U.S. AND UNDP WILLING TO SHOW FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO NATIONAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAM IN ARMENIA

Noyan Tapan
Nov 02 2006

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. Though the RA Government
intends to work out a new national program against trafficking,
but practical steps were not taken yet, as no financial resources
were allocated for it from the state budget. Anthony Godfrey, the
U.S. Charge d’Affaires to the RA mentioned about it at the November
1 meeting with Hranush Hakobian, the Chairwoman of the RA National
Assembly Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture and Youth
Issues. The Charge d’Affaires assured that the U.S. is interested
in this issue, and if Armenia allocates from the state budget some
money for solution of the mentioned problem, the U.S. and UNDP are
willing to show active financial assistance to the program. H.Hakobian
agreed that this defective phenomenon exists in our reality, so steps
must be taken to uproot it. In her words, the national program must
successively be brought to life, it is necesaary to join international
agreements regulating the sphere, to regulate the legislative field,
to establish close ties with international organizations engaged in
this issue. According to the information submitted to Noyan Tapan by
the RA NA Public Relations Department, it was decided at the meeting
to make the cooperation continuous and to take practical steps to
implement the program.