ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT PREPARES FOR NATIONAL REPORT ON CORRUPTION AT
GRECO

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 24. ARMINFO. Armenia is to prepare materials of a
national report on corruption to GRECO on the basis of the documents
presented to Armenia by GRECO. Chairman of the Commission of the
Council for Monitoring of Implementation of a Strategy Against
Corruption Bagrat Yesayan made this statement today during the session
of the Armenian Council for Struggle Against Corruption.

The Armenian Governmental Press-Service told ARMINFO that Yesayan said
that the Governmental Staff jointly with the UN Development Program
elaborated a program “Development of possibilities of civil public for
monitoring of corruption in Armenia.” The program consists of three
parts: analysis of the situation, results of the program and resource,
task program and state budget. Besides, Yesayan said that in
combatting corruption, Armenia enlisted support of the Organization of
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Chairman of the Council,
Prime Minister of Armenia Andranik Margaryan instructed Bagrat Yesayan
to form a task group on consideration of proposals and notifications
of public and international organizations and the Government of the
USA on the Armenian Strategy Against Corruption.

The member of the Council, Head of the Government Staff Manuk Topuzyan
said that from the 63 anti-corruption measures planned for 2004-2006,
16 have already been taken, 7 are in process, including reports in the
sphere of licensing, judicial and educational systems. Besides, the
process of fulfillment of Armenia’s commitments on the ratified
international anti-corruption conventions and agreements were also
discussed in the course of the session.