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    ARKA News Agency
    Aug 19 2004


    RA Foreign Minister met teachers from Diaspora

    Robert Kocharian to leave for sochi for a working meeting with
    Vladimir Putin on August 20

    A mourning ceremony devoted to the anniversary of the terrorist act
    against the UN Headquarters in Baghdad held in the UN Headquarter in
    Armenia

    Some seminars for Karabakh refugees held in Stepanakert

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    RA FOREIGN MINISTER MET TEACHERS FROM DIASPORA

    YEREVAN, August 19. /ARKA/. RA Foreign Minister VArdan Oskanian met
    today the teachers from the Diaspora that attend the professional
    training classes held in Yerevan. Attaching importance to the
    training programs for teachers from the Diaspora, Oskanian pointed
    out to two aspects: rapprochement of Armenia and the Diaspora as two
    parts of the single people and spreading of the idea of statehood
    among the young generation of the schools in Diaspora. `This is a new
    element, fruit of independence. Nowadays we are not a nation, but
    also a state', he mentioned.
    The professional training courses of teachers from the Diaspora are
    held on August 4-27. T.M. -0--

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    ROBERT KOCHARIAN TO LEAVE FOR SOCHI FOR A WORKING MEETING WITH
    VLADIMIR PUTIN ON AUGUST 20

    YEREVAN, August 19. /ARKA/. The RA President Robert Kocharian will
    leave for Sochi on August 20 to have a working meeting with the
    President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, according to the
    Press Service Department of RA President. Details of Kocharian's
    visit to Sochi are not reported. L.V. -0

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    A MOURNING CEREMONY DEVOTED TO THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE TERRORIST ACT
    AGAINST THE UN HEADQUARTERS IN BAGHDAD HELD IN THE UN HEADQUARTER IN
    ARMENIA

    YEREVAN, August 19. /ARKA/. A mourning ceremony devoted to the
    anniversary of the terrorist act against the UN Headquarters in
    Baghdad was held in Yerevan, in UN Headquarter in Armenia. According
    to the representative of the UN Department for Public Information
    (DPO) in Armenia Valeri Tkachuk, it's a personal tragedy for the
    staff of UN. `It's one of the dates which will remain in the history
    of UN as a day for mourning the loss of our colleagues in Iraq', he
    added. According to Tkachuk, it was an unexampled attack on the staff
    of UN, and all the members of UN were shocked by the explosion in
    Canal Hotel in Baghdad. He added that the situation in Iraq is
    complex, but notwithstanding this members of the UN continue their
    work. `The members of the organization are always ready to render
    help and work at the programs that will be implemented in the
    country', he emphasized.
    on August 19, 2003 as a result of the explosion of the mined truck
    near the UN Headquarter in Baghdad located in Canal Hotel 22 members
    of the organization, including the Special Representatives of UN
    Secretary General in Baghdad and the UN Chief Commissar on Human
    Rights Sergio Viera De Mello died, and 200 people were badly injured.
    That terrorist act became one of the most severe terrorist acts
    against UN for the whole period of its history. According to UN
    Secretary General Kofi Annan, the terrorist attack on the Canal Hotel
    brought them face to face with a new danger in more intimidating form
    - the danger that we, servants of the United Nations, may become the
    main target of political violence. A.H.--0 -

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    SOME SEMINARS FOR KARABAKH REFUGEES HELD IN STEPANAKERT

    STEPANAKERT, August 19. /ARKA/. Nagorno-Karabakh committee `Helsinki
    Initiative -92' with the support of Westminster Democracy Fund (GB)
    held seminars from February to July 2004 for the refugees living in
    Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). According to ARKA's reporter in
    Stepanakert, the seminars were on the following subjects: `refugees
    in international-legal documents', `the rights of refugees and people
    who temporarily left their homes in legal documents of the South
    Caucasus', `the role of refugees in the development of democracy and
    open society', `the Influence of refugees on the development of civic
    institutes and on the conflict transformation'. The project aimed to
    enrich the knowledge of the refugees in the area of international
    law, to activate their participation in the development of democratic
    institutes and civic society in NKR.
    As a result of the seminars, a brochure titled `Legal Education of
    Refugees in the Regions of NKR' was issued with the circulation of
    500 copies. It contains international -legal documents and regional
    laws, concerning refugees and people who temporarily left their
    homes, and the results of various public surveys. The brochures will
    be delivered both among the refugees and governmental and public
    figures. A.H. -0 -
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