20.05.2009
Congress to observe municipal election in Yerevan, Armenia
Dates: 27 May – 1 June 2009
Place: Yerevan (Armenia)
Description: A delegation of the Council of Europe Congress of Local and
Regional Authorites will observe the first municipal elections in
Yerevan, Armenia, on 31 May. The Congress delegation will be headed by
Nigel Mermagen, (UK, ILDG). As part of the co-operation between the
Council of Europe and the European Union, the delegation will include
three members of the EU Committee of the Regions.
Prior to the election day, the delegation will meet with Armen
Gevorgyan, Minister for Territorial Administration and Vice-Prime
Minister of Armenia and Garegin Azaryan, Head of the Central Electoral
Commission. As a follow-up to the Congress pre-electoral mission (4-6
May 2009), further encounters with candidates running for the post of
Mayor of Yerevan are planned. The delegation will receive feedback on
latest developments of the electoral campaign from representatives of
media (private and state media) as well as from NGOs representatives.
A press conference is scheduled for Monday 1 June at 12.30 pm (Marriott
Hotel, Yerevan).
Members of the delegation:
Congress
– Nigel Mermagen, Councillor, South Somerset District Council, (United
Kingdom, L) Head of the delegation
– Istvan Borbely, Member of the General Assembly of Fejér County
(Hungary, EPP-CD, R)
– Michel Guegan, Mayor of La Chapelle-Caro, (France, NI, L)
– Mihkel Juhkami, Chair, Rakvere City Council (Estonia, EPP-CD, L)
– Paolo Rondelli, Municipal councillor of San Marino, (San Marino, SOC
L)
– Joachim Smyla, Head of the County of Lubliniec (Poland, EPP-CD, L)
– Mariacristina Spinosa, Consigliere, Regione Piemonte, (Italy, SOC, R)
– Clotilde Tascon Mennetrier, Vice-Présidente du Conseil Général
d’Ile-et-Vilaine, (France, SOC, L)
– Jean-Louis Testud, Deputy mayor of Suresnes (France, EPP-CD, L)
EU Committee of the Regions
– Jozef Chabert (Belgium, EPP-CD)
– Väino Hallikmägi (Estonia, ALDE)
– Uno Silberg (Estonia, UEN-AE)
Congress Secretariat
– Antonella Cagnolati, Congress Director
– Renate Zikmund, Head of the Congress Division of Communication,
International Relations and Election Observation
– Nioucha Ziaemoghadam, Assistant
Press contacts
(In Yerevan): Renate Zikmund, Head of the Congress Division of
Communication, International Relations and Election Observation, tel.
+33 6 59 78 64 55; [email protected]
Council of Europe Office in Yerevan
tel. +374 10 54 63 22 / 26 / 28 / 29, Fax: +374 10 54 63 19,
[email protected]
Press Release
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Communication Division
Ref: MA065a09
Tel. +33 (0)3 90 21 49 36
Fax +33 (0)3 88 41 27 51
Internet:
e-mail: [email protected]
The Congress has two chambers, the Chamber of Local Authorities and the
Chamber of Regions.
It brings together 318 full and 318 substitute members representing more
than 200 000 European territorial communities.
President of the Congress: Yavuz Mildon (Turkey, EPP/CD), President of
the Chamber of Regions: Ludmila Sfirloaga (Romania, SOC),
President of the Chamber of Local Authorities: Ian Micallef (Malta,
EPP/CD).
Political Groups: Socialist Group (SOC), Group of the European People’s
Party – Christian Democrats (EPP/CD),
Independent and Liberal Democrat Group (ILDG).
From: Baghdasarian