ARKA News Agency
Sept 28 2004
Group of advisors for consultations on insurance payments to
descendants of genocide victims created in RA Ministry of Justice
The healthcare sector is paid special attention in Armenia
Armenian and Turkish Ministers of Foreign Affairs discuss the issues
of bilateral relations
NKR Foreign Minister receives Director of Usage Resources NGO
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GROUP OF ADVISORS FOR CONSULTATIONS ON INSURANCE PAYMENTS TO
DESCENDANTS OF GENOCIDE VICTIMS CREATED IN RA MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
YEREVAN, September 28. /ARKA/. Group of advisors for consultations on
insurance payments to descendants of Genocide victims created in RA
Ministry of Justice, the Ministry told ARKA. The group created on Sep
27 provides citizens necessary consultations in given issues for
proper protection of their interests. Besides, the Internet site is
also active since today –
New York Life American insurance company will pay about $11 mln to
the descendants of victims of Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey.
The decision was made by the US Federal Court on July 30, 2004. New
York Life insurance company worked in 1875 to 1915 Ottoman Empire and
insured the lives of many Armenians to various sums. They have
studied 90 – year-old archives of New York Life and revealed that the
insurances given to 2300 Armenian remained unused. The cost of the
agreement between the insurance company and attorney firms makes $20
mln., of which about $11 mln will be paid to descendants of the
Armenians, $4 mln will be paid to attorney firms, $2 mln will make
the administrative costs, and $3 mln will be distributed among
benevolent organizations. L.D. –0–
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THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR IS PAID SPECIAL ATTENTION IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN, September 28. /ARKA/. The healthcare sector is paid special
attention in Armenia, as RA NA Speaker Arthur Baghdasaryan stated
during the meeting with the participants of the international forum
organized for neurologists and dedicated to the 75th anniversary of a
birth date of a famous neurologist, Academician of RF Medical
Sciences Levon Badalyan. According to RA NA Press Service Department,
the Speaker noted that scores of laws were developed to regulate the
sector, and the laws are worked at and being brought in line with the
standards of the developed countries. Baghdasaryan stated to
neurologists that a Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Health Care
and Environment operates in RA NA, and that a Council on Health Care
headed by RA NA Speaker is formed. According to him, nowadays
transition toward strengthening of the institute of a family doctor
and medical insurance takes place. The Speaker attached importance to
the forum aimed at discussing modern neurology and exchanging
experience, as well as to making a step forward in the sphere of
medicine. Agreement to make the forum traditional was achieved in the
course of the meeting, and Baghdasaryan promised to render support to
scientists. A.H.-0–
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ARMENIAN AND TURKISH MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DISCUSS THE ISSUES
OF BILATERAL RELATIONS
YEREVAN, September 28. /ARKA/. Armenian and Turkish Ministers of
Foreign Affairs Vartan OSkanian and Abdullah Gul discussed the issues
of bilateral relations and regional problems at the 4th meeting in
New-York. According to RA MFA Press Service Department, the Minister
of Armenia Oskanian, who arrived in New-York to participate in the
work of the 59th session of UN General Assembly, also met the
American co-Chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Steven Mann, the Lebanon
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Jean Obeid. During the
meeting of Oskanian with the Deputy State Secretary of the USA Mark
Grossman the issues of bilateral relations were discussed, including
the coming meeting of the Armenian-American economic commission and
issues relating to “Millennium Challenge” program.
According to the press release, the speech of Oskanian in the UN
General Assembly to take place on September 29. A.H.–0–
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NKR FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES DIRECTOR OF USAGE RESOURCES NGO
STEPENEKERT, September 28. /ARKA/. Nagorno Karabakh Republic Foreign
Minster Ashot Ghulyan received Director of program on Caucasus of
British NGO Usage Resources Jonathan Coen and Elena Cook, Coordinator
on South Caucasus of project “Audio-diaries” implemented by that
organization.
As NKR Foreign Ministry Press Service told ARKA, Jonathan Coen
informed Ashot Ghulyan that Usage Resources that is a part of UK and
USA NGO Consortium implements thru the mass media programs in the
regions aimed at creation of confidence atmosphere between peoples
involved in conflicts. He particularly mentioned that “Audio-diaries”
project, presentation of which was held on the eve in Stepanakert,
envisages exchange between radio-diaries in various regions of
Caucasus containing stories of common peoples. Jonathan Coen
expressed a hope that the realization of the project will help in a
certain degree to relax the tensions in the parties of Nagorno
Karabakh conflict.
In his turn, Ashot Ghulyan assessed positively desire of
representatives of Usage Resources to establish contacts between
parties of Karabakh conflict. At the same time, he mentioned that
without establishing confidence and mutual understanding between the
sides of the conflict, implementation of projects will become
problematic. NKR Foreign Minister pointed out to the fact that
Azerbaijani side not only avoids any contacts with Nagorno Karabakh,
but also strongly focuses on anti-Armenian propaganda that makes
extremely difficult re-approchements of the conflict parties. In this
regard Minister favored the necessity of working out by NGO
Consortium of UK and USA a clear activity program on South Caucasus.
On September 27 there was held a presentation of “Audio-diaries”
project organized by Usage resources British NGO.
As Elena Cook, Coordinator on South Caucasus mentioned on the
presentation, it is already half a year that a group of Georgian and
Abkhaz journalists work in that genre and other regions of South
Caucasus joined the project. She said that the best audio-diaries,
written in each region are translated to several languages so that
they can be listened to by the residents of the whole Caucasus and
beyond it.
In her words, audio-diaries is an original genre of broadcasting, an
example of “people’s broadcasting” that was born on BBC since the
beginning of 1990s and since then traveled all over the world. Its
aim is to permit expressing to the simple people – teenagers,
disabled, former prisoners, refugees, representatives of various
minorities etc, whose voices are rarely heard on radio. Diaries are
not political genre, sincere stories of simple people about their
life allow overcoming stereotypes, destroy image of enemy in
societies suffered a conflict. As a whole, on Caucasus region,
audio-diaries will be broadcasted circa 20 channels in all countries
of the region.
In Nagorno Karabakh “Not invented stories” will be broadcasted on
local frequencies “Pace”, “Youth Channel”, “New wave” and Public
Radio. T.M. -0–
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress