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OFFICE OF UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES CONTINUES TO ASSIST ARMENIA IN PROVIDING REFUGEES WITH FLATS
Noyan Tapan
Aug 17 2006
YEREVAN, AUGUST 17, NOYAN TAPAN. The Office of the UN High Commissioner
for Refugees has assisted and will continue assisting the Government of
Armenia in providing refugees with flats. Antonio Guterres, the UN High
Commissioner for Refugees, who is in Yerevan within the framework of a
regional visit, informed about it at the August 21 press conference. He
mentioned that registration of refugees is being implemented in Armenia
at present, what will allow to define the number of refugees who need
assistance. A.Guterres mentioned that the most important precondition
of refugees' integration is their getting citizenship. According to
Guterres, there are two variants of giving citizenship: by the law,
to give citizenship to everybody or to give citizenship to those who
wants to accept it. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees mentioned
that not being a political organization, they are interested in the
peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh problem. And the issue
of refugees' return, according to his words, may be solved only as a
result of long and detailed negotiations. A.Guterres also mentioned
that for solution of that problem, an agreement on protecting people's
property right must be reached between the two parties.
Noyan Tapan
Aug 17 2006
YEREVAN, AUGUST 17, NOYAN TAPAN. The Office of the UN High Commissioner
for Refugees has assisted and will continue assisting the Government of
Armenia in providing refugees with flats. Antonio Guterres, the UN High
Commissioner for Refugees, who is in Yerevan within the framework of a
regional visit, informed about it at the August 21 press conference. He
mentioned that registration of refugees is being implemented in Armenia
at present, what will allow to define the number of refugees who need
assistance. A.Guterres mentioned that the most important precondition
of refugees' integration is their getting citizenship. According to
Guterres, there are two variants of giving citizenship: by the law,
to give citizenship to everybody or to give citizenship to those who
wants to accept it. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees mentioned
that not being a political organization, they are interested in the
peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh problem. And the issue
of refugees' return, according to his words, may be solved only as a
result of long and detailed negotiations. A.Guterres also mentioned
that for solution of that problem, an agreement on protecting people's
property right must be reached between the two parties.