ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Dec 29 2006
2006 SIGNIFICANT YEAR FOR ARMENIA IN TERMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION
AND DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT
YEREVAN, December 28. /ARKA/. 2006 was significant for Armenia in
terms of human rights protection and democratic development, the New
Year greeting message of Speaker of the Armenian parliament Tigran
Torosyan says.
He said that in 2006, due to constitutional reforms every citizen and
the parliamentary opposition received an effective mechanism for
protection of their rights at the Constitutional Court.
Speaker pointed out that the current year was important from the
viewpoint of the Nagorno-Karabakh’s conflict resolution. "After the
PACE adopted the resolution on rights for self-determination of
nations, it was included in the principles of the Karabakh conflict
settlement by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs. It was also reflected
in the approaches of all of the European organizations," Torosyan
said.
The Speaker also pointed out that the economic growth of the previous
several years has strengthened economy and provided a fundament that
the growth of state revenues would be first of all aimed at
supporting education, science and culture, and ensure fair and
proportional allocation of the revenues to contribute to a tangible
increase in the citizens’ welfare. R.O. -0–