NKR: A Number Of Annual Programmes Affirmed

A NUMBER OF ANNUAL PROGRAMMES AFFIRMED

NKR Government Information and
Public Relations Department
February 24, 2009

At the NKR Government Session

Today, a regular session of the NKR Government, chaired by the Prime
Minister Ara Haroutyunyan has taken place.

Continuing the organizational works on formation of the State Reserves
the Executive defined the appellation of material values anticipated
for this aim, the norms of amassing them, the quantity of the stored up
and non-reducing reserves by a new decree. In concern with the problem,
the Prime Minister charged the Minister of Economic Development with a
task to settle down to the works of getting and building corresponding
warehouses and, in general, to organize the storage of material values
within the necessary norms.

With the next agenda issue the Government introduced changes and
additions in its decree 30 "On State Property Stocktaking and
Register Keeping Affirmation Order", dated 2008. By new editing,
the movables and immovables (except for cash assets) belonging to
the state by the right of property, inclusive the property attached
to state administrative offices, other state offices and SNCOs, the
state share (stocks) in the authorized capital of juridical persons,
the property in other countries (inclusive that used for representative
missions) belonging to the NKR with the right of property, are objects
of state stocktaking. By the presentation of the Minister of Economic
Development B.Babayan, 346 buildings of state significance have
not been so far stocktaken and registered. The competent bodies and
officials were assigned a task to accelerate preparation of necessary
documents for the inventory of the buildings under their subordination.

The Executive introduced a change in decree 35 of the NKR Government,
dated 2002, according to which the new list of products liable to
an obligatory stocktaking was affirmed. The number of goods being
formerly liable to certification was reduced to 18.

A decree on property alienation was adopted at the session. The NKR
Ministry of Economic Development was allowed to alienate basements
of the newly built multi-flat dwelling houses in 25 Tigran Mets and
81 Toumanyan Streets of Stepanakert city by a classic auction.

Conditioned by structural changes in the NKR Ministry of Social
Welfare, the Executive reviewed separate formerly adopted decrees. The
editings affirmed are dictated by the abolishment of the former
Department of Migration, Refugees and Resettlement adjunct to the
NKR Government and resigning the authority of this structure to the
Ministry of Social Welfare. By a separate resolution changes were
introduced in the Government decree 65, dated February 19, 2007. In
compliance with this, pecuniary aid equal to monthly1200 drams per a
dweller in electrified areas and 1100 drams in non-electrified areas
is rendered to the families in the regions of Kashatagh and Shahoumyan
on account of the state budget.

At the session the Executive affirmed the order of rendering drugs
and tranquilizers, licensing the activity on their realization and
the form of the license. The competence of an authorized body is
assigned to the Ministry of Healthcare. The license will be issued
through a complicated procedure with a time limit of 3 years.

The Government approved a number of annual programmes of arrangements
for 2009, which must be implemented in the spheres of culture and
youth, memorial and cultural value preserving, tourism, real estate
cadastre, forest and predatory animals’ livestock regulation. This
year, more than 91 million drams is envisaged to be expended on
cultural and youth arrangements. As a result of implementation of
the tourism development programme an increase of 25 percent of NKR
ingoing tourist visits is anticipated to be secured in 2009. The Prime
Minister A.Haroutyunyan charged with a task to render more money than
provided for the struggle against predotary animals, as recently they
have caused sizeable damages and continue to represent serious danger
especially for the vital activity of the rural inhabitants.

At the session changes were introduced in the NKR Government decree
17, dated 2004 and the list of "NKR State Out-of-School Educational
Institution" SNCOs was affirmed. Henceforth, 24 institutions of this
kind will function in the Republic. They are mainly juvenile creative
centres and sports schools.

The Government affirmed the order of work of the commission of radio
frequency administration and defined the normative loss measure of
use and distribution of electrical energy. For 2009, the norms of 4%
in the systems of 110/35 KW and 16% in the systems of 10/04 KW will
function as a loss measure.

The Government suggested a change in the NKR Agrarian Code for
prolonging the process of rendering lots due to the citizens of
the Republic. In the law draft directed to the affirmation of the
Parliament the mentioned process is planned to be completed in 2011
instead of 2008. By the presentation of the competent body, numerous
citizens of different strata of the Republic have not got lots as
their property yet.

The Executive made changes in the temporary outlines of use of rural
community lands of Askeran region’s Qrasni, Verin Szneq villages,
Martouni region’s Spitakashen, Ghuze Jartar, Gishi villages and in
the village of Qarin Tak of Shoushi region. According to the decree
the areas outlined will be used with the aim of public building.

At the session a resolution concerning the celebration of the
17 th anniversary of the NKR Defence Army’s, the Liberation of
Shoushi and the Victory Day was adopted. In this connection, the
administrative commission staff and the programme of arrangements
were affirmed. The commission will be headed by the NKR Defence
Minister M.Hakobyan. According to the programme, the geography of
arrangements will be more extensive than usually, proper solemn
ceremonies are anticipated in the regions and in the military units
of the Defence Army.

At the session the Executive resolved to interrupt the authority of
the head of Kashatagh region’s Vakunis rural community ahead of time
and to appoint an extra-turn election of a community head in this
electoral district on March 29, 2009.

According to the Government decree, an exceptionally supreme public
interest was declared towards the populated area lands of 456.4 square
meters being in the category of property of community inhabitants
proceeding from the necessity of building a dwelling house on the
territory of the municipal community of Hadrout with the aim of
realizing it by means of hypothecary crediting. The programme is aimed
at securing increase of housing resources in Hadrout and improvement
of one of its main streets. The supreme public interest causes no
unsubstantiated damage to the owners of the mentioned territory. At
the session the Executive introduced changes of editorial nature in
separate formerly adopted decrees.

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After the session of the Government the Prime Minister A.Haroutyunyan
held a conference with the participation of the heads of regional
administrations. The issues of distribution of fertilizers, potato,
maize and pea seeds rendered to farmers by the state and those of
fallowing work process were discussed at the meeting. The Minister
of Agriculture A.Tsatryan and the heads of regional administrations
provided appropriate information.

At the conference the problem of staffing the rural communities
with agriculturists and veterinaries became a subject of separate
discussions.

The Prime Minister charged the participants of the conference to
present appropriate proposals for all the communities to be provided
with qualitative agricultural professional service and for the
specialists to be provided with sufficient working conditions.

The head of the NKR Government demanded from those present to complete
the process of abolishment of rural collective farms, which is delayed
in vain.