ETHNIC MINORITIES’ COUNCIL CREATED ATTACHED TO OMBUDSMAN OF GEORGIA
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Mar 21 2006
AKHALKALAK, MARCH 21, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Ethnic
Minorities’ Council was created attached to the Ombudsman’s staff
of Georgia. According to the “A-Info” agency, Beka Mindiashvili,
the general expert of the “Tolerance” center attached to the
Ombudsman’s staff regulates works of the Council. According to the
expert, the goal of creating the Council is formation of a civil
forum of ethnic minorities of Georgia. Though the Council has no
executive levers, according to B.Mindiashvili, it can have an active
role in the authorities-ethnic minorities relations. The European
Center for Minorities Issues in Georgia gave the idea of forming
the Council. According to the declaration made public beforehand,
the Council staff is open for organizations representing people
belonging to ethnic minorities as well as for organizations working
in the sphere of protection and civil integration of ethnic minorities.