Armenia Has Best Human Development Index In The Region

ARMENIA HAS BEST HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX IN THE REGION

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10:32 / 10/06/2009

United Nations Development Program (UNDP) issued a Human Development
Report 2009 (HDR). Norway, Australia, Iceland, Canada and Ireland are
rated the best life-quality countries with higher development index
among182 countries and territories.

Armenia was rated 84, leaving Ukraine (85), Azerbaijan (86), and
Georgia (86) behind. Russia is number 71. Amid the most underdeveloped
countries are Niger, Afghanistan and Sierra-Leone.

HDR or Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary indicator of people’s
well-being, combining measures of life expectancy, literacy, scho

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS