Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Armenian Parliament Set To Ratify Convention On Political Rights Of

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Armenian Parliament Set To Ratify Convention On Political Rights Of

    ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SET TO RATIFY CONVENTION ON POLITICAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN

    ARMENPRESS
    Oct 23, 2007

    YEREVAN, OCTOBER 23, ARMENPRESS: Armenian deputy foreign minister
    Gegham Gharibjanian asked today lawmakers to ratify the Convention
    on Political Rights of Women.

    Addressing the parliament he said the Convention was signed in 1954 and
    by 2006 January 120 nations have joined it. He said the ratification
    is stipulated also by Armenia's national plan of actions designed to
    improve the situation of women and raise their role in the society.

    He said the ratification will mean that Armenia wishes to observe
    the principle of men and women equality as it is spelled out in the
    UN Declaration of Basic Human Rights.

    Larisa Alaverdian from the opposition Heritage party said the
    parliament should pass a set of relating laws to be able to materialize
    the Convention's provisions, apart from extra financial means.

    The deputy minister said the financial mans are envisaged by the
    national plan of actions for 2004-2010. The lawmakers are expected
    to ratify the Convention tomorrow.
Working...
X