CE FORUM FOR FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY EXPECTED IN ARMENIA NEXT YEAR

ARKA
June 30, 2009

YEREVAN, June 30. /ARKA/. The annual Forum for the Future of Democracy
organized by the Council of Europe (CE) is expected to be held in
Armenia next year.

Head of the Armenian delegation to the CE Parliamentary Assembly
(PACE), Chairman of the Standing Committee of State and Legal Affairs,
RA Parliament, David Harutyunyan reported that the initiative of the
forum was advanced by a number of countries, including Armenia.

"The forum has been one the best instruments for the CE over the
last few years and is held yearly ion one of the CE member-states,"
Harutyunyan said.

The topic of the forum, Referendum as means of displaying people’s
will, was proposed by Armenia as well.