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Sept 10 2011
PACE to discuss Armenia: democratic institutions and pre-natal sex selection
September 10, 2011 | 16:40
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will discuss the
issues related to Armenia during the session scheduled for October 3-7
in Strasbourg.
Co-Rapporteurs on Armenia John Prescott and Axel Fischer will present
a report on democratic institutions in Armenia, the PACE official
website reports. The European parliamentarians are expected to hold
debates and vote on the document on October 7.
The plenary session's agenda also includes observation of the
parliamentary elections in Turkey and cooperation between the Council
of Europe and the emerging democracies in the Arab world.
The Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men will present a
draft resolution based on the report by Doris Stump on pre-natal sex
selection. The Committee has already warned that pre-natal sex
selection has reached `worrying proportions' in several Council of
Europe member states, in particular Albania, Armenia and Azerbaijan
where the ratio is 112 boys for 100 girls, and in Georgia where the
ratio is 111 boys for 100 girls.
The Committee calls on these four countries to `investigate the causes
and reasons behind skewed sex ratios at birth' and to step up their
efforts to `raise the status of women in society'.
From: Baghdasarian
Sept 10 2011
PACE to discuss Armenia: democratic institutions and pre-natal sex selection
September 10, 2011 | 16:40
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will discuss the
issues related to Armenia during the session scheduled for October 3-7
in Strasbourg.
Co-Rapporteurs on Armenia John Prescott and Axel Fischer will present
a report on democratic institutions in Armenia, the PACE official
website reports. The European parliamentarians are expected to hold
debates and vote on the document on October 7.
The plenary session's agenda also includes observation of the
parliamentary elections in Turkey and cooperation between the Council
of Europe and the emerging democracies in the Arab world.
The Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men will present a
draft resolution based on the report by Doris Stump on pre-natal sex
selection. The Committee has already warned that pre-natal sex
selection has reached `worrying proportions' in several Council of
Europe member states, in particular Albania, Armenia and Azerbaijan
where the ratio is 112 boys for 100 girls, and in Georgia where the
ratio is 111 boys for 100 girls.
The Committee calls on these four countries to `investigate the causes
and reasons behind skewed sex ratios at birth' and to step up their
efforts to `raise the status of women in society'.
From: Baghdasarian