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    FREEDOM OF INFORMATION DISCUSSED AT OSCE-ORGANIZED CONFERENCE IN YEREVAN

    Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE)
    http://www.osce.org/
    Sept 28 2006

    YEREVAN, 28 September 2006 - The implementation of the law on freedom
    of information in Armenia was the theme of an OSCE-organized conference
    and awards ceremony held in Yerevan today.

    It brought together government officials, international and
    non-governmental organizations, the media, as well as the Armenian
    Ombudsman, Armen Harutyunyan.

    "Public access to information is a fundamental precondition for
    building a democratic and pluralistic society," said Ambassador
    Vladimir Pryakhin, the Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan. "It also
    ensures every citizen's right to know and participate in the country's
    political and public life."

    Armen Harutyunyan, added: "It is impossible to build civil society
    and a real democracy without a full-fledged practice of the freedom
    of information."

    The event, organized together with the Freedom of Information Centre
    and the United States Agency for International Development in Armenia,
    was linked to the Right to Know Day, celebrated in several countries
    on 28 September each year. It marks the right of individual access
    to information held by public bodies and the benefits of transparent,
    accessible government.

    Following the conference, the annual freedom of information awards
    were handed out to the Kotayk Governor's Office and the official
    web-site of the Armenian Prosecutor's Office, Vanadzor Office
    of Helsinki Citizens' Assembly, to citizen Artak Zeinalian and to
    Hripsime Jebejyan, a journalist working for the Aravot daily.

    "During my journalistic career I have always tried to make sure my
    own right to information is protected, and that officials do not
    violate this law," said Hripsime Jebejyan.

    The OSCE Office assists Armenia in improving implementation of
    the freedom of information law by organizing training courses for
    journalists, State officials and the general public.
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