 UN COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED CONVENTION ON GENOCIDE PREVENTION PROPOSED BY ARMENIAApril 26, 2001 - 21:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - YEREVAN, April 26. /Mediamax/. The 57 session of the UN Commission for Human Rights unanimously passed Wednesday in Geneva the "Convention about prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide", proposed on the initiative of Armenia.As Mediamax was informed today in the press service of Armenian Foreign Ministry, the adoption of the convention was the result of long talks with member-states of the UN Commission for Human Rights. More than 20 countries have spoken as co-authors of the convention proposed by Armenia. --0--   Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg.   Partner news |  Latest news WFP, EDB, Yeremyan Farm to expand Milk in Schools project in Armenia  The partnership aims to establish a cooperative framework to assess the feasibility of the initiative.Moody's upgrades IDBank's rating Moody's has upgraded ID Bank CJSC's (IDBank) long-term local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to Ba3 from B1.U.S. “very clear” with Azerbaijan: “It’s time to make peace with Armenia” James O'Brien has said that the United States is “very clear” with Azerbaijani that it is a time to make peace with Armenia.PACE adopts resolution on Armenia's commitment to reforms PACE welcomed the electoral reforms implemented by Armenia in accordance with the recommendations of the Venice Commission. |
