International Working Group for Search of Missings, Hostages and
Release of Captives in Karabakh Conflict Zone Has to Curtail Part of
Programs Because of Lack of Financing

Arminfo
2007-03-16 12:51:00

The International Working Group for search of the missings, hostages
and release of captives in the Karabakh conflict zone has to curtail
part of programs because of lack of financing, the Armenian
Coordinator of IWG Karine Minasian told ArmInfo.

According to K. Minasian, the IWG carries out several programs to
assist to the former captives and hostages. This is a juridical
assistance to the relatives of the missings, former captives and
hostages. She noted there is an educational program, within the frames
of which the IWG assists in a payment of education to those wishing to
study at computer courses. This program concerns not only the former
captives but their relatives as well. However, presently we have
financing problems that do not allow to carry out the long-term
programs. There are many plans, but we had to curtail the most of the
programs", K. Minasian said.

To remind, the IWG’s financing the previous years was carried out by
the German Foreign Ministry and, then, by the "Caritas" charitable
organization.