JUSTICE MINISTER DAVID HAROUTIUNIAN INTENDS TO PARTICIPATE IN 2007 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
Noyan Tapan
Jul 6 2006
YEREVAN, JULY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Justice Minister David Haroutiunian
is going to take part in the 2007 parliamentary elections and does
not intend to take part in the 2008 presidential elections. The
non-partisan Minister declared this to journalists on July 6 at the
parliament without disclosing with what political force he is going to
take part in the elections. The Minister “at least for the present does
not intend to create a party.” He also does not exclude his joining
any party or remaining non-partisan. “I have been always engaged in
politics and will continue to,” D.Haroutunian assured. According to
him, this is conditioned by a number of unsolved problems, both in the
justice and educational spheres the Minister intends to complete. The
last developments in the country prompt to him that “no non-partisan
MPs or those presening the policy of any party non-precisely should
exist any longer.” He assured that if he continues to be engaged in
politics, it is unequivocal that he will express the viewpoint of
some party.
In response to journalists’ question, the Minister highly appreciated
the professionalism of his Spokesperson Ara Saghatelian having
resigned lately mentioning that the latter “was a good employee”
and he was pleased with Saghatelian’s work.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ARTURS READY TO TESTIFY, SAYS LAWYER
Story By Mugumo Munene And Lucas Barasa
The Nation, Kenya
July 6 2006
The two Armenians who were deported to Dubai after causing a commotion
at Kenya’s main airport are ready to return to the country to testify
before the Kiruki commission.
However lawyer Oscar Avedi, who appeared before the commission to
state the case of the suspect brothers, was turned away after he
failed to vouch for his clients’ shadowy identity.
In a twist of events, Mr Avedi, who was standing in for lawyer Gibson
Morara in representing the two, admitted that he did not know the
true identity of his clients.
And yesterday it turned out that the Armenians were casually issued
with the security passes, which would allow them access to the aircraft
parking lots (apron) and all lounges in all airports.
The passes were given following verbal instructions given over the
telephone to the issuing officer, Mr Edward Mutai, who is the ninth
witness to appear before the commission.
A stunned assisting counsel Ms Dorcas Oduor asked Mr Mutai: “Do you
realise that you gave a pass to two people to access to aprons and
lounges in all our airports without anything? You don’t know them,
you don’t even know what they were going to do. Think of the known
and unknown that could have happened if they continued to hold these
passes.”
Last week, it emerged that the Government had received two official
communications from Interpol Armenia, which branded the two brothers
as impostors.
The communications, one in March and the other in April, stated that
neither Artur Margaryan, the tall bearded one nor Artur Sargsyan,
the shorter one who always wore dark spectacles, were related to the
Armenian prime minister as they had publicly claimed.
Their identity was muddled further after it turned out that they
had used different names to acquire Kenyan passports, which had been
stolen blank from the Immigrations department in May.
Mr Margaryan and his bodyguard, Mr Julius T. Lucas, were issued with
passes on February 10, while Ms Sharfina Alarakiya and Mr Sargasyan
Arman (Artur Sargsyan) were given the documents on June 8.
Yesterday, Mr Mutai admitted that regulations were flouted, as the
true identity of the Armenians was never sought before the passes
were issued.
For a Kenyan to be issued with such a pass, they would require a
certificate of good conduct from the director of CID. They would also
require finger and palm prints in addition to detailed information
given in the prescribed forms.
Additionally, the employer is required to fill a separate form stating
their business at the airport and vouching for their employer’s worth
of trust.
Foreigners are required to be introduced to KAA through Foreign
Affairs ministry.
None of the rules was followed when the Armenians were issued with
the documents. Neither did the Government officials take issue with
the scant details provided in the application forms. Instead, they
simply walked off with their passes and application forms within
minutes. The forms cannot be traced.
Following is the exchange between commission chairman Shedrack Kiruki
and Mr Avedi over the identity of the two brothers.
Avedi: My lords, I’m Oscar Avedi, and I’m here on behalf of Gibson
Morara advocate, who is unwell and asked me to appear before you
today for purposes of representing the Artur brothers.
Kiruki: Mr Avedi, can you tell us exactly whom you want to represent.
Avedi: Artur Margaryan and and Artur Sargsyan.
Kiruki: We are told that those people have never been to Kenya. Can
you tell us who your clients are?
Avedi: They are willing to come and testify and we will be making an
application for them to come and testify.
Kiruki: We have been told that Arturs have never been to our country.
Avedi: Those are the people who are being mentioned and they are the
ones I’m representing right now as we speak.
Kiruki: What if it turns out that they are not the people you are
representing?
Avedi: Then it will turn out that the inquiry is here investigating
other people and not the two brothers.
Kiruki: We have been told that the Arturs are in Armenia and have
never been here.
Avedi: True, but the inquiry is investigating the Artur brothers and
that is why we are here.
Kiruki: You are coming to represent who yourself?
Avedi: I’m holding brief for Gibson Morara, who has been instructed to
come on record for the two brothers Artur Margaryan and Artur Sargsyan.
Kiruki: Mr Avedi can you go and find out exactly who you want to
represent because those people have never been to our country. Find
out from the person you are holding brief for, on whose behalf you
are appearing.
Avedi: Yes. On a point of clarification, I believe the commission of
inquiry is looking into the conduct of the two brothers.
Isaack: Maybe, what the chairman wanted to find out from you is this;
your clients have been holding themselves out as Artur Margaryan and
Artur Sargsyan here, but do you know their real names.
Avedi: I do not know their real names. Maybe at the end of the inquiry
we will know who they really are.
Kiruki: How can you represent someone whose real name you don’t know?
Avedi: They have called themselves the Artur brothers.
Kiruki: That is why we are asking you to find out who is involved.
The inquiry covers more than that. It’s not only the names that
were thrown around. When you come here, tell us who you are going to
appear for.
Avedi: I’m appearing for people who are the subject of the inquiry.
At the end of it, we will get to know who they really are.
Kiruki: We have evidence that the people who are mentioned have
never stepped in our country. We’d like to know who you are going
to represent.
Avedi: At the end of it, we will know who they are. They are willing
to come and testify and we will ask them; who are you?
Kiruki: Would it be too much to ask your friend?
Avedi: No, I can do that. But for clarification, is leave being
granted?
Kiruki: We can’t grant you permission to represent someone you
don’t know.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

4 YEAR PASS SINCE ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE COMMITTEE FOR WORLD AZERBAIJANIS LIVING ABROAD
Today, Azerbaijan
July 6 2006
On Wednesday 4 year pass since establishment of State Committee for
World Azerbaijanis Living Abroad (SCWALA).
The associates of the Committee have visited the grave of Heydar
Aliyev for this occasion in Honorary Avenue, APA rports.
Committee Chief Nazim Ibrahimov told in his statement to journalists
that that Diaspora work in Azerbaijan is conducted in state level.
According to him, Armenians started to get worried of the active
activities of Azerbaijani Diaspora.
“Today Armenian emissaries visiting different places of the world
call on making their Diaspora organizations active. Our Diaspora
organizations have already gathered around Azerbaijani state and try
to bring our right voice to the world.”
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ARMENIA’S WORLD BOXING CHAMP INSPIRES CHILDREN IN ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES
Source: World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe office (MEERO)
Reuters, UK
July 4 2006
Raging Bull’ Darchinyan Signs Autographs Surrounded By Children
Over 70 children in especially difficult circumstances were treated
to an inspirational surprise visit from Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan,
the Armenian World Boxing Champion by World Vision last week.
‘I admire Vic and watch each and every fight of his on TV. He was
never knocked down and can beat anyone in the world! ‘, said a proud
12-year-old Asatur Hakobyan, as he joined others who crowded around
Vic to take his autograph and have a photo taken with their famous
compatriot.
Asatur and the other children are cared for by the Vardashen No.1
Special Educational Complex in the capital Yerevan and are from
families with no means to support themselves, and children who display
anti-social behaviour or are in especially difficult circumstances.
‘Vic’s visit has had a serious psychological impact on our children.
They feel really privileged that a world champion came to visit them’,
says Larisa Sargsyan, Head of the school.
This is especially important for the children in Vardashen who need
attention and contacts with outside world, especially with people
who can serve as role models for them.
‘I wanted not only to promote healthy lifestyle among the children,
but also help them see perspectives, to show them they can achieve
their goals if they are hardworking and dedicated’, said Vic as he
shared his childhood memories with the children.
He told how ‘an ordinary boy from Lori who just loved to fight’
realised his dream of becoming a world-famous boxer.
Sam Mamikonyan, a cheerful boy of sixteen, held up his huge hands
and boasted: ‘We compared fists and Vic told me I have great physical
potential to be a boxer. I think I’ll start to think seriously about
boxing now’. He was also impressed that Vic was awarded by a rank of
‘Knight of Lori’ for his chivalrous manner in the ring.
Vic presented Vardashen school with a TV set, and promised keep an
eye on the children he got acquainted with.
World Vision provides the children of Vardashen with social and
psychological services, organizes various activities and cultural
events, as well as offers vocational trainings to give them an
opportunity for successful integration into the society after they
graduate.

2006 NANSEN REFUGEE AWARD GOES TO JAPANESE MAN WITH GLOBAL VISION
Reuters, UK
July 4 2006
GENEVA, July 4 (UNHCR) – The prestigious Nansen Refugee Award will
go this year to Japanese optometrist Dr. Akio Kanai, who over more
than two decades has improved the quality of life of over 100,000
uprooted people around the world by testing their eyes and providing
them with spectacles.
The Nansen Refugee Award Committee selected Dr. Kanai, chairman and
chief executive officer of Fuji Optical, for his practical commitment
to humanitarian work and dedication to easing the plight of refugees
by improving their eyesight.
The committee found Dr. Kanai had “rendered exceptional service to
the refugee cause” and had made a huge and genuine contribution to
uprooted people in human as well as financial terms. Dr. Kanai’s
company is based in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido.
The annual Nansen Refugee Award is given to individuals or
organizations that have distinguished themselves in work on behalf of
refugees. It includes a US$100,000 grant from Norway and Switzerland
for a refugee-related project of the winner’s choice and is scheduled
to be presented in October during the annual gathering in Geneva of
UNHCR’s governing Executive Committee.
“Tens of thousands of displaced people living in extremely difficult
circumstances have been given a new outlook on life thanks to Dr.
Kanai,” said UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres. “The
gift of sight is precious. Restoring it makes a huge difference in
individual lives, making learning possible for children and adults
and pulling them back from the fringes of marginalisation.”
Dr. Kanai, himself forcibly displaced from the northern Pacific island
of Sakhalin at the end of World War II, started his humanitarian
optometry work in 1983 in Thailand with Indochinese refugees, many
of whom had lost or broken their glasses while fleeing. Many were
undergoing courses ahead of being resettled and needed glasses to
study. Dr. Kanai checked the sight of the refugees and, in doing so,
started a long engagement with refugee work.
He began cooperating with UNHCR in 1984, and has since conducted
more than 24 missions to help uprooted people in Nepal, Thailand,
Azerbaijan and Armenia. He has donated more than 108,200 pairs of
glasses, provided optometry equipment, made cash grants and trained
local medical staff. Fuji Optical is UNHCR’s longest-serving corporate
partner.
Dr. Kanai’s family and his staff are also involved in Fuji Optical’s
Vision Aid missions. Some 70 employees have taken part in the aid
missions, using their holidays to work in refugee camps.
The Nansen Refugee Award, created in 1954, is named after Fridtjof
Nansen, the celebrated Norwegian polar explorer and the world’s first
international refugee official. Previous recipients include Eleanor
Roosevelt, Medecins sans Frontières, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
and Graca Machel.
Last year, the award went to Margarita Barankitse, also known as the
“Angel of Burundi,” in recognition of her work with separated children
whose lives have been devastated by war and the scourge of HIV/AIDS.
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SESSION OF INTERPARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE TO BE HELD IN AUTUMN IN YEREVAN
National Assembly of RA, Armenia
July 4 2006
On July 3 Tigran Torosyan, President of the National Assembly of the
Republic of Armenia received Ashot Ghulyan, President of the National
Assembly of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic.
Mr. Ghulyan told the NA President about meetings with representatives
of the USA President Staff, Congress, Armenian community and analytical
centers during his visit to the USA, which were of mutual effective
and useful character.
The RA NA President Tigran Torosyan informed the NKR NA President
about the debates at PACE summer session in Strasbourg, referring to
the debates on the issue of prevention of forest fires, which the
Azeris’ delegation was trying to turn into regular speculation. He
talked about the upcoming visiting session of PACE Subcommittee
on Nagorno-Karabakh in Karabakh, and also about envisioned visit
of Leo Platvoet, Rapporteur on Missing People in Armenia, Georgia,
Azerbaijan of PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population.
It was mentioned that though in debates of the report on independence
referendum in Montenegro speakers tried to abstain from comparisons
with other countries, it was evident that the use of the right to
self-determination is becoming more and more acceptable for PACE MPs.
Mr. Torosyan mentioned also that during the debates of the report on
countries that didn’t ratify the Convention on Human Rights to Abolish
the Death Penalty it was reported that the death penalty is cancelled
in Nagorno-Karabakh, in contrast with other conflicting regions.
During the meeting the issues of the works of the RA NA and NKR NA
Interparliamentary session were touched upon. The regular session of
the Committee will be held in autumn in Yerevan.

CAMPAIGN AGAINST IMPORT TURKISH GOODS SET UP IN ARMENIA
Author: A.Alasgarov
TREND Information, Azerbaijan
July 4 2006
A campaign against the Turkish foodstuff as trough dangerous for
human health has been set up in Armenia, while Turkey is willfully
trying to hurt Armenian’ health.
The Armenian Trade Ministry jointly with the Society on Protection
of Consumer Rights in the country banned the sale of some products
imported from Turkey, the Turkish media reports. They set a ban on
delivery of food to Armenia, in particular, the realization of fruit
juices, chocolates, and chewing gums, supplied through Georgia.
In particular, trey report on revealing of anti-human bacteria in
“Zoko’ chocolates.
The Turkish commentators note that on the one hand Armenia calls on
Turkey to opening of borders and development of economic relationships,
while on the other hand bans import of Turkish goods.

NEW USA AMBASSADOR MENTIONS NECESSITY OF PARTLY RESOLVING NK CONFLICT
Author: E.Huseynov
TREND Information, Azerbaijan
July 4 2006
Azerbaijan plays an important role in the liquidation of the global
energy security threats, the new USA ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne
Derse told on July 3 in Baku, presenting the copy of the credential
to Azeri foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
The new ambassador highly assessed the important role of Azerbaijan in
realization of global energy projects. She mentioned the importance of
the cooperation between the USA and Azerbaijan in different sectors
of economy, as well as development of the oil sector in the country,
agriculture, information technologies and agro business. Speaking
about the joint fight with the international terrorism, the diplomat
stressed the necessity of expanding the cooperation in the sphere of
security. Touching on Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
Anne Derse mentioned the need of partly resolving the conflict, release
of Azerbaijan’s occupied territories and returning of refugees and
internally displaces persons to Nagorno-Karabakh.
Mammadyarov congratulated the ambassador on new position and wished
successes. He stressed the importance of the cooperation with the
Euro-Atlantic structures which hold reforms in political, economic
and humanitarian spheres.

BRITISH REPORTER BARRED ENTRY TO RUSSIA
By Oliver Bullough
St.Petersburg Times, Russia
July 4 2006
MOSCOW – Russia has refused a visa to a British journalist well-known
for his coverage of Chechnya and the turbulent Caucasus, citing the
needs of “state security”.
Thomas de Waal, who has previously worked in Moscow for the
English-language Moscow Times, the St. Petersburg Times, the BBC and
the Times, said on Monday he had been due to attend the presentation
of a Russian version of his book on the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
But the Federal Migration Service refused him a visa.
The service was not available for comment on Monday but in its letter
refusing the application it cited a 1996 law that says a visa can be
refused “in the aims of securing state security.”
De Waal said he had cooperated with Russian officials in the past
on Nagorno-Karabakh, a South Caucasus region officially part of
Azerbaijan but ruled by Armenians, and did not believe they would
bar him for his views on the conflict.
“This clearly has to be because of the other main thing that I write
about, which is Chechnya,” de Waal, 39, told Reuters by telephone
from London.
Russian officials have been sensitive about Western criticism of the
war in Chechnya, where they have struggled to crush separatism for
more than a decade, and local journalists have been prosecuted for
sympathising with the rebels.
President Vladimir Putin in 2002 said a foreign journalist critical of
Russia’s policy in the region should become a Muslim and be circumcised
“in such a way that nothing grows back.”
Russia barred U.S. channel ABC news from Russia after it ran an
interview with Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev.
Press freedom groups say that Russia tries to intimidate journalists
into only reporting the Kremlin view on Chechnya.
A Russian journalist in February was convicted of provoking racial
hatred after he printed articles by rebel leaders.
De Waal is best known in Russia for appearing as an expert witness for
the defense at the extradition trial of rebel leader Akhmed Zakayev
in London. He said that his involvement in the trial could be behind
his failure to get a visa.
The British court in 2003 declined to extradite Zakayev, giving him
political asylum instead – a move that infuriated Moscow, which calls
Zakayev a terrorist.
“It is possible that the wheels turn rather slowly, or that this is
a cumulative account of things I have done over the last 10 years,”
de Waal said. He last visited Russia in January 2005.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER RESEIVES ANNE DERSE
Today, Azerbaijan
July 4 2006
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received US new Ambassador to
Azerbaijan Anne Derse.
As APA reports, Mr.Mammadyarov stressed the new ambassador starts
her mission in a period that is important for our states.
The Minister said President Ilham Aliyev’s recent visit to the
United States gave a great gift to the development of cooperation
between the two states adding the ceremony of inauguration of the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline will be take place soon and wider
prospects for much closer cooperation between the US and Azerbaijan
will be established.
Mammadyarov said integration into EuroAtlantic structures is one of
the priorities for Azerbaijan.
Touching on the negotiating process for the settlement of the
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, the Azerbaijani Minister stressed the
importance of solving the conflict through stages and liberating the
occupied territories and providing resettlement of the internally
displaced persons before the determination of the future status of
the Nagorno Karabakh.
The newly appointed ambassador pointed out Azerbaijan’s important
role in countering threats to global energy security. She welcomed
Azerbaijan becoming regional power center and its role as key
participant of significant regional energy projects.
Ms.Derse also appreciated Azerbaijan’s participation in fighting
against international terrorism and thanked for the support given in
Iraq and Afghanistan.
In the end, the Minister received the copy of the Ambassador’s
credentials and wished success in her activity.
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