Karine Danielyan: Armenia must lay emphasis on implementation of int

Karine Danielyan: Armenia must lay emphasis on implementation of
international documents

by Karina Manukyan

ARMINFO
Saturday, November 23, 13:46

Armenia must lay emphasis on implementation of international
documents, Head of the Association For Sustainable Development Karine
Danielyan told ArmInfo.

The expert recalled that Armenia has recently joined the Minamata
Convention on Mercury, but it is important to implement international
documents after they are ratified.

“The environmental situation would be much worse but for such
conventions. For instance, without Aarchus Convention, no one would
even listen to us. Now, we can change something. Foreign partners of
Armenia know that if there is a law, it is effective. In Armenia,
unfortunately, the situation is different,” she said.
On 10 October Minamata Mercury Convention was signed in Kumamoto City,
Japan. The Convention has been signed by 91 countries and the European
Union. The document regulates the use of mercury in manufacturing and
stipulates special measures to reduce mercury pollution.

From: A. Papazian