  RA Ombudsman to seriously deal with environmental issuesOctober 23, 2009 - 22:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Armenia faces serious human rights problems in the sphere of environmental protection," Ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan told a news conference in Yerevan.The main problem, in his view, concerns deforestation, chemical emissions and absence of state control over industrial companies. Ombudsman drew journalists' attention to disastrous environmental situation in Kapan. Land, water and products there turned out to contain harmful substances whose concentration exceeds permitted limits 100 times. Harutyunyan also called attention to the estimations of ecologists who find that environmental pollution in region is mainly caused by emissions from "Deno Gold Mining" company. "Those harmful substances are not dissolved, and accumulating in organisms, they negatively affect the immune system and gene pool of human beings," Armen Harutyunyan said, adding that polluted air in the region caused children to suffer skin diseases and produced harmful impact on the fauna. Ombudsman also stressed the inhabitants of the region did not get any compensation at all.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia  The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |
