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    AREVIK PETROSYAN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MET WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UN

    National Assembly of RA
    March 3 2009

    On March 2 Ms. Arevik Petrosyan, Vice President of the National
    Assembly received the UN Permanent Representative in the Republic of
    Armenia and UNDP Resident Coordinator Ms. Consuelo Vidal- Bruce.

    During the meeting it was mutually highlighted the cooperation of the
    Yerevan office of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia
    and the United Nations.

    Ms. Consuelo Vidal-Bruce said that their organization with the Republic
    of Armenia was debating a project of six-months support, and asked
    for Ms. Petrosyan to present proposals on concrete directions with
    the cooperation of the National Assembly.

    Ms. Petrosyan noted the necessity of realizing comparative, analytical
    and expert works, on the support of retraining of experts, exchange
    of experience as well as on technical assistance. She also highlighted
    the further projects with the NGOs and Youth. It was decided to enact
    the debated issues as written offers, in order to include them in
    further projects.

    On the same day Ms. Arevik Petrosyan received Ms. Laylee
    Moshiri-Gilani, Head of the Armenian Office of the United Nations
    Children's Fund.

    Ms. Laylee Moshiri-Gilani noted that the United Nations Children's
    Fund pays more attention to the cooperation with the parliaments in
    three directions - improvement of the legislation, implementation of
    relevant laws with application of the mechanisms of the parliamentary
    control and social financing of children. She said that an important
    place will be given to the analysis of the situation, children's
    poverty and mechanisms of protection of children, in the projects of
    the current year having added, that the report, on the role of the
    parliament in the Committee of protection of children, Armenia will
    present at the end of the year.

    Ms. Petrosyan touched upon the legislation, related to the children's
    protection. She asked the guests to present the urgent cycle of the
    issues by United Nations Children's Fund and also the proposals,
    which were not adopted for this or that reasons, and the issues
    that need to have comprehensive regulation, could be solved by joint
    work. The Vice President of the National Assembly noted that though
    the breaches of the children's rights are not common in our country
    they need serious attention and the productive solution of those
    issues are considered with active cooperation of all institutions
    dealing with the protection of children's rights.

    Also other issues, related to awareness of children, education of
    children, requiring special care, the development of their skills
    and protection of children were debated during the meeting.

    It was decided the meetings to be continuous, to develop concrete
    projects of cooperation, which would have purposeful solutions.
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