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PACE TO CONSIDER IMPLEMENTATION BY ARMENIA OF ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 1609
armradio.am
24.06.2008 17:56
Tomorrow the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is set
to hold an urgent debate on the functioning of democratic institutions
in Armenia.
On April 17 PACE adopted Resolution 1609 (2008) on the functioning of
democratic institutions in Armenia, where it set out four concrete
requirements for the resolution of the political crisis that ensued
after the presidential election in Armenia and resolved to consider the
possibility of suspending the voting rights of the Armenian delegation
to the Assembly at the opening of the June 2008 part-session, if no
considerable progress on the requirements was made by then.
In the present report, the Monitoring Committee welcomes the progress
achieved by the Armenian authorities in addressing the Assembly
demands but notes that, despite the political will expressed by the
authorities, this progress is at present insufficient to meet the
requirements outlined in Resolution 1609.
While regretting the delay in implementing the concrete measures to
comply with the Assembly demands, the Monitoring Committee acknowledges
that the time given to the Armenian authorities was short. It therefore
proposes to the Assembly to review at its January 2009 part-session
the extent of Armenia's compliance with the requirements made in
Resolution 1609.
If the requirements mentioned in Resolution 1609, as well as those set
in the present draft resolution are not met by then, the Monitoring
Committee proposes that the Assembly considers the possibility
of suspending the voting rights of the Armenian delegation to the
Assembly at the opening of its January 2009 part-session.
Before that the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)
today expressed great concern at the "deteriorating" human rights
situation in Azerbaijan, undermining any efforts being made by the
authorities to meet basic democratic standards in the forthcoming
Presidential election.
In a resolution approved today, the parliamentarians spelled out
a "road-map" of urgent steps to be taken ahead of the 15 October
election, including:
â~@¢ ensuring balanced election commissions and an efficient complaints
procedure; â~@¢ providing free broadcast time and print space in state
media under equal conditions for political parties and blocs; â~@¢
guaranteeing in practice the opposition's right to hold public rallies.
The Assembly said restrictions on freedom of expression - including
harrassment and intimidation of opposition journalists - and limits on
freedom of assembly and association were "inadmissible in a Council
of Europe member state", and declared that the issue of political
prisoners had not been resolved.
--Boundary_(ID_nORHvi2YzP9FOtn5CtJmaQ)- -
armradio.am
24.06.2008 17:56
Tomorrow the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is set
to hold an urgent debate on the functioning of democratic institutions
in Armenia.
On April 17 PACE adopted Resolution 1609 (2008) on the functioning of
democratic institutions in Armenia, where it set out four concrete
requirements for the resolution of the political crisis that ensued
after the presidential election in Armenia and resolved to consider the
possibility of suspending the voting rights of the Armenian delegation
to the Assembly at the opening of the June 2008 part-session, if no
considerable progress on the requirements was made by then.
In the present report, the Monitoring Committee welcomes the progress
achieved by the Armenian authorities in addressing the Assembly
demands but notes that, despite the political will expressed by the
authorities, this progress is at present insufficient to meet the
requirements outlined in Resolution 1609.
While regretting the delay in implementing the concrete measures to
comply with the Assembly demands, the Monitoring Committee acknowledges
that the time given to the Armenian authorities was short. It therefore
proposes to the Assembly to review at its January 2009 part-session
the extent of Armenia's compliance with the requirements made in
Resolution 1609.
If the requirements mentioned in Resolution 1609, as well as those set
in the present draft resolution are not met by then, the Monitoring
Committee proposes that the Assembly considers the possibility
of suspending the voting rights of the Armenian delegation to the
Assembly at the opening of its January 2009 part-session.
Before that the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)
today expressed great concern at the "deteriorating" human rights
situation in Azerbaijan, undermining any efforts being made by the
authorities to meet basic democratic standards in the forthcoming
Presidential election.
In a resolution approved today, the parliamentarians spelled out
a "road-map" of urgent steps to be taken ahead of the 15 October
election, including:
â~@¢ ensuring balanced election commissions and an efficient complaints
procedure; â~@¢ providing free broadcast time and print space in state
media under equal conditions for political parties and blocs; â~@¢
guaranteeing in practice the opposition's right to hold public rallies.
The Assembly said restrictions on freedom of expression - including
harrassment and intimidation of opposition journalists - and limits on
freedom of assembly and association were "inadmissible in a Council
of Europe member state", and declared that the issue of political
prisoners had not been resolved.
--Boundary_(ID_nORHvi2YzP9FOtn5CtJmaQ)- -