ARMENIA FULFILS 20 GUARANTEES OF OECD
Noyan Tapan
Feb 14 2007
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. Process and further steps of
strategy of anticorruption reforms and fulfilment of commitments were
discussed at the February 14 sitting of Commission of Monitoring on
Implementation of Anticorruption Strategy. Noyan Tapan was informed
about it from RA President’s Press Office. Presenting the process
of fulfilment of anticorruption network guarantees of Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in countries with
transitional economies, Commission Chairman, Assistant to RA President,
Gevorg Mherian stated that Armenia has had a considerable progress
as compared with other CIS countries involved in the same program. It
was mentioned at the organization’s plenary sitting that Armenia has
fulfilled 20 guarantees. RA assumed an obligation to fulfil the rest
of four guarantees in a short period. Armen Khudaverdian, Secretary
of Commission for State Government System Reforms, presented the
process of program of events on elaboration of new anticorruption
strategy. He stated that the experience of implementation of previous
program will be taken into consideration. In new programs priority
will be given to control over the process of fulfilment of already
adopted anticorruption events. Tigran Barseghian, Head of Juridical
Department of RA government’s staff, presented the process of events
of application of UN Convention Against Corruption. They attached
importance to active work of NGOs in the issue of fulfilment of the
issues discussed.