SUMMING UP 2004

Azat Artsakh – Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR)
22 Jan 05

The NKR government implements program for encouraging birthrate in the
republic. According to the information provided by the NKR Ministry of
Social Security, within the framework of this program 493 bank
accounts were opened in the NKR branches of `Artsakhbank’ of which 301
accounts were opened on the name of the third child of the family, 118
accounts were opened on the name of the fourth child, 33 on the name
of the fifth child, 18 accounts were opened onthe name of the sixth
child, 12 accounts were opened for the seventh, 4 for eighth, 4 for
ninth and one on the name of a tenth, an eleventh and a twelfth
child. The total sum on the bank accounts opened in 2004 is 462.700 US
dollars. In the framework of this program 1446 children of 259
families received allowances for electricity. The total sum of
allowances for electricity is 15359.3 thousand drams. For families
having more than six children under 18 recorded in 2004 houses were
built all over the republic (before no houses had been built in the
capital. They had been built in the regions for families having more
than 7 children under 18). The building of 20 houses was finished, the
other 10 will be completed in 2005. According to the head of the
department for family and children of the NKR Ministry of Social
Security Samvel Dadayan, in 2005 it is planned to build houses for five
families in Stepanakert. The children of families where the fourth and
the following children were born after the year 2000 received
allowances for renting textbooks (except for children at elementary
school). 975 children of 492 families received allowances for the
school year 2004-2005. The sum of allowances totals 3067.7 thousand
drams. Financial aid was provided to the family of Tamara Sarghissian,
village of Vazgenashen, Martouni region and Gayaneh Simonian, village
of Nor Verin Shen, Shahoumian region after the birth of their 11th and
10th child respectively. 5000 US dollars was transferred into the bank
accounts opened on their names. In 2005 the NKR state budget provides
618466.8 thousand drams for the program of increasing birthrate. In
the current year the NKR Ministry of Social Security togetherwith `
Karabakh Telecom’ CJSC will implement a program of financial aid
tosocially insecure families having children from 4 to 18 years old,
living in Stepanakert and the regional centers. The department for
family and children of the NKR Ministry of Social Security informed
that the program is financed by `Karabakh Telecom’ CJSC providing 6500
drams monthly for each child. The program existed in 2004 too but the
sum was 5000 drams. By another program implemented again by the
Ministry of Social Security and `Karabakh Telecom’ parentless children
under 18 receive 10 thousand drams every three months. Bank accounts
are opened in `Artsakhbank’ on the name of the guardians of parentless
children to which the transfers are made.

SRBUHI VANIAN.
22-01-2005