OSCE PA DELEGATION IN YEREVAN TO COMMEMORATE VICTIMS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PanARMENIAN.Net
09.03.2010 21:28 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the evening on March 10 the delegation headed
by the Chairman of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Joao Soares will
arrive in Armenia. Joao Soares is scheduled to meet with Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan, Chairman of the Armenian National Assembly
Hovik Abrahamyan, chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic
of Artsakh Ashot Ghulyan, the Armenian Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandian. The delegation will also be received by the Catholicos
of All Armenians Garekin II.
The delegation will lay a wreath to the Armenian Genocide Memorial.
On March 11 the delegation, headed by OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Chairman will take part in the NATO Rose Roth seminar "Regional
cooperation in the South Caucasus. Challenges, Opportunities,
Perspectives".
The OSCE Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is the
world’s largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization. Its
mandate includes issues such as arms control, human rights, freedom
of press and fair elections. Most of its 3,500-plus staff are engaged
in field operations, with only around 10% in its headquarters. The
OSCE is an ad hoc organization under the UN Charter and is concerned
with early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management and
post-conflict rehabilitation. Its 56 participating states are in
Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and North America and cover most
of the northern hemisphere. It was created during the Cold War era
as an East-West forum. Armenia became OSCE member on January 30,
1992. Since January 2010 the OSCE chairmanship was passed from Greece
to Kazakhstan.