7,965 NON-COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS REGISTERED AS OF JANUARY 1

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Feb 6 2008

YEREVAN, February 6. /ARKA/. 7,965 non-commercial organizations were
registered as of January 1 2008.

Armenia’s National Statistical Service reports that of them 76
organizations were parties, 2,590 are public organizations, 27 –
religious organizations, 519 – foundations, 753 – trade union
organizations and 1 was a notary office.

According to the National Statistical Service 2,398 state or municipal
non-commercial organizations were registered in Armenia by the
reporting date.

Among other registered organizations are 12 trade and industrial
chambers, 56 associations of water consumers, 190 non-commercial
cooperatives, 539 mass media outlets and 84 condominiums.