  ARMENIA AND UN UNITE EFFORTS AGAINST TRAFFICKINGMarch 30, 2004 - 22:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Vardan Oskanian and Ms. Lise Grande, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative signed the Anti-Trafficking Programme. As reported by the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry, the program provides for actions directed at building the institutional capacity of key state agencies, enhancing state border control, returning the victims and their reintegration into the society, as well as raising public awareness in the issue.  Top stories 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. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh.   Partner news |  Latest news Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus  A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”.Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges.Armenia: 28 protesters arrested after clash with police The Investigative Committee of Armenia has announced the arrest of 28 participants of an opposition demonstration.International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. |
