Recurrent sitting of constitution commission held in Stepanakert

RECURRENT SITTING OF CONSTITUTION COMMISSION HELD IN STEPANAKERT

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
March 17 2006

March 16 a recurrent sitting of the Constitution Commission headed
by the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Arkady Ghoukasyan
was held.

According to the information De Facto received at the NKR President’s
Administration, discussion of two chapters of the Constitution draft
had taken place in the course of the sitting.

By the Arkady Ghoukasyan’s proposal, the expert group formed of
professional lawyers was delegated to study notes and suggestions
made at the discussion and to prepare conclusions on the basis. The
NKR President stated the NKR future constitution must correspond to
the internationally recognized criteria.

Arkady Ghoukasyan charged the working group to prepare and place for
consideration a schedule of the Constitution Commission’s further
works.