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    DISCUSSION WAS NOT OBJECTIVE

    Hayots Ashkhar Daily
    01 Oct 2008
    Armenia

    The discussion held yesterday by the Monitoring Committee of the
    Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) was mainly
    devoted to the last report of Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas
    Hammarberg and the process of Armenia's implementation of Resolutions #
    1609 and 1620.

    "Unfortunately, I can't say that the major part of the speeches
    was sufficiently impartial, taking into consideration the fact that
    attempts were made to associate the situation with the Karabakh issue,
    the so-called occupation of the Azerbaijani territories by Armenia and
    the ethnic cleansings. That is, I can't say that the discussion was
    objective," Head of the Armenian delegation David Haroutyunyan reported
    to Radio Station "Liberty" at the end of the Committee session.

    However, Mr. Haroutyunyan also said that the Armenian delegation was
    able to point out to the Committee members certain positive progress
    made by Armenia. "First of all, I attach much importance to the
    fact that the inquest is over, because delays in inquest procedures
    constitute a most serious violation of human rights and should be
    put an end to as quickly as possible.

    The case is still being considered by the court, and at this stage,
    I attach importance to holding an independent and impartial proceeding
    which will make it possible to eval uate the process at the end. The
    fact that certain positive steps have already been taken does not
    give way to any doubt, in my opinion.

    "Unfortunately, we are still unable to achieve the adoption of
    any document on setting up a fact-finding expert group, but the
    negotiations with the Commissioner for Human Rights and the experts
    continue intensively.

    I hope that the adoption of a legal document of setting up that group
    is a matter of just a couple of days," D. Haroutyunyan mentioned,
    not ruling out the possibility that Thomas Hammarberg will again
    visit Armenia in the nearest future.

    The Monitoring Committee didn't discuss the recent amendments to the
    law "On Television and Radio".
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