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GEGHARKOUNIQ COMMUNITY REPS OPPOSE TODAY'S LAKE SEVAN PARLIAMENTARY HEARING
news.am
12:19, June 20, 2012
The Ecolur Informational NGO reports that it has petitioned National
Assembly President Hovik Abrahamyan to nullify a parliamentary hearing
on Lake Sevan scheduled for today.
At today's hearing, the issue of whether to draw down 320million
cubic meters of lake water will be discussed.
Ecolur has petioned Abrahamyan and Samvel Balasanyan, who heads the
parliament's Standing Committee on Agricultural and Environmental
Issues, on behalf of twenty Gegharkouniq civic groups and local
community leaders who are against the measure and have already made
their opinion known to the parliament.
Ecolur says that these community representatives have been denied
access to today's hearing, in violation of the RA Constitution and
the Aarhaus Convention.
news.am
12:19, June 20, 2012
The Ecolur Informational NGO reports that it has petitioned National
Assembly President Hovik Abrahamyan to nullify a parliamentary hearing
on Lake Sevan scheduled for today.
At today's hearing, the issue of whether to draw down 320million
cubic meters of lake water will be discussed.
Ecolur has petioned Abrahamyan and Samvel Balasanyan, who heads the
parliament's Standing Committee on Agricultural and Environmental
Issues, on behalf of twenty Gegharkouniq civic groups and local
community leaders who are against the measure and have already made
their opinion known to the parliament.
Ecolur says that these community representatives have been denied
access to today's hearing, in violation of the RA Constitution and
the Aarhaus Convention.