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EDWARD NALBANDYAN: INTOLERANCE AND XENOPHOBIA ARE CHALLENGES OF EUROPEAN UNIVERSAL VALUES
14:36, 6 June, 2013
YEREVAN, JUNE 6, ARMENPRESS: The Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the Republic of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan performed a speech at the
OSCE Permanent Council held in Vienna on June 6. As Armenpress was
reported by the OSCE Press Office, the speech of the Minister says in
particular: "While the mandates and composition of the OSCE and the
Council of Europe are different, the co-operation can give political
impetus and create synergies on the ground", - said the Armenian
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan in the speech to the representatives
of the 57 OSCE participating States today. In May, Armenia took over
the sixmonth long chairmanship of the Council of Europe.
"Since 2004, co-operation between these two organizations has been
enhanced, in particular in the fields of protection of the rights of
persons belonging to national minorities, the fight against terrorism,
the fight against trafficking in human beings, and the promotion
of tolerance," he said. "There is a common understanding that we
should encourage the two organizations to enhance their co-operation,
to exchange information and to coordinate their activities with the
view of developing synergies and avoiding duplications."
In his speech at the OSCE Permanent Council, Nalbandyan also outlined
Armenia's priorities in the fields of human rights and rule of law
at the Council of Europe, including combating racism and xenophobia
in Europe, the promotion of European values through intercultural
dialogue, the strengthening of European standards on human rights
and the rule of law, and the fostering of democratic societies.
"Intolerance and xenophobia violate human dignity and challenge the
cohesion of our societies. We would like to focus our attention on
the hatred and intolerance, racist and xenophobic rhetoric used
in political discourse as a tool for political propaganda, which
contaminates the souls of the people, incites distrust and creates
images of public enemies and leads to hate-induced crimes," he said.
Nalbandyan previously addressed the Permanent Council in March 2011.
The Permanent Council is a key decision-making in the OSCE, which
meets weekly in Vienna.
14:36, 6 June, 2013
YEREVAN, JUNE 6, ARMENPRESS: The Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the Republic of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan performed a speech at the
OSCE Permanent Council held in Vienna on June 6. As Armenpress was
reported by the OSCE Press Office, the speech of the Minister says in
particular: "While the mandates and composition of the OSCE and the
Council of Europe are different, the co-operation can give political
impetus and create synergies on the ground", - said the Armenian
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan in the speech to the representatives
of the 57 OSCE participating States today. In May, Armenia took over
the sixmonth long chairmanship of the Council of Europe.
"Since 2004, co-operation between these two organizations has been
enhanced, in particular in the fields of protection of the rights of
persons belonging to national minorities, the fight against terrorism,
the fight against trafficking in human beings, and the promotion
of tolerance," he said. "There is a common understanding that we
should encourage the two organizations to enhance their co-operation,
to exchange information and to coordinate their activities with the
view of developing synergies and avoiding duplications."
In his speech at the OSCE Permanent Council, Nalbandyan also outlined
Armenia's priorities in the fields of human rights and rule of law
at the Council of Europe, including combating racism and xenophobia
in Europe, the promotion of European values through intercultural
dialogue, the strengthening of European standards on human rights
and the rule of law, and the fostering of democratic societies.
"Intolerance and xenophobia violate human dignity and challenge the
cohesion of our societies. We would like to focus our attention on
the hatred and intolerance, racist and xenophobic rhetoric used
in political discourse as a tool for political propaganda, which
contaminates the souls of the people, incites distrust and creates
images of public enemies and leads to hate-induced crimes," he said.
Nalbandyan previously addressed the Permanent Council in March 2011.
The Permanent Council is a key decision-making in the OSCE, which
meets weekly in Vienna.