Month: July 2007

MediaSyndicate (press release)
June 26 2007

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Corruption feeds Russian health crisis
By MARIA DANILOVA
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Jun 28, 2007

MOSCOW — When Karen Papiyants lost his leg in a road accident last
year, his medical nightmare was only beginning.

Although like any Russian he was entitled to free treatment, he says
the doctors strongly suggested he pay $4,500 into their St. Petersburg
hospital’s bank account, or be deprived proper care – and perhaps not
even survive.

Faced with that choice, the 37-year-old truck driver’s relatives
scrambled to scrape together the money. But Papiyants said that
didn’t stop the nursing staff from leaving him unattended for most of
the night and giving him painkillers only after he screamed in agony.

"It’s nothing but blackmail and extortion on the part of doctors,"
Papiyants said.

In theory Russians are supposed to receive free basic medical
care. But patients and experts say doctors, nurses and surgeons
routinely demand payments – even bribes – from those they treat. And
critics say the practice persists despite Russia’s booming economy and
its decision to spend billions to improve the health care system.

Medical care in Russia is among the worst in the industrialized
world. A 2000 World Health Organization report ranked Russia’s health
system 130th out of 191 countries, on a par with nations such as Peru
and Honduras.

This is one of the few nations in the world where life expectancy has
declined sharply in the past 15 years. The average Russian can expect
to live only to age 66 – at least a decade less than in most Western
democracies, according to a 2005 World Bank report. For men, the
figure is closer to 59 – meaning many Russian men don’t live long
enough to start collecting their pension at age 60.

Compounded by alcoholism, heart disease claims proportionately more
lives than in most of the rest of the world. Death rates from
homicide, suicide, auto accidents and cancer are also especially high.

Russia’s population has dropped precipitously in the past 15 years, to
below 143 million in what President Vladimir Putin calls "the most
acute problem of contemporary Russia."

In 2004, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development, Russia spent $441 per capita on health care, about a
fifth of what the Europeans spend. Over the past two years the
government has more than doubled health care spending to some $7
billion, but that still works out to only about 3.4 percent of all
government spending, and the World Health Organization recommends at
least 5 percent.

Experts here say new spending does little if it fails to tackle
corruption.

The state covers all Russians under a standardized medical insurance
package, while well-heeled citizens can buy extra insurance and be
treated privately.

In the Soviet era, patients occasionally rewarded doctors with money
or gifts, but were largely guaranteed free treatment. The Soviet
Union’s public health system was, for a time at least, considered
among the world’s best.

But the system failed to keep up with Western medicine, and after the
Soviet collapse, went into decline. Today, many who can’t afford to
pay or bribe – especially those in remote provinces – may never
receive proper care.

Some experts say this has helped drive up death rates.

"Corruption in health care is a threat to Russia’s national security
in the broadest sense of the word," said Yelena Panfilova, head the
Russian branch of Transparency International, a global corruption
watchdog.

According to a summer 2006 study commissioned by the group, 13 percent
of 1,502 respondents who had sought medical help during the previous
year had to pay an average of $90 under the table, out of wages
averaging $480 a month. The poll had a margin of error of 2.6
percentage points.

Panfilova also said medical and pharmaceutical companies routinely
bribe health officials so that hospitals buy their equipment and
medicines, even though their quality is often not the best.

Kirill Danishevsky, a health researcher with the Russian Academy of
Sciences’ Open Health Institute, has estimated that up to 35 percent
of money spent on health care consists of under-the-table payments.

At the Dzhanelidze Emergencies Institute where Papiyants was treated,
spokesman Vadim Stozharov denied that doctors refused to provide free
care. But he conceded the hospital has received so many similar
complaints it set up a hot line to deal with them.

The Health Ministry declined to comment on the bribery
allegations. But Galina Lavrishcheva, the top health official in
Stupino, an industrial town in the Moscow region, acknowledged that
health care workers sometimes demand payoffs.

"Yes, it is true, I am not going to hide it – extortion takes place,"
Lavrishcheva said.

The Stupino regional hospital is at the forefront of government reform
efforts. Officials have fought overcrowding by cutting the number of
beds from 800 to 625, have set up an outpatient clinic and have
installed new equipment, including ultrasound and electrocardiogram
machines.

Overspecialization, a legacy of the Soviet era, is a big problem
because patients are shuttled from one narrowly focused specialist to
another.

Meanwhile, no physician generally takes responsibility for their state
of health.

Dozens of Stupino’s specialists have been retrained as general
practitioners and their salaries raised to reduce the lure of bribes
and create incentives for more doctors to become GPs.

Yelena Filippova, a freshly retrained GP, now treats some 2,000
patients and earns $700 a month, more than double her previous
salary. Filippova, 27, says the system is more efficient. Her patients
like it as well.

"It’s professional, it’s high quality, it’s quick and convenient – you
don’t have to stand in lines," said Viktor Lenok, a 60-year-old
retiree, whom Filippova treats for asthma.

But critics say these changes are no substitute for radical change –
just a high-profile way of spending the country’s oil-driven wealth in
an election year. They insist the reform does not address bribe-taking
by emergency health care providers and medical specialists.

"A huge heap of money is being pumped into the same health care system
– but why invest into something that doesn’t work?" said health
researcher Danishevsky. "The very system needs to be reformed."

Christian News Wire (press release), DC
June 28 2007

‘They Have Stolen the Nights of Baghdad from Us’

In an interview with Juan Michel (*) a prominent Iraqi Christian
shares his views on the situation in the violence-plagued country.

Contact: Juan Michel, + 41 22 791 6153, +41 79 507 6363,
[email protected]

MEDIA ADVISORY, June 28 /Christian Newswire/ — "I come from a
wounded Iraq and a severely wounded Baghdad," said the man in black
habit standing in front of some 130 silent church representatives
from six continents gathered for a peace conference on the Middle
East. "The situation in my country is tragic," the man continued. "We
were promised freedom, but what we need today is freedom to have
electricity, clean water, to satisfy the basic needs of life, to live
without fear of being abducted."

The man addressing the World Council of Churches (WCC) 18-20 June
international conference "Churches together for peace and justice in
the Middle East" in Amman, Jordan was Baghdad’s Armenian Archbishop
Avak Asadourian, primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church (See of
Etchmiadzin) in Iraq.

Asadourian was in Amman representing the Council of Christian Church
Leaders in Baghdad. Created in June last year, it is a body made up
of 17 church leaders, including two patriarchs, from four Christian
families: Catholic, Oriental and Eastern Orthodox and mainline
Protestants. The Armenian primate is its general secretary.

Why did Baghdad’s church leaders establish this council?

To take care of our faithful in these difficult times and to keep in
touch with other Christian bodies. The Council presents the needs of
our people to humanitarian organizations and channels their help.

What is the situation of Iraqi Christians today?

The situation is the same for all Iraqis, Christians or Muslims, and
it is a tragic one. Bullets do not discriminate between religions.
Every day terrorist attacks are targeting people who could be the
cornerstone of a new Iraq: professionals, physicians, and engineers.
And this is resulting in an across-the-board brain drain, which is a
shame since it takes decades to train qualified people.

Are Christians being targeted because of their religion?

Not as such, except lately when Christians living in a certain area
of Baghdad have been ordered to leave or be killed. The violence is
targeting everyone in the same way. Of course, in a context of
complete lawlessness, some thugs do whatever they want. They can
threaten you, kidnap or kill you.

Recently, two Christian priests, one Orthodox and the other Chaldean,
were killed. In my church, 27 members have died because of the
violence since 2003. Although not personally targeted, they were
simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Another 23 members have
been kidnapped. Since many Christians are relatively well off, they
become targets for possible ransom, just like well-off Muslims do.

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, some
1.2 million people have fled Iraq since the start of last year. What
about the Iraqi Christians?

Before the war, Christians made up some 7-8% of the population.
Today, they are 3-4%. Christians are also moving north within the
country, to relatively safer areas. The churches are emptying. In my
own church, we used to have some 600-700 faithful worshipping every
Sunday. Today, they are 100-150. The reasons are several: they might
be afraid of going out, but they also might simply not have petrol in
their cars – queues at gas stations are three to five kilometres long
– or they might have moved out of Baghdad.

What were Muslim-Christian relations like before the war and what are
they like today?

We Christians were in the country before Islam arrived, especially in
the northern part. But faith-based distinctions were never an issue:
Sunni, Shia, Christian. Our relationships were very amicable. These
differences only became an issue after the war started.

However, we work to maintain bridges. We have twice visited the
country’s most prominent Shia cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, as
well as the Sunni leadership. And I want to give credit where credit
is due. High-ranking Muslim clerics deserve credit for their efforts
in trying to prevent the present conflict from evolving into a
full-blown civil war.

Are you experiencing the impact of clashing civilizations?

I don’t see a clash of civilizations but a bungled war with tragic
results for both sides. It seems to me that the occupying powers did
not do their homework well. It is one thing to take over a country,
and another thing to run it properly in order to allow people to be
able to exercise freedom. Security is needed to make democracy
viable. Democracy is not only a concept, but also a way of life.
Today in Iraq, we need basic freedoms, like freedom from fear,
freedom to work, to travel in order to satisfy basic needs. One of
the tragic features of the current situation is the fact that they
have stolen the nights of Baghdad from us.

What do you think would be a possible way out?

The occupying powers have to enforce the Geneva conventions and
guarantee the security of the country. If they were able to bring
about security, a lot of problems would be solved. Ours is a rich
country. We have land, water, brainpower, the second largest oil
reserves in the world – which ultimately instead of being a blessing
has become a curse.

My message to my flock is: do not be afraid, but be careful. Confront
this dire situation with optimism, and pray and work for a better
future.

How could churches outside Iraq help you?

I wonder whether churches outside Iraq are speaking about this issue
boldly enough to be heard. If they were able to advocate effectively
with their governments, they should tell the occupying powers to
fulfill their promises of a better life for Iraq. Promises of a
bright future should now be substantiated. One key point in the story
of the Good Samaritan is that he not only extended help, but his help
was complete and effective.

Some US churches have been asking for a timetable for the withdrawal
of US troops from Iraq. What do you think about this?

At this point in time, I don’t know… It’s a two-edged sword. Is it
going to bring about peace or play into the hands of terrorists? But
an occupation is never acceptable and is always something temporary
that should eventually come to an end.

My message to churches outside Iraq, specially to those in the
occupying countries, is: Help us to make life better for the Iraqi
people, to alleviate its suffering, to keep their governments’
promises for a better future in all walks of life, and ask for God’s
help in this humanitarian endeavor.

(*) Juan Michel, WCC media relations officer, is a member of the
Evangelical Church of the River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

See the WCC press update on the 18-20 June international conference
"Churches together for peace and justice in the Middle East" at:
nt/all-news-english/display-single-english-news/ar ticle/1637/church-representatives-fr-1.html

Opini ons expressed in WCC Features do not necessarily reflect WCC
policy. This material may be reprinted freely, providing credit is
given to the author.

Additional information: Juan Michel,+41 22 791 6153 +41 79 507 6363
[email protected]

The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith,
witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical
fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together
347 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing
more than 560 million Christians in over 110 countries, and works
cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC general
secretary is Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, from the Methodist Church in
Kenya. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.

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Amnesty International
June 28 2007

Azerbaijan: Discrimination and segregation compound problems of
internal displacement for hundreds of thousands of people

Press release, 06/28/2007

"We are ready to live with the Armenians of Karabakh and we have not
forgotten our historical home there. But we won’t see peace for at
least ten years, that’s why we want decent living conditions now."

Ayaz, who was displaced from his home in Nagorny Karabakh and has
been living in Goranboy region for 14 years

"I don’t need benefits, I’d rather have my compensation and integrate
into society here in Baku. The government should stop deceiving me
that I’ll be able to return."
Elmar, displaced from the province of Kelbajar.

One of the largest populations of internally displaced people per
capita in the world faces discrimination, segregation and an
uncertain future, according to a new report released by Amnesty
International today. Some 600,000 Azerbaijanis have lived in internal
displacement for over a decade as a result of the conflict between
Armenians and Azeris for Nagorny Karabakh, a territory within
Azerbaijan populated mainly by ethnic Armenians, between 1991 and
1994.

Although minimum essential levels of human rights have been provided
for by the Azerbaijani government, with international assistance,
Amnesty International is concerned that current measures are not
adequate to provide for the progressive realization of human rights
in a context of long-term displacement.

"By law internally displaced people enjoy the same legal protection
and guarantees of their rights as other citizens. In practice,
however, there are numerous limitations on their rights to freedom of
movement, adequate housing, the fullest attainable level of health
care and to work. Taken together, these violations effectively create
a series of barriers discriminating against and segregating the
internally displaced population," said Nicola Duckworth, Europe and
Central Asia Programme Director at Amnesty International.

In its report, Azerbaijan: Displaced then discriminated against —
the plight of the internally displaced population, Amnesty
International outlines a series of practices which in effect
discriminate against and segregate the displaced population.

Internally displaced people are restricted by the internal residence
registration system to a fixed address in order to receive aid and
social services, despite the de jure abolition of this system in the
Azerbaijani Constitution. Residence permits in prosperous urban
centres are difficult to obtain without the payment of bribes.
New settlements for the internally displaced have been constructed in
geographically remote, economically unviable and otherwise unsuitable
locations, leading to isolation and segregation.
The internally displaced have not been consulted on decision-making
processes with direct impact on their lives, for example, the
location of new settlements built to house them.
The internally displaced are consistently encouraged to see their
situation as temporary, discouraging them to seek integration or
permanent resettlement in another part of the country.

Internally displaced people suffer from higher rates of poverty
compared to the rest of the population and have consequently remained
highly dependent on subsidies and aid. The internally displaced
population has not benefited from the privatization process in
Azerbaijan and is all but excluded from participation in the
country’s oil-driven economic boom. According to official data
published in 2005 the internally displaced show continued dependence
on state benefits as their main source of income: 8.5 per cent
compared to less than 0.1 per cent of the rest of the population.
Poverty in turn contributes to disproportionately high incidences of
anaemia, tuberculosis, malnutrition and mental health problems.
Displaced people suffer disproportionately from unemployment and
under-employment, compounded by restrictions to their right to move
legally around the country in search of employment and by economic
isolation in new settlements.

Human rights treaties to which Azerbaijan is a party require the
authorities to respect and protect the rights of internally displaced
people to life, and an adequate standard of living.

`Although on paper the Azerbaijani government appears willing to
allocate resources to the needs of the internally displaced
population, these resources are not being used in ways that allow the
progressive realization of their human rights. State officials
consistently emphasize the `temporary’ nature of social and housing
programmes for the displaced. Yet this emphasis is increasingly in
conflict with the prolonged nature of displacement," Nicola Duckworth
said.

"The right to return to their original homes in conditions of dignity
and security is the right of all internally displaced people, and
remains a key aspiration of Azerbaijan’s displaced population.
However, displaced people have the right to make other choices,
including to integrate or resettle permanently elsewhere in the
country. This right to choose cannot be forfeited.’

In order to address the human rights issues of the displaced people,
Amnesty International calls on the government of Azerbaijan to:
Remove all obstacles to the rights of the displaced population to
freedom of movement and choice of residence;
Take steps to provide for the right of displaced people to genuinely
participate in a process of consultation on issues affecting them;
Ensure that the right of the displaced population to an adequate
standard of housing is respected in both rural and urban contexts.

Amnesty International calls on the international community to
continue to assist the Azerbaijani authorities in this regard.

Background
The conflict over Nagorny Karabakh is one of several
minority-majority conflicts contesting sovereignty between former
federal units of the Soviet Union. Known in the Soviet Union as the
Nagorny Karabakh Autonomous Region, Nagorny Karabakh was populated by
a local Armenian majority within Soviet Azerbaijan. With the onset of
political liberalization in the late 1980s, the Armenians of Nagorny
Karabakh began to campaign for separation from Azerbaijan and union
with Armenia. The conflict escalated into a full-scale war in 1991,
ending in 1994 with the de facto secession of Nagorny Karabakh from
Azerbaijan. Nagorny Karabakh exists today as a republic unrecognized
by any state, including Armenia. A number of proposals have been put
forward to resolve the conflict by the Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe, although no proposal thus far has been
acceptable to the conflicting parties. A key feature of the conflict
was forced population movements. It is estimated that over 400,000
Armenians became either refugees from Azerbaijan to Armenia or were
internally displaced in border regions. Over 200,000 Azeris became
refugees from Armenia to Azerbaijan, while there are over 600,000
internally displaced persons in Azerbaijan today.

After the embargo, you can access the report, Azerbaijan: Displaced
then discriminated against — the plight of the internally displaced
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ACCORDING TO EUROPEAN COURT, RA CITIZEN IMPRISONED FOR 10 YEARS IS
DEPRIVED OF RIGHT OF FAIR TRIAL: CASE NOT RECONSIDERED AFTER FACT OF
TORTURE CERTIFIED

YEREVAN, JUNE 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The seven judges, with M. Zupanchich at
the head, of the European Court of Human Rights delivered a judgement
on June 28, according to which, Misha Haroutiunian, an RA citizen, who
was sentenced to ten years of imprisonment on the charge of killing his
fellow serviceman, has been deprived of the right of a fair trial. A
decision was also made concerning moral damage compensation within the
limits of four thousand euros.

Hayk Alumian, the lawyer of M. Haroutiunian, informed a Noyan Tapan
correspondent that the above-mentioned decision of the European Court
gives an opportunity to submit an application to the RA Court of Appeal
on criminal cases and claim a "not guilty" verdict on the basis of this
new circumstance. The lawyer can make use of this right during three
months.

It should also be mentioned that M. Haroutiunian was condemned to ten
years of imprisonment on the charge of killing his fellow serviceman on
December 4, 1998 by the verdict passed by the Court of First Instance
of the Syunik region on June 19, 2002. After serving 2/3 of his
sentence, M. Haroutiunian was set free. In parallel with the trial of
this case, the court also heard the criminal case filed against
collaborators of the Military Police. According to this case, M.
Haroutiunian and the two fellow servicemen who gave evidence against
him were submitted to torture by the collaborators of the police.
However, the assertion of the fact concerning torture did not become a
basis for the RA Court of Appeal on criminal and military cases to
reconsider the criminal case filed against M. Haroutiunian.

CONSTRUCTING NEW BUILDING FOR REPUBLIC HOSPITAL IS PROBLEM OF VITAL
IMPORTANCE FOR NKR HEALTH SYSTEM

YEREVAN, JUNE 29, NOYAN TAPAN. Though positive steps were recorded in
the health sphere of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh in the past few
years, there are still unsolved problems in that sphere, and the
country is not able to solve them by itself. This information was
provided to a Noyan Tapan correspondent by Zoya Lazarian, the Health
Minister of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh. She mentioned that these
problems are mainly solved due to the assistance of Diasporan
benefactors. "The fact that the country is not known lays obstacles in
making use of the assistance provided by international donor
organizations," the Minister mentioned.

According to Zoya Lazarian, the construction of a new building for the
republican hospital of Stepanakert is a problem of vital importance for
the health system of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh. "The hospital,
which is the only specialized medical center in Artsakh, is currently
operating in a building, which, according to specialists, is impossible
to repair," the Minister said.

She also mentioned that the amount of the sum allocated to the health
sphere from the state budget is growing year after year: in the past
five years it has increased by three and a half times.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

RA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES IN FIRST READING BILL ON AMENDMENTS AND
ADDITIONS TO LAW ON 2007 STATE BUDGET

YEREVAN, JUNE 29, NOYAN TAPAN. At the June 29 special session, the RA
National Assermbly passed in first reading the bill on making
amendments and additions to the RA Law on the 2007 State Budget.
According to the bill, the total sums of revenues and expenditures
determined by the current law will be increased by 25 billion drams.

The government explains the necessity for the indicated amendment by
the revision of some main macroeconomic indices on economic growth in
2007. By new forecasts, in 2007, real GDP growth will make about 11% or
by 2% more than the forecast index, while its nominal value will make
3,076.5 bln drams or by 58.1 bln drams more than the forecast index.

By the government’s estimates, in 2007 the total programmed amount of
tax revenues and state duties of the state budget will make 467.7 bln
drams or by 8.9 bln drams more than the forecast index. Besides, the
government expects some extra budgetary revenues in the amount of about
15.8 bln drams from alienation of lands representing state property in
Yerevan – against 4 bln drams envisaged by the 2007 state budget.

As a result, the total programmed amount of the 2007 state budgetary
revenues will increase by 5.1% and make 515.2 bln drams or 16.7% of
GDP. The total programed amount of expenditures will make 583.7 bln
drams or 19% of GDP. The extra budgetary revenues will be distributed
as follows: current expenditures will increase by 19.1 bln drams,
capital expenditures – by 5.2 bln drams, net crediting will grow by 0.7
bln drams.

CURRENT EXPENDITURES OF STATE BUDGET GROW BY 13.9% IN JANUARY-MAY 2007
ON SAME PERIOD OF LAST YEAR

YEREVAN, JUNE 29, NOYAN TAPAN. In January-May 2007, the state budgetary
expenditures made over 183 bln drams (over 509.6 mln USD). 79.1% of
allocated funds was spent on financing of current expenditures, 16.7%
on financing of capital expenditures, and 4,2% – on net crediting.

Accoridng to the RA Ministry of Finance and Economy, the state
budgetary expenditures grew by 17.9% or over 27.7 bln drams on the same
period of last year. The growth was mainly conditioned by an increase
in capital expenditures, transfers and expenditures on services.

In the period under review, 144.8 bln darms was allocated for financing
of current expenditures, which ensured 73.9% fulfilment of the program
for first half of 2007. Current expenditures grew by 13.9% or 17.7 bln
drams on the same period of last year.

10.8% of current expenditures was spent on payment of state institution
employees’ salaries, which amounted to over 15.7 bln drams: the program
for the first half of 2007 was fulfilled by 77%. Expenditures on
salaries exceeded by 11.9% the respective allocations of 2006.

Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh should make mutual territorial
concessions in order to attain peace

arminfo
2007-06-29 20:13:00

Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh should make mutual territorial
concessions in order to attain peace, Rector of Sorbonne University
Gerard-Francois Dumont said during scientific conference Minorities and
Conflicts in South Caucasus.

He said that the sides must be ready for making mutual concessions and
establishing new borders. The ideal scenario would be an agreement on
the integrity of the whole region. This would guarantee free movement
and safety for all nations of the region.

CEC did not deny breach

30-06-2007 16:48:35 – KarabakhOpen

The election headquarters of the NKR presidential candidate Masis
Mayilyan sent a letter to the chair of the CEC Sergey Nasibyan and
reported that on the first day of the campaign after the airtime
provided for the campaign on the Public Television Murad Petrosyan’s
program propagated for Bako Sahakyan and against Masis Mayilyan. Masis
Mayilyan’s headquarters said to be ready to pay for this part of the
program of the CEC devoted to the election at least to make this
incident appear legal.

On Thursday the Central Electoral Commission responded to the letter.