NGO AND MASS MEDIA HAVE EASIER ACCESS TO FORCE BODIES’ ACTIVITY
YEREVAN, MARCH 30, ARMENPRESS: Alvard Barkhudarian, an expert of
the Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS), a
think-tank headed by a former foreign minister Raffi Hovhanesian,
claimed today that local non-governmental organizations and mass media
have now a broader access to what is going on within law-enforcement
bodies and the armed forces.
She was speaking at round table discussions on civil supervision
over armed forces, convened by a non-governmental organization, called
partnership for Open Society. She, however, added that there is still
a great deal of work to be done to make armed forces as transparent as
possible.
Ms. Barkhudarian said heads of force bodies have come to understand
that the more transparent a force agency is the bigger public’s trust
in it. She also commended the Armenian defense ministry for launching
its web site at , which she said is the sole such web site
in the South Caucasus,but argued that Armenia, which is still formally
at war with Azerbaijan, has tokeep part of information closed to
public.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress