OSCE OFFICE HELPS PRESENT REPORT ON ARMENIA’S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AARHUS CONVENTION

Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE)

Dec 13 2006

YEREVAN, 12 December 2006 – A report on the implementation of the
Aarhus environmental convention and activities undertaken in this
respect was presented in Yerevan today with the support of the
OSCE Office.

The report analyses the situation with access to information, justice
and public participation in decision-making on environmental issues,
as well as the existing and pending legislation.

The event was organized together with the Ministry of Nature
Protection, the Environmental Public Advocacy Centre and the Yerevan
Aarhus Centre.

"Promoting the principles of the Aarhus Convention is part of the
awareness-raising activities on environmental rights and ecological
education," said Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin, the Head of the
OSCE Office.

Gennady Kojoyan, Adviser to the Nature Protection Minister,
expressed his appreciation with the OSCE Office’s activities aimed
at implementing the Aarhus Convention and welcomed the expansion of
Aarhus Centres in the regions.

Winners of the "Environment and Urbanization" competition for
journalists, organized by the OSCE Office, were announced and awarded
at the end of the event.