Ombudsman. Speaker Hovik Ambrahamyan said that 48 members of the parliament nominated Karen Andreasyan for this post. Early in February Armenian Ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan resigned his position, having submitted the resignation letter to the National Assembly. As Harutyunyan stated, he accepted the position of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Representative in Central Asia. RA Ombudsman is elected by the National Assembly by 3/5 of the total number of votes out of the candidates nominated by at least 1/5 of the NA members for a six-year term. 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. |