ARMENIAN REFUGEES FROM AZERBAIJAN CONTINUE PICKETING UN OFFICE IN YEREVANSeptember 29, 2000 - 22:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 29.09.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. United Nations High Commissariat for Refugees (UNHCR) Yerevan office spread a statement today, declaring about the support to the interests of Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan, who have been holding a protest demonstration in front of UN office in Yerevan since September 25.UNHCR representative in Armenia Tomas Birat met with the demonstrators. During the meeting, which lasted about an hour and a half, the demonstrators presented to Mr. Birat their demands, which were to give them financial and judicial assistance for moving to any of the European countries. According to demonstrators, their decision is caused by the hard social-economic situation in the country. But, as Mr. Birat said, according to the norms of the international law concerning the refugees status, people, who have got a refugee status and enjoy nearly all the rights of the citizens of this country, can't move to any other country, and so the UN High Commissar for Refugees is not competent to render them assistance in this matter. Chief of UN Legal Department, Lawrence McBanksony also met with the demonstrators, but the refugees refused to leave the territory near the UN office and continued the demonstration. -0- 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”. |