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    International Living: Armenia leading among CIS by quality of life index
    08.01.2010 14:22 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ American Journal of International Living has
    published an annual ranking of life quality in different countries.
    Armenia has a leading position among the CIS by quality of life index.

    According to the published list, the country earned the average score
    - 56, yielding among the Commonwealth countries, only Moldova, which
    scored 65 points and Ukraine with 62 points.

    Index of International Living takes into account such criteria as cost
    of living, economy, infrastructure, environment, health, culture and
    leisure, freedom, risk and security, climate conditions. 100 points is
    a maximum for each criteria.

    Armenia's highest showings are `cost of living" (64), "culture and
    leisure (53), "economy" (45), "environment" (81), "health" (46), "
    risk and safety "(64)," climatic conditions "(72).

    Belarus and Russia scored 54 points each. Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and
    Azerbaijan earned 51, Uzbekistan - 49, Kazakhstan - 48, Turkmenistan -
    46.
    According to "International Living", a country with the highest
    quality of life is France - 82 points.

    CIS - The Commonwealth of Independent States, an interstate
    association (agreement on cooperation between independent countries)
    of the most former Soviet republics of USSR. The organization was
    founded on 8 December 1991 by the Republic of Belarus, the Russian
    Federation, and Ukraine, when the leaders of the three countries
    signed a Creation Agreement on the dissolution of the Soviet Union and
    the creation of CIS. At the same time they announced that the new
    alliance would be open to all republics of the former Soviet Union, as
    well as other nations sharing the same goals.
    On 21 December 1991, the leaders of eight additional former Soviet
    Republics - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan,
    Tajikistan and Uzbekistan agreed to join the CIS, thus bringing the
    number of participating countries to 11. Georgia joined two years
    later, in December 1993. As of that time, 12 of the 15 former Soviet
    Republics participated in the CIS.

    International Living , magazine published in the U.S. International
    Living publishes an annual rating of quality of life in different
    countries.
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