CO-RAPPORTEURS WILL MAKE A STATEMENT

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04:19 pm | March 30, 2009

Politics

The Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
of Europe (PACE) convenes a sitting in Spanish city Valencia on
April 30, at 10.30 (local time). Among other issues, the Committee
will examine the implementation of PACE Resolution 1643 (2009) by
Armenian authorities.

Co-rapporteurs Georges Colombier and John Prescott will present a
joint statement on Armenia.

Remind that during a January sitting the Monitoring Committee
considered that progress had been insufficient in the country, despite
the political will expressed by the Armenian authorities to address
the PACE requirements.

The Assembly regretted that, "until the last moment, only limited
progress was made by the Armenian authorities with regard to its
earlier demands, as expressed in Resolutions 1609 (2008) and 1620
(2008), concerning the release of persons deprived of their liberty
in relation to the events of 1 and 2 March 2008."

On January 27, the Assembly decided, "not to suspend the voting
rights of the members of the Armenian parliamentary delegation to
the Assembly at this stage, under Rule 9, paragraphs 3 and 4.c, of
the Rules of Procedure." It decides to remain seized of the matter
and invites its Monitoring Committee, at its next meeting, before
the April 2009 part-session, to examine the progress achieved by the
Armenian authorities with regard to the implementation of this and
the previous Resolutions.

The Armenian delegation to the PACE Monitoring Assembly includes
David Harutyunyan, Armen Rustamyan and Raffi Hovanisian.