RA NATIONAL ASSEMNBLY PASSES 11 PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED DRAFT LAWS AND RATIFIES 6 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS

Noyan Tapan
Oct 23 2006

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA National Assembly on October
23 passed in first reading 11 draft laws and legislative packages,
which were discussed during the previous 4-day session. Among these are
the draft law on pension of a deputy and social protection of his/her
family members, the draft law on suspension of activity of users of
cash registers and the legislative package on military police. Voting
on the previously discussed legislative package on activity of security
guards was postponed at the suggestion of its authors. According to the
co-author, MA Vice Speaker Vahan Hovhannisian, the negotiations with
the authorized government body which presented a negative conclusion
about this legislative package have not finished yet. The parliament
also ratified 6 international agreements discussed during the previous
4-day session. Among these are the Convention on Corruption signed in
New York on October 31, 2003, and the Action Plan of the 2005-2009
Cooperation Program between the Armenian Government and the UNDP
signed in Yerevan on February 24, 2005. Under this action plan, the
UNDP will allocate about 25 million USD for the implementation of
the Cooperation Program Action PLan, with the Armenian government’s
participation amounting to 10% of this amount.