INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS EXPRESSES ANXIETY IN CONNECTION WITH DELAY OF ACCOUNT AND RECONSIDERATION OF POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER

Noyan Tapan
Nov 14, 2007

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The Institute for Democracy and
Human Rights has expressed its anxiety in connection with the delay
of the 2005-2006 account and reconsideration of the Poverty Reduction
Strategy Paper in its open letter addressed to the Prime Minister of
the Republic of Armenia. The Institute for Democracy and Human Rights
reminds that the reconsideration process of the Poverty Reduction
Strategy Paper was envisaged to be concluded in September 2006.

It is mentioned in the open letter: "The circumstance that society
has not been decently informed about the reasons and fact of the
delay of the above-mentioned processes is causing anxiety. In our
opinion, the principles of the transparency and accountability of
the implementation of the program have been violated in this case."

At the end of the letter a call is made to the coordinating council of
the Poverty Reduction Stratagy Paper for respecting and implementing
the principles and agreements stipulated in the program as the
implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper concerns most
of the population of Armenia.