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    RA BILL "ON NATIONAL MINORITIES" WORKED OUT

    Noyan Tapan
    May 02 2006

    YEREVAN, MAY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The seminar organized on May 2 by the
    "Cooperation for the Sake of Open Society" initiative was dedicated
    to the discussion of the Armenian authorities' policy towards the
    national minorities living in the country and to the discussion of
    the bill "On National Minorities". According to Hranush Kharatian,
    the author of the bill, Head of the Department on Issues of National
    Minorities and Religion attached to RA government, the preparation
    of the bill became necessary after signing of the "International
    Convention on National Minorities" by Armenia. She mentioned that the
    rights of the national minorities had been already stipulated by a
    number of RA laws, including the Constitution and the law "On Working
    Activity". H.Kharatian said that the bill "On National Minorities"
    envisages free use of the national language, possibility to get
    education in the native tongue, preservation of the cultural values,
    etc. She drew attention to one of the clauses of the bill relating to
    the formation of the electoral bodies of the communities. According
    to H.Kharatian, this circumstance will contribute to more effective
    cooperation of the national minorities with the executive power.
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