Panorama.am
19:15 09/06/06

ARMENIAN YOUTH COMBINED TEAM SCORES 4:0
The Armenian combined football team scored 4:0 during the meeting with
San Marino in the Republican stadium shortly.
Our team won a victory in rival’s field in the previous game as well
but because the Armenian team had a disqualified player in the field,
technical loss was registered with 3:0 score.
In the first half of Armenia:San Marino game our team had territorial
advantages over the competitor but no one scored a goal in the first
half.
In the second half, our team started aggressive attacks which soon
resulted in the first goal. Gevorg Ghazaryan scored two goals followed
by Suren Sargsyan and Robert Arzumanyan who brought 1 score each to
the team. /Panorama.am/

Panorama.am
18:53 09/06/06

2396 SUICIDES AND SUICIDE ATTEMPTS IN THE COURSE OF 6 YEARS
2396 suicides and suicide attempts were registered in Armenia in
2000-2005, including 1241 (51,8%) suicides and 1157 (48,3%) suicide
attempts, Vladimir Grigoryan, a supervision body at the general
prosecutor’s office reported a session today.
According to the information, the most cases were reported in Shirak
region. 460 suicides and 545 suicide attempts were registered in
Yerevan. 69% of self-murderes were men and 31% were women. Studies
show that 59% of those who committed suicide were unemployed, 11,5%
had permanent jobs, 5,7% were students, 2,4% were military servants
and 21,5%- pensioners. 608 mentally disabled ended their life in
suicide in the reporting time.
Speaking about the reasons for suicide, V. Grigoryan mentioned that
356 people committed suicide because they had incurable illness, 76
cases were committed because of old age, 158 cases – personal grief,
74 – love and jealousy. Most of the cases – 718 were committed on
social or material grounds. /Panorama.am/

Panorama.am
18:08 09/06/06

WHEN TAIL STARTS RULING BODY
This fall will be full of cultural programs. Armen Ashotyan, NA
deputy, told about another event planned for this September. `The
parliament will become a theater stage,’ he said. It is determined by
a number of conditions – the fall is the right time to start
pre-election campaign. `No event will surprise me before parliamentary
elections 2007.’ Ashotyan said. In order not to be surprised one
should understand that the political system is in the phase of
establishment in the country, he said.
According to A. Ashotyan, the political system may be called
established and civilized when the power stick will move not from hand
to hand but from head to head. In the deputy’s opinion. today
political situation is conditioned by foreign political and
civilization streams. He said that at the moment there is no
opposition in the the country. /Panorama.am/

AUDIT CHAMBERS SIGNED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

Azat Artsakh, Nagorno Karabakh Republic [NKR]
09 June 2006
The delegation of the Audit Chamber of the National Assembly of
Armenia, headed by Chair Gagik Voskanian, visited Nagorno Karabakh. On
June 7 the delegation including Vardan Aghasian and Samvel Yolian met
with the chairs of the committees of the National Assembly of NKR and
discussed partnership between the Audit Chambers of the parliaments.
Gagik Voskanian said the Audit Chamber of the National Assembly of
Armenia has signed partnership agreements with its counterparts in
Russia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, Kazakhstan, as well as Germany.
According to him, the partnership between the Audit Chambers includes
cooperative audit, solution of problems in the course of work. Gagik
Voskanian informed that after the constitutional reform in Armenia the
Audit Chamber is working out a new bill, which will provide for a new
status of the Audit Chamber. Namely, all the provisions on
independence of the chamber will be set down in the law. It is two
years since the Audit Chamber created a website, which is a modern
reliable source of information on the activities of the chamber.
Gagik Voskanian said formerly the chamber audited 20 percent of budget
outlays. This year there has been significant progress and at present
60 percent of budget outlays and 45 percent of receipts are
audited. Afterwards Chair Gagik Voskanian discussed the privatization
and loan policies of Armenia and the functions of the Audit Chamber of
Armenia with Arpat Avanessian, Chair of the Social Committee, Arayik
Harutiunian, Chair of the Committee of Finance, Budget and Economic
Management, Rudolf Martirossian, Chair of the Committee of Defense,
Security and Law Enforcement, and Edward Barseghian, Chair of the
Audit Chamber of the NKR National Assembly. After the talk the chairs
of the Audit Chambers signed the partnership agreement. During the
news conference that followed Gagik Voskanian touched upon the status
of the Armenian Audit Chamber and emphasized the importance of
adopting a new law, adding that the legislative changes in NKR are
planned at the end of this year. He stressed the importance of renewed
legislation and urged the chambers to make efforts in this
direction. Edward Barseghian, Chair of the Audit Chamber of the NKR
National Assembly, said formerly the two chambers cooperated, the
agreement just provides a legal basis for it. “Cooperative audit means
exchange of experience, in other words, a big school for both our
chamber officers and person who are somehow involved in audit
inspection,” said Edward Barseghian.
NVARD SOGHOMONIAN.
09-06-2006

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DALLAKYAN’S OFFER WILL BE DISCUSSED ON MONDAY
[07:32 pm] 09 June, 2006
«If in a normal country someone like Spartak Eghiazaryan came from
Oshakan and made announcements about electoral fabrications, there
would be a political scandal, a Parliamentary ed-hoc committee would
be created in order to investigate the issue and all the Presidents of
the electoral committees would be summoned to court», secretary of
«Justice» faction Viktor Dallakyan announced during the session
of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs.
Today he represented two legislative initiatives in the Parliament –
«About the creation of a NA ad-hoc committee in order to
investigate the fabrications during the 2003 elections in Armenia»
and «About the creation of a NA ad-hoc committee in order to
investigate the fabrications during the 2006 constitutional referendum
in Armenia».
According to Dallakyan, if the authors of electoral fabrications are
punished, that will prevent the repetition of similar cases. Besides,
Viktor Dallakyan reminded the members of the Committee that the PACE
had offered to investigate the fabrications during the referendum,
«that is to say, it suggested that an ad-hoc committee be
created».
12 members of the Committee participated in the session. Prior to the
voting the representative of the United Labor Party left the
session. Five of the 11 members voted for the legislative initiative
by Viktor Dallakyan, and six voted against. And as far as the votes of
the absolute majority of the Committee are needed in order to adopt a
decision, the offers by Viktor Dallakyan will be discussed during the
plenary session on Monday in order to be included in the agenda.

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CHECHELASHVILI VISITS ARMENIA
[05:59 pm] 09 June, 2006
RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan received Georgian deputy Foreign
Minister Valeri Chechelashvili who is in Armenia on official duty.
Expressing their content with the dynamic development of the
Armenian-Georgian relations the sides discussed a wide range of issues
of mutual interest.
They confirmed the dates of the official visit of the RA Foreign
Minister to Tbilisi (June 27-28) as well as referred to the agenda of
the visit.
The same day the Georgian deputy Foreign Minister was received by RA
deputy Foreign Minister Gegham Gharibjanyan. The sides discussed the
issues included in the agenda of the relations of the countries. A
reference was made to the realization of the plans meant to improve
the social-economic situation in Samtskhe-Javakhq.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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TOROSYAN MEETS THE AGO GROUP
[07:59 pm] 09 June, 2006
On June 9 RA NA President Tigran Torosyan received the Ago group of
the CE Ministers’ Committee, with the resident representative of
Germany in the CE, Roland Vegener. Boyana Urumova, the special envoy
of the CE Secretary General, and Christian Ter-Stepanyan, the RA
resident representative in the CE also participated in the meeting.
During the meeting issues about the commitments of Armenia in the CE
were discussed. Mentioning that the cooperation enters the most
important phase, NA President Tigran Torosyan voiced confidence that
in October of the coming year we will be able to speak about the end
of the monitoring phase.
Mr. Vegener voiced hope that the work of the group will remain as
efficient as it has always been. He referred to the reforms of the
Electoral Code finding the remarks of the Venice Commission and the
organization of democratic elections in Armenia extremely important.
During the meeting issues about the Nagorno Karabakh conflict were
also discussed. Mr. Torosyan found the atmosphere in both countries
important and mentioned that it is the only thing which will make the
settlement of the conflict possible. He mentioned that the Azeri Mass
Media do not contribute to the creation of favorable conditions with
their militant announcements which causes concern. He added that the
PACE too has much to do in this respect.

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RA PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE IS CONTENT WITH ITS WORK
[08:13 pm] 09 June, 2006
In the previous report of the US State Department about the victims of
human trafficking in Armenia several officers of the RA Prosecutor’s
office were accused of cooperation with those engaged in
trafficking. A special group comprising of the workers of the Foreign
Ministry, the NA and the National Security Administration was created
in order to investigate the matter.
Investigator of the RA Prosecutor’s office Aristakes Yeremyan was
accused of taking bribe from a woman engaged in human trafficking in
the United Arab Emirates. According to the Attorney General, they not
only failed to confirm the accusation but also revealed several other
criminals with his help.
`If we pay attention to the report of the current year of the US State
Department, they were milder about the trafficking issues. This year
more cases have been revealed. Thanks to the amendments to the
Criminal Code, trafficking is considered a criminal case now’,
Mr. Hovsepyan said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

PRESS RELEASE
Diocese of the Armenian Church of Australia & New Zealand
10 Macquarie Street
Chatswood NSW 2067
AUSTRALIA
Contact: Laura Artinian
Tel: (02) 9419-8056
Fax: (02) 9904-8446
Email: [email protected]
10 June 2006
PASTORAL VISIT TO AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
Each year the Armenian community of Auckland, New Zealand eagerly awaits the
pastoral visit of His Eminence Archbishop Aghan Baliozian, Primate of the
Diocese of the Armenian Church of Australia and New Zealand. It is this
special occasion that brings together the 100 or so Armenians to rekindle
fellowship and the Armenian spirit in this remote part of the world.
The Primate arrived in Auckland on Friday, 2nd June and met with community
members both young and old at a warm gathering typical of Armenian
hospitality. On Saturday, the Archbishop was accompanied to the local
cemetery by community members where he blessed graves and held a requiem
service for the souls of the dearly departed both interred in Auckland and
overseas. The same evening an official dinner was held in honour of
Archbishop Baliozian.
On Sunday, Holy Mass was celebrated by His Eminence at St Peter’s Anglican
Church in Takapuna. The sermon was devoted to the occasion of Pentecost, 50
days after the glorious Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. At
Pentecost, what seemed like tongues of fire came to rest on the faithful
congregated in the upper room. All were filled with the Holy Spirit and were
comforted. And so it was with the close-knit Armenian congregation of
Auckland this Sunday, who received spiritual comfort and nourishment by
partaking in the Divine Liturgy of their mother language and the day’s
sermon.
Following the church service, as is customary, the congregation gathered
together for supper. The Archbishop took the opportunity to speak to the
youth of which there were about 20 aged 10 to 25 years.
Throughout the course of his four days in Auckland, Archbishop Baliozian
visited the sick and elderly as well as other members of the Armenian
community. Monday evening saw the conclusion of the pastoral visit with a
farewell party before his safe passage home to Sydney early Tuesday morning.
For information on the Armenian Community of Auckland email Mr Ara
Ovanessoff Chairman of the Armenian Society of New Zealand at
[email protected] or the Diocesan Office at [email protected] .

PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version:
HIS HOLINESS MEETS WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
COPTIC AND SYRIAN CHURCHES
The meeting of representatives from the Coptic Church, Syrian Church and
the Catholicosate of Cilicia was recently convened in the Catholicosate’s
Antelias headquarters. Archbishop Sebouh Sarkisian (Primate of the Diocese
of Tehran) and Bishop Nareg Alemezian (Ecumenical Officer) represent the
Catholicosate in the meeting.
The committee of representatives has been formed by the religious leaders
of the three churches, His Holiness Zakka I, His Holiness Pope Shnouda III
and His Holiness Aram I, nine years ago with the aim of strengthening
cooperation between the churches.
Meeting with the committee’s representatives, the Catholicos stressed the
importance of strengthening the internal unity and cooperation between the
Oriental Orthodox (Non- Chalcedonic) churches. In this context, His Holiness
made several comments related to ecumenical and inter-church relations. The
guests were then invited to lunch with the Pontiff.
The committee’s sessions concluded on June 3.
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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the Ecumenical
activities of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of
the Catholicosate, The Cilician Catholicosate, the
administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.