Yerevan To Host IPA CIS Committee Session

YEREVAN TO HOST IPA CIS COMMITTEE SESSION

National Assembly of RA

Nov 4 2011
Armenia

On November 3 the session of the Permanent Commission on Culture,
Information, Tourism and Sport of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly
was held.

Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Samvel Balasanyan delivered a
welcoming speech. He highly appreciated the legislative activity of the
Assembly with regard to approximating and improving the legal documents
of the CIS member countries, expressing hope that the works of this
session of the Commission will be efficient and fruitful in the light
of adopting model laws and direct contacts with the relevant spheres.

The Commission Chairman Evgeniy Tarlo thanked for the warm reception
and for creating excellent working environment. He has said that a
dozen of important model drafts and organizational items are included
in the agenda of the commission session, which can be a guideline for
elaboration, improvement of the legislation of cultural field of the
CIS member countries, their correspondence, as well as with regard
to the activation of the cultural relations.

The second item of the agenda referred to the election of the
Commission Chairman. By the proposal of the Deputy Chairman of the
Commission Eduard Sharmazanov the members of the commission unanimously
reelected Commission Chairman- Evgeniy Tarlo.

Thereafter the Commission touched upon the model drafts included in
the agenda. The model bills of “Information Code,” “On Preservation
of Archaeological Heritage,” “On Technopark,” “On Preservation of
Non-Material Values, Artistic and folk works of art,” “On Intellectual
Property,” “On Amending the Code on Library Work,” which were designed
for the CIS member countries, were discussed.

The Commission also discussed a number of organizational issues, which
referred to the preparation of celebration dedicated to the 100th
anniversary of the well-known scientist L. N. Gumilyov, the creation
of honorary badges in the sphere of culture, art, information, tourism
and sport, the organization of the international conference dedicated
to the history of the State Duma of Russia, international musical
events in Olympic cities, and the creation of the textbook-manual on
the CIS History.

Issues pertaining to the upcoming works to be done in the Commission
were also discussed.

From: A. Papazian