COE Publishes Report

COE PUBLISHES REPORT

12:09:18 – 24/09/2009
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Strasbourg, 23.09.2009

The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers has made public the
second report on the situation of minority languages in Armenia. This
report has been drawn up by a committee of independent experts which
monitors the application of the European Charter for Regional or
Minority Languages.

On the basis of the report, the Committee of Ministers calls on
Armenia to develop a structured policy to make available sufficient
teacher training and up-dated teaching materials in Assyrian, Yezidi
and Kurdish at all education levels.

Furthermore, the Armenian authorities should ensure that regional or
minority languages can be used in court and that courts and the public
are aware of their rights and duties to use these languages.

Armenia should also take measures to improve the presence of Assyrian
and Greek on radio, and of Assyrian, Yezidi and Kurdish languages on
television.

Finally, the Committee of Ministers recommends to clarify whether
there are any regional or minority languages used in Armenia other
than those mentioned in Armenia’s instrument of ratification.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/politics-lr

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS