Hovik Abrahamyan: UN has to aid Karabakh refugees without waiting for political resolution of the conflictAugust 10, 2010 - 16:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - RA National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan met with Damtew Dessalegne, Representativeof the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) in Armenia. Hailing the UN Yerevan Office’s assistance to Armenian refugees, Speaker Abrahamyan expressed willingness to intensify RA NA–UN Yerevan Office collaboration through improving refugee issue-related legislative field. As he emphasized, 3300 refugee families are currently in need of housing, despite the authorities’ efforts. He also expressed concerns over UN as well as UNHCR office’s lack of attention for Karabakh refugees’ problems. “UN has to aid Karabakh refugees without waiting for political resolution of the conflict,” Abrahamyan stressed, suggesting implementation of technical assistance programs jointly with the Armenian parliament, RA NA press service reported. Top stories 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. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |