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    ARKA News Agency
    March 17 2005


    Nagorno-Karabakh Central Election commission approves plan of
    parliamentary elections

    UN World Food Program provides $75mln to Armenia for a decade of its
    activity in the republic

    RA Government allots AMD 190 mln for making of jubilee medals
    dedicated to 60th anniversary of victory in Great Patriotic War

    Armenia's UN Representative Armen Martirosyan: Report made by OSCE
    mission to Check Facts is favorable for Armenia

    Chief of RA Police, Head of OSCE Yerevan Office sign agreement on
    renovation of RA Police training center

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    NAGORNO-KARABAKH CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION APPROVES PLAN OF
    PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

    STEPANAKERT, March 17. /ARKA/. Nagorno-Karabakh central Election
    Commission convened a session Wednesday to set a plan and list of
    expenditures related to the parliamentary elections scheduled for
    June 15 2005. The commission has also made 29 decisions related to
    procedural matters, as our correspondent reports. According to
    Central Election Commission, candidates can be nominated from Apr 5
    to 10. Registration of the parties participating in elections and
    candidates running for parliament seats in individual races will be
    made from May 10 to 15. Election campaigns will be run from May 16 to
    June 17. M.V. -0--

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    UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM PROVIDES $75MLN TO ARMENIA FOR A DECADE OF ITS
    ACTIVITY IN THE REPUBLIC

    YEREVAN, March 17. /ARKA/. The UN World Food Program has provided
    $75mln to Armenia for a decade of its activity in the republic.
    Armenian Parliament Speaker Arthur Baghdasaryan and Regional Director
    of the Program Emir Abdullah discussed Thursday the issues related to
    the program, as Armenian National Assembly's Public Relations
    Department told ARKA. The ten-year program is to be completed in
    2006. In his opinion, after his visit to Gegharkunik and Tavush
    Armenian regions the WFP should be continued in Armenia, he said.
    Armenian Speaker, in turn, noted that especially mountainous and
    remote regions are badly in need of support.
    The sides arranged to discuss the opportunity for continuing the
    program.
    WFP organization provides food aid particularly to the elderly,
    families having many children, the disabled and refugees and also
    conducts trainings for farmers as well as provides food to 11
    thousand schoolchildren in four Armenia's provinces and implements
    Food for Work program.
    WFP cooperates with the U.S. agents, with World Vision Armenia and
    ̀ission -Armenia organizations M.V. -0--

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    RA GOVERNMENT ALLOTS AMD 190 MLN FOR MAKING OF JUBILEE MEDALS
    DEDICATED TO 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY IN GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

    YEREVAN, March 17. /ARKA/. The RA Government allotted AMD 190 mln for
    making of jubilee medals dedicated to 60th anniversary of victory in
    Great Patriotic War, Public Relations and Press Department of RA
    Government told ARKA News Agency today. ($1 = AMD 468,23). L.V. --0--


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    ARMENIA'S UN REPRESENTATIVE ARMEN MARTIROSYAN: REPORT MADE BY OSCE
    MISSION TO CHECK FACTS IS FAVORABLE FOR ARMENIA

    YEREVAN, March 17. /ARKA/. Report made by OSCE Mission to Check Facts
    is favorable for Armenia, as Armenia's UN Representative Armen
    Martirosyan told journalists today. In his words, contrary to Azeri
    side's expectations, the Mission found no facts confirming
    allegations that Armenia pursues policy of Azerbaijani territories
    settlement, excepting Lachin area, which has always been mentioned in
    a separate clause of all documents. `We have always said settlement
    is nowhere but Lachin and the OSCE Co-chairs have corroborated that',
    Martirosyan said.
    In his opinion, the report will ease tension around Armenia. 'But
    another issue appeared: how Azerbaijan is going to act in the created
    situation, especially taking into consideration the bellicose
    statements made by Azerbaijani side and the destructive stance taken
    by Azeri authorities and taking into account that those statements
    are being made for internal consumption to present another victory to
    Azeri people', he said.
    Martirosyan also said the report would be published soon and
    available for everybody. M.V. -0--

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    CHIEF OF RA POLICE, HEAD OF OSCE YEREVAN OFFICE SIGN AGREEMENT ON
    RENOVATION OF RA POLICE TRAINING CENTER

    YEREVAN, March 17. /ARKA/. Chief of the RA Police, Lieutenant-General
    Haik Harutyunyan and Head of the OSCE Yerevan office Vladimir
    Pryakhin signed an Agreement on Renovation of the RA Police training
    center. The OSCE Yerevan office reports that the signing of the
    agreement inaugurates the first stage of a program of assistance to
    the RA Police. The agreement is aimed at bringing the main training
    terms to conformity with the European experience. The document also
    envisages the provision of equipment and teaching aids to the Center.

    `This day is a turning point in our work under the program of
    assistance to the RA Police, as this initiative is a basis for
    forming a well trained municipal force,' Pryakhin said during the
    signing ceremony. He added that the document is a good example of
    mutually advantageous and constructive cooperation between Armenia
    and the OSCE, which is aimed at developing democratic institutions
    for the Armenian people's benefit. In his turn, Chief of the RA
    Police Haik Harityunyan pointed out that the program envisages the
    creation of necessary conditions for the development of modern police
    training.
    A memorandum of understanding signed in July 2003 stipulates four
    main directions of the assistance program: renovation of the training
    center, its strengthening, introduction of a municipal police model
    in one of the Yerevan communities and the elaboration of a new
    signal-response system.
    The program is to be implemented by the OSCE Yerevan office in
    cooperation with the RA Police, under the direction of the Department
    for Strategic police Affairs, OSCE Secretariat in Vienna. The program
    is being sponsored by Belgium, the USA and Sweden. P.T. -0--
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