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    AN ARMENIA PLAN WILL BE DRAFTED

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    [07:29 pm] 30 September, 2008

    As proposed during today's PACE monitoring session, CE Commissioner
    for Human Rights Thomas Hammerberg will make another visit to
    Armenia. During today's morning session, PACE monitors heard the
    brief report of the co-reporters on the fulfillment of the last
    resolutions on Armenia, as well as the results of the visit of the CE
    Human Rights Commissioner to Armenia in July. According to Armenian
    delegation member Raffi Hovhannisian, the monitors expressed the
    concern that the Armenian authorities are not consistent enough with
    the solution to the problems and expressed the hope that Armenia
    registers progress in democracy, human rights and finds a solution
    to the March 1 events soon.

    In his speech, Raffi Hovhannisian reminded that seven months have
    passed since the March 1 events, yet opposition activists and
    citizens who have absolutely nothing to do with the events remain
    in prison. Hovhannisian evaluated the work of the co-reporters and
    said that it is necessary for them to be held accountable and not
    have any clash of interests in the country, but he didn't imply the
    co-reporters on Armenia.

    During the session, the PACE monitors proposed to draft a document and
    approve it during the next summer session, but it is not excluded that
    the Commission will review its agenda and will present the document
    during this PACE session. Let us remind that as he had stated during
    the summer session, Raffi Hovhanissian is not participating in the PACE
    plenary sessions because he is not content with the double standards
    being applied. He is taking part in the commission sessions because
    he is a member of the Armenian delegation and has his obligations,
    for example, the solution to the issue concerning the preservation
    of cultural heritage in Nor Jugha.

    The remaining delegation members were consulting after the session
    and promised to respond to our questions later.
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