Author: Nahapetian Samvel

FACTBOX-Main divisive issues before world U.N. summit

Sept. 11 (Reuters) – The largest gathering of world leaders in history
begins on Sept. 14 with 191 U.N. member nations still divided on the
issues. The summit is to map out new approaches to poverty, global
security and human rights in the 21st century.

— DEVELOPMENT – The draft document sets timetables to halve poverty
for the poorest of the poor, provide elementary education to all, cut
maternal deaths and halve the spread of AIDS by 2015, among
others. The United States objects to a provision urging nations to
meet the U.N. goal of giving 0.7 percent of a nation’s gross national
product in foreign aid.

— HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL – A smaller group of nations to sit year-round
on human rights to replace the current Human Rights Commission, a key
demand by Western nations. The new members would be elected by the
191-member General Assembly rather than regional groups. Human Rights
Watch and Amnesty International say opponents include Cuba, Russia,
Venezuela, Pakistan, Belarus, Vietnam and others.

— NON-PROLIFERATION – The draft says proliferation and risk that
terrorists might obtain unconventional weapons are the greatest
threats to peace. Washington and others want to remove references to
nuclear disarmament for big powers.

— TERRORISM – The draft says attacks on civilians and noncombatants
“cannot be justified.” Islamic nations want a mention of liberation
groups and the right to resist foreign occupation.

— PEACE-BUILDING COMMISSION – This is aimed at helping nations
emerging from conflict. Key Western nations want Security Council
control. Developing countries want the commission to report to the
General Assembly, where they have a majority, arguing they need a
voice in deciding priorities.

— RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT – The concept, promoted by Canada, other
Western nations and human rights groups, calls for various kinds of
intervention in case of genocide and war crimes. African nations such
as South Africa support the concept but other developing states say it
would provide an excuse for big powers to intervene.

— U.N. MANAGEMENT REFORM – Western nations, including the United
States, want to give the U.N. secretary-general more power to manage,
expand monitoring bodies and hire more independent auditors. Some
developing nations fear they will lose control in General Assembly,
which manages and budget and rules on U.N. posts.

(Writing by Evelyn Leopold, United Nations)

09/11/05 22:47 ET

Czech Republic 4- Armenia 1

Wednesday, 7 September 2005
by Ladislav Josef

The Czech Republic returned to winning ways as four
second-half goals helped Karel Brückner’s side to a
victory against Armenia which sees them regain second
place in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying Group 1.

Polák double
The home side suffered a demoralising 2-0 defeat by
Romania on Saturday and needed to bounce back this
evening in Olomouc but struggled to make headway
against a tenacious Armenia team. Marek Heinz finally
broke the deadlock two minutes after the restart and
further goals from Milan Baroš and Jan Polák (2)
helped them establish a 4-0 lead before Ara Hakobjan’s
late consolation.

Blažek intervention
An injury to Petr Cech saw Jaromír Blažek make his
debut in goal and the custodian did not take long to
make an impact, sprinting from his line to deny
Hokobjan as the striker threatened to give the
visitors a shock lead. Until then the Czech Republic
had dominated, something they continued to do in the
opening period without capitalising on a host of
chances.

Deflected shots
Not afraid to shuffle his side, Brückner brought on
Vladimír Šmicer at the interval and the midfielder
almost made an immediate impression, only to hit a
shot straight at Roman Berezovskij when well placed.
But the disappointment did not last long and within a
minute Heinz finally broke the deadlock, albeit with
the aid of a crucial deflection.

Baroš strike
There was also an element of luck with the second goal
five minutes later when Polák’s long-range shot was
also deflected beyond Berezovskij. Baroš made it three
just before the hour mark, tapping in after Jan
Koller’s effort was only half cleared, and the Aston
Villa FC striker turned provider on 76 minutes, teeing
the ball up for Polák to stroke home.

Late consolation
Hakobjan reduced the deficit late on but it was too
little, too late for Armenia who remain rooted to the
bottom of Group 1 – and will go to Andorra on 12
October needing a victory to escape last place.
Meanwhile, the Czech Republic are second, a point
behind the Netherlands ahead of their meeting on 8
October – when victory will see them go top and clinch
at least a play-off place.

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GREEK PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT RECALLING 1955 RIOTS ATTACKED IN ISTANBUL

Agence France Presse — English
September 6, 2005 Tuesday 9:24 PM GMT

Ultra-nationalist Turkish militants attacked an exhibit in Istanbul
of rare photographs of violent anti-Greek incidents that occurred in
the city 50 years ago, ripping photos off the walls and throwing eggs
at the display.

Shouting “Turkey is Turkish and will stay that way,” the assailants
burst into the exhibit on its opening night, scuffling with the guests.

Riot police arrived and roughly rounded up the militants, arresting
three of them, police said.

“I’m merely defending my country,” one militant told AFP.

Serious riots that broke out in Istanbul on the night of September 6,
1955, led to looting in Greek neighborhoods and the destruction of
many of the city’s churches and synagogues.

More than 5,000 shops belonging to the Greek minority were looted
by an emotional crowd of several thousand people reacting to rumors
of a bomb attack at the birthplace of the founder of modern Turkey,
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in Salonika, northern Greece.

The army had to intervene to quell the violence.

Turkey is officially 99 percent Muslim. Its 45,000 Armenians, 35,000
Jews, 20,000 Syrians and 4,000 Greek Orthodox faithful live primarily
in Istanbul.

Known as Constantinople under Greece’s last great empire, Istanbul
remains the seat of the Eastern Orthodox patriarchate, the highest
authority in the Orthodox world.

ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS TO PARTICIPATE PACE COMMITTEE ON KARABAKH SITTING

Pan Armenian News
07.09.2005 07:07

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Vice Speaker of the Armenian parliament Tigran
Torosian and MP Shavarsh Kocharian will take part in the second
sitting of the Sub-Committee on Nagorno Karabakh at the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to be held September 12 in
Paris. To remind, the first sitting was held on June 23 within the
framework of the PACE Summer Session in Strasbourg. Delegations of the
member-states of the OSCE Minsk Group are to produce assessments of
the measures undertaken for the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh
conflict. The Sub-Committee is scheduled to issue its first report
at the PACE January Session, Yerkir Online reports.

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AZERI CEC: ARMENIAN OBSERVERS CANNOT TAKE PART IN THE ELECTIONS

DeFacto, Armenia
Sept 5 2005

According to the Azeri CEC, representatives of Armenia cannot take part
in the Azeri Parliamentarian elections on November 6 as observers.
“Azerbaijan has no diplomatic ties with Armenia, so the Armenian
representatives cannot take part in the elections as observers”,
stated AR CEC International Department Head Rovzat Gasymov during the
interview for Trend Agency. In his words, even though the Armenian
observers are in the CIS mission, they cannot visit Azerbaijan with
the Armenian passports. “If we do not have diplomatic ties with
Armenia, how can the observers arrive in Azerbaijan with Armenian
passports? That is the Central Electoral Commission’s stand. Azeri
Foreign Ministry may hold its own position on the issue”, said Gasymov.
According to Day.az, CIS Executive Secretary Vladimir Roushajlo said
if Armenia wished to take part in the elections’ monitoring it was
its right. He noted the leadership of the country holding elections
had filed a note to CIS to send observers to the elections. “We send
the notes to CIS countries, including Armenia”, stated Roushajlo.

UEFA.COM
Match report

Van Nistelrooij delights Dutch

Saturday, 3 September 2005

by Khachik Chakhoyan

Ruud van Nistelrooij’s goal midway through the second half saved the
Netherlands’ blushes as they scraped a win in Armenia to strenghten
their place at the head of FIFA World Cup qualifying Group 1.

Stylish finish

Manchester United FC striker Van Nistelrooij was kept quiet for most
of the game by some solid Armenian defending, but it took him only one
shot to decide the game in favour of visitors. On 64 minutes Khalid
Boulahrouz crossed into the area, Philip Cocu won the aerial challenge
and when the ball dropped the ball to Van Nistelrooij, he finished in
style.

Berezovski heroics

Goalkeeper Roman Berezovski was undoubtedly the man of the match for
Armenia as he helped to keep the Dutch at bay for most of the
encounter. On eight minutes he denied Van Nistelrooij from a dangerous
shot, while on 31 minutes Dirk Kuyt’s powerful header from point-blank
range was brilliantly saved. Arsenal FC’s Robin van Persie was also
denied by the goalkeeper in the first half.

Armenia blow

Armenia were dealt a blow when they lost their young star Edgar
Manucharyan, after a bright start, to a 17th-minute injury. Ara
Hakobyan came on to form a duo with his brother Aram and had the home
side’s best chance just three minutes after coming on, just failing to
connect after Cocu misjudged a header back to his own goalkeeper.

Dutch top

On Wednesday the Dutch hope to reinforce their position further when
they play host to the group’s bottom side, Andorra. Armenia,
meanwhile, travel to the Czech Republic with their hopes of
qualification already over.

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THE RA NA SPEAKER CONGRATULATES THE NKR AUTHORITIES ON THE OCCASION OF THE 14TH ANNIVERSARY OF NKR INDEPENDENCE

ARKA News Agency
Sept 1 2005

YEREVAN, September 1. /ARKA/. The RA NA Speaker Arthur Baghdasaryan
sent his congratulations to NKR President Arkadi Ghuklasyan, NKR NA
Speaker Ashot Gulyan, and NKR Prime Minister Anushavan Danielyan on
the occasion of the 14th anniversary of NKR independence. According
to the RA NA, in his message to NKR President Bahgdasaryan notes in
particular “the past years proved that the people of Artsakh could
not only resist war and hardships, but also to establish their stable
statehood. I bow my head to the memory of all martyrs of Artsakh
liberation war and wish you peace and democracy”.

in his message to NKR NA Speaker Bahgdasaryan notes “people of Artsakh
by the liberating war deserved the right to worthy life, and during
peace years they proved their adherence to democratic values, and
today it continues building its statehood, in the course of which the
role of the NKR NA as a legislative body called to ensure legislative
basis for the development and progress is very high”.

On September 2, 1991 the authoritative representatives of
Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region and Shahumyan region proclaimed
establishment of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). A.H. -0–

SPEAKER OF THE ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT RECEIVES DELEGATION OF
REPRESENTATIVES OF COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF US HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES

ARKA News Agency
Aug 29 2005

YEREVAN, August 29. /ARKA/. Speaker of the Armenian Parliament
Arthur Baghdassaryan received the delegation of the representatives
of the Commission on International Relations of the US House
of Representatives (Matthew McLinn, Samuel Stratman and Paul
Uzberg-Sants) on August 26, 2005, press-service of the RA National
Assembly reports. The US Ambassador to Armenia John Evans has also
participated in this meeting.

The meeting discussed issues of establishing cooperation between the
RA NA and the US Congress, realization of the “Millennium Challenge”
Program, democratization process in Armenia and constitutional reforms.

Baghdassaryan reported that constitutional reforms are implemented in
Armenia, and the RA National Assembly is expected to adopt the draft
amendments to Constitution in the second reading. He also expressed
his gratitude to the US Government for its assistance to Armenia,
which had great importance for Armenia’s economic development, as
well as for including Armenia in the “Millennium Challenge” program.

In their turn, members of the American delegation presented the
“Millennium Challenge” Program in details. They said that a large-scale
work has been implemented but it is not sufficient for the program’s
successful realization.

The both sides pointed to the importance of the reforms in Armenia,
which will promote political and economic development of Armenia,
the regional stability and development of the cooperation. A.A. -0-

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PRESS RELEASE

Friday, August 26, 2005

Live Webcast of AGBU Buenos Aires Festival on Saturday, Sept. 3

On Saturday, September 3, 2005, AGBU Buenos Aires ()
will be airing a live webcast of its artistic and cultural festival,
“Armenia, One People, One Nation, One Culture,” the proceeds of which
will benefit the city’s Doctor Pedro de Elizalde Children’s Hospital
(). About 500 musicians and dancers will take part
in the mega-event at the city’s Exhibition Center. The evening will be
hosted under the auspices of the City of Buenos Aires and the Embassy
of the Republic of Armenia.

Streaming video of the live webcast can be viewed by visiting the AGBU
Buenos Aires website homepage () on the day of the
event and clicking on a banner that will launch the viewing
portal. Up-to-minute information about broadcast times and system
requirements will be available on the viewing portal as well.

The six-hour live broadcast will begin Saturday 5:00 PM (18:00) in
Buenos Aires [Sunday 1:00 AM (01:00) in Yerevan; Saturday 11:00 PM
(23:00) in Beirut; Saturday 10:00 PM (22:00) in Paris; Saturday 4:00
PM (16:00) in New York; Saturday 1:00 PM (13:00) in Los Angeles; and
Sunday 6:00 AM (06:00) in Sydney].

This is the first AGBU event to be broadcast live to the public on the
Internet. International viewers are invited to send comments and good
wishes before and during the event via email to:
[email protected]. In addition to fundraising for the Pedro de
Elizalde Hospital, the evening is a pre-event in honor of next year’s
AGBU Centennial.

The webcast will begin with a 90-minute program devoted to Buenos
Aires Armenian schools, followed by performances by a wide array of
choirs and dance troupes concluding with gala festivities that will
include speeches and music.

Participating music and dance ensembles are:
* “Alakiaz” Choir from the Mekhitarian School of Buenos Aires
* AGBU Cordoba “Ararat” Dance Ensemble
* “Arax” Choir of Buenos Aires
* “Arevakal” Choir from the Vicente Lopez Armenian School of Buenos Aires
* “Erevan 50” Orchestra of Montevideo, Uruguay
* “Gayane” Dance Ensemble from the Armenian National Center of Uruguay
* “Gomidás” Choir of Buenos Aires
* “Grung” Choir of from UGAB of Montevideo, Uruguay
* “Haiastan” Orchestra of Buenos Aires
* “Kaiane” Dance Ensemble from the Armenian Cultural Union of Buenos Aires
* “Krikor Naregatsi” Choir from the Santa Cruz de Varak Church of Buenos Aires
* “Kusan” Orchestra of Cordoba
* “Masis” Dance Ensemble from the Archbishopric of Buenos Aires
* “Nairi” Dance Ensemble from Hamazkain of San Fernando Valley, United States
* “Nairi” Dance Ensemble from HOM of Buenos Aires
* AGBU Buenos Aires “Nerses Shnorhalli” Choir
* “Nor Arax” Orchestra of Buenos Aires
* “San Gregorio el Iluminador” Choir from the Sourp Kevork Church of Buenos Aires
* “Sasun” Dance Ensemble from HOM of Cordoba
* “Shiraz” Dance Ensemble from Hamazkain of Montevideo, Uruguay

Participating local schools will be:
* Arzruní School
* Mekhitarista School
* Armenian School of Vicente López
* Isaac Backchellian School
* Khrimian Armenian Cultural School
* AGBU Marie Manoogian Institute
* San Gregorio El Iluminador Educational Institute.

Established in 1911, AGBU Buenos Aires is dedicated to preserving and
promoting the Armenian heritage and culture through educational,
cultural and humanitarian programs. For more information and to watch
the live Saturday, September 3 webcast, please visit

For more information on AGBU and its worldwide Chapters, please visit