WON THE WILL

Panorama
12:07 10/10/05

According to the counting committee, the elections of the president of
Armenian Bar had the following results; 227 participants voted ‘for’
Ruben Sahakyan, and 136 ‘for’ Enoq Azaryan. So the next 4 years Ruben
Sahakyan will chair AB.

“Won the will’, this is how the minister of justice Davit Harutiunyan
qualified the elections. His participation in the organization of
the AB assembly the minister commented in such way, “I haven’t had
any interference in the elections, I was here only to implement fair
and organized election”.

The new president of AB Ruben Sahakyan didn’t accept his election with
a great pleasure, and as he noticed, “I must continue to work with
my colleague Enoq Azaryan. It will be really difficult for both of us”.

According to participnats’ opinion AP elections were top level, as
there was no invalid bulletins. Even Ruben Sahakyan was astonished
with the level of organization. “I must take the video record of this
assembly to copy the experience for my future activity. We will try
to pass the next assemblies just this way”, promised the president.

The concept “opposite team” doesn’t exist for R. Sahakyan, “We are
all colleagues”, he stated and added that he took the obligation to
accept the all written suggestions of the attorneys. By the way, the
defeated candidate Enoq Azaryan was not present during the publication
of the results.

JUDGES ARE ‘FOR’ CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS

Panorama
Oct 10 2005

The general assembly of Association of Judges took place on October 10.

There were two questions in the agenda, the first question was the
attitude of the judges toward the constitutional reforms, the second
one, the adoption of the “Judge Manners Code”. In his report the
Head of the Court of Appeal Hovhannes Manoukyan said, “The draft
constitution as juridical document is almost ideal”.

Judges also emphasized that they obviously will support the
establishment of the independent juridical system.

Any how the general assembly said “yes” unanimously to the
constitutional reforms and passed to the second question of the agenda.

26 provisions are included in the code. For example the rule 19 says,
“The judge must not use his juridical authority for his personal
and domestic purposes”. The guaranty of the implementation of the
Code provisions, will be implemented by demand of society from
judges. /Panorama.am/

NO PROBLEM DURING THE FESTIVAL

Panorama
17:41 10/10/05

During the events dedicated to “The Yerevan day” festival nothing
serious has happened. There were no emergency calls.

“Of course, the problems are inevitable, especially when so many
people have gathered together in one place”, said today the head of
the healthcare department of Yerevan city municipality Armen Soghoyan.

On this occasion on October 8 by the mayor’s order there was a ‘open
doors’ day in all policlinics of Yerevan. Overall 5 300 people have
visited the policlinics. According to A. Soghoyan , the number of
visitors comparing with last year, has reduced about 18-20%.

He also noted that the number of births in Yerevan this year
increased 6%, and A. Soghoyan hoped to have 12% growth for the next
year. /Panorama.am/

SCHWARZENEGGER SIGNED RESOLUTION ON ESTABLISHING CALIFORNIAN TRADE OFFICE IN ARMENIA

Pan Armenian
10.10.2005 18:11 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger signed
the resolution adopted by the Senate on establishing a Trade Office
of California in Armenia. The resolution submitted by Senator Jack
Scott allows to accept donations for covering the office expenses.

SERGE SARGSIAN TO MEET WITH RUMSFELD IN WASHINGTON

Noyan Tapan News Agency
Oct 10 2005

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 10, NOYAN TAPAN. At the invitation of the US
Department of Defense, Serge Sargsian, the Minister of Defence of
Armenia will visit Washington late in October where he will meet with
his American partner Donald Rumsfeld.

As Radio Liberty imformed quoting information of the American US
Newswire agency, on October 27, Serge Sargsian will make a speech
in Washington, at the National Press Club. According to the agency,
the Defence Minister of Armenia will touch upon the theme “Armenia:
Security Prospects and Developments in South Caucasus.”

In the United States, Serge Sargsian will have meetings with Donald
Ramsfeld, the US Defense Secretary, and with high-ranking officials
for the US National Security Council. The Defence Minister of Armenia
will visit the US Central Command’s central headquarter in the city
of Tampa, Florida.

Serge Sargsian will also meet in US with Armenian soldiers
participating in trainings at the Kansas National Guards.

CANADIAN OFFICE OF ARMENIA’S IT SECTOR ENTERPRISES ALREADY RECEIVES ORDERS OF OVER $100,000

Noyan Tapan News Agency
Oct 10 2005

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 10, NOYAN TAPAN. An office of Armenia’s information
technologies (IT) enterprises opened last year in Canada and is
operating successfully. Bagrat Engibarian, Director of the Enterprise
Incubator Fund, stated this at the October 10 press conference. 15
agreements on fulfilment of orders of the total amount of over 100
thousand USD were prepared by the Office for 19 Armenian companies,
with 7 agreements already being signed. B. Engibarian said it is
envisaged to open similar offices in the US and a European country,
probably Germany.

CHAIR OF COUNCIL OF EUROPE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS CALLED ARMENIAN PEOPLE TO TAKE PART IN CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM

Pan Armenian
10.10.2005 17:49 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Diogo Freitas do Amaral, Minister for Foreign
Affairs of Portugal and Chairman of the Council of Europe Committee
of Ministers, made the following statement: “After several months of
intense debate, Armenia’s National Assembly has just adopted a number
of constitutional amendments, in line with the country’s commitment
undertaken when joining the Council of Europe. The referendum to be
held on 27 November on this reform will be vital for Armenia. By
turning out to vote during the referendum, the people of Armenia
will indeed be deciding on changes of fundamental importance for
their future. The expertise of the constitutional amendments by the
Council of Europe’s Venice Commission has shown that the reform will
allow the alignment of the Constitution with European standards by
enhancing the independence of the judiciary, providing a more balanced
distribution of power between the executive and the legislative
branches, as well as promoting local democracy and freedom of the
media. I appeal to the sense of responsibility and concern for the
common good of Armenia’s political parties, beyond their differences,
in order to support this reform, which is essential to the country’s
future as a democracy. By participating in the referendum and showing
their attachment to the values of freedom and democracy, the people
of Armenia will show their desire to see Armenia fully assume its
part in the European construction.”

DEPUTY PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ENDORSES PROPOSAL FOR TURKISH-ARMENIAN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION

Armenpress
Oct 10 2005

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 10, ARMENPRESS: Deputy parliament chairman Vahan
Hovhanesian from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation endorsed a
president Robert Kocharian’s proposal to set up a Turkish-Armenian
inter-governmental commission to tackle a broad range of sensitive
issues hurdling the two neighbor nations to normalize their relations,
saying it would be more effective than a commission of historians as
proposed by Turkey.

Speaking on the last day of a NATO-sponsored conference in Yerevan on
Saturday, Hovhanesian blamed Turkish authorities for leaving Armenian
proposal unanswered. Hovhanesian said apart the 1915 genocide of
Armenians the Turkish government has also seized a big part of
the Armenian republic in 1919. He said this was also an issue of
intergovernmental relations. He said the 1919 Turkish aggression was
the main reason behind many other subsequent problems, such as the
Karabakh conflict, the issue of Nakhichevan region, Armenian-Azeri
conflict and Turkish blockade of Armenia.

REFERENDUM ON REFORMS DUE IN ARMENIA

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Oct 11 2005

Baku, October 10, AssA-Irada
A referendum on reforms will be held in Armenia on November 27. The
reforms, which cover increasing the independence of courts, a more
balanced division of responsibilities between the executive and
legislative bodies and ensuring democracy and freedom of media,
will help bring the country’s Constitution to European standards,
said Portuguese foreign minister and chairman of the Council of Europe
ministerial committee Diogo Freitas do Amaral.

Amaral called for supporting these reforms, saying that the Armenian
people will prove that their country is a part of European family by
showing their adherence to democratic values.*

OSCE Monitoring To Be Held At Karabakh And Azeri Contact Line

Pan Armenian
10.10.2005 18:35 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ October 11 a recurrent OSCE monitoring will be held
at the contact line of the Azeri and Karabakh armed forces. According
to a report of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, the monitoring will
be conducted in accord with the mandate of the Personal Representative
of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, whose field assistants Imre Palatunis,
Miroslav Vimetal, Peter Kii and representative of high rank working
group David Prenderhast will hold the monitoring from the Azeri
side. Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office,
Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzuk and his field assistants Alexander
Samarsky, Harry Eronen and the head of the high rank working group
will conduct the monitoring from the Karabakh side, IA Regnum reported.