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OSCE Yerevan Office marks Children’s Day with multicultural concert

YEREVAN, 1 June 2008 – Song and dance groups belonging to the
Assyrian, Belarussian, Georgian, Greek, Yezidi, Jewish, Kurdish,
Russian and Ukrainian minority communities of Armenia performed at a
concert in Yerevan today.

The event to mark International Children’s Day was organized by the
Georgian charity `Iveria’ with support from the OSCE Office in
Yerevan.

`Today’s concert is a good example of how to promote tolerance, mutual
respect and understanding, and to develop a cultural dialogue and
communication between the different national communities living in
Armenia,’ said Silvia Pogolsa, a Human Rights Officer at the OSCE
Office.

Svetlana Namchevadze, the President of `Iveria’, added: `This concert
was a good opportunity to focus on the rights of children. The event
also helped enhance the capacity of the national minority
representatives living in Armenia in preserving their culture and
identity.’