COE JUSTICE MINISTERS LAUNCH A CONFERENCE IN YEREVAN

Panorama.am
20:51 11/10/06

27th conference of Council of Europe (CoE) member states’ justice
ministers will kick off in Yerevan tomorrow. The conference is
titled "Victims: status, rights and assistance." Only four out of 46
participants did not arrive in Yerevan.

"I think the topic of the conference complies with the principles of
the Council of Europe in relation to fostering human rights," Guy de
Vel, general director on legal issues of the CoE General Secretariat,
said in a joint press conference with the Armenian Justice Minister
Davit Harutunyan.

Guy de Vel said, "The conference is actually the continuation of the
wonderful cooperation that has been established with your country
long ago."

Speaking about Armenia’s CoE commitments Guy de Vel mentioned that
Armenia has implemented most of her commitments. "Armenia is making
constant progress but there is a lot to be done yet," he said. He
also said the conference will also decide on the venue of the next
conference.