COMMODITY PRODUCTION IN SYUNIK UP 4.1 PERCENT
ArmenPress
Dec 7 2004
KAPAN, DECEMBER 7, ARMENPRESS: Authorities in the southern province
of Syunik said commodity production there grew 4.1 percent in the
first nine months of this year against the same period last year,
which, in terms of money, made around 58 billion Armenian drams. Like
previous years, the biggest contribution, around 90 percent, was made
by the province’s mining industry.
The share of electricity production in the reported period of time
was 5.5 percent. Overall 1.3 billion kilowatt/hours electricity was
generated there in nine months which was 1.2 percent less than during
the same time span last year. The province accounts in general for
25 percent of electricity production and 66 percent of electricity
generated by hydro power stations. Along with this the industrial
capacity of dozens of local enterprises remains idle.
According to another news from the region, the overall number
of employed people as of October 1, 2004 was 50,000, by 1,000
more than last year. The number of unemployed, according to local
employment centers, was 13,000. Almost half of them were in Kapan,
the administrative capital of the province, the lowest rate of
unemployment, 3 percent, was in Meghri.

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PRESS RELEASE
Statement by H. E. Mr. Vartan Oskanian Minister of FA of Armenia
12th Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council
6-7 December 2004, Sofia, Bulgaria — Allow me first to express the
appreciation of my Government to Bulgaria for its generous hosting
of this 12th Ministerial Council. Our delegation would like equally
to extend its appreciation for the Chairmanship-in-Office in 2004,
both to Minister Solomon Passy and his team at the MFA in Sofia, and
to the very able and dedicated Mission in Vienna, who had the burden
and the challenge of dealing on a daily basis with 54 delegations.
We also wish to welcome Mongolia to this organization which is as
inclusive and broad-reaching as any in today’s world.
On the threshold of the 30th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act
and the 10th year of the OSCE as an organization, we are compelled
to look back, evaluate the present and reflect on the future.
We should all recognize how well the Helsinki Final Act has endured as
a foundation of European security through three decades of momentous
changes. The political landscape of Europe has been redrawn. The
founding principles have demonstrated their continuing relevance and
resilience. Yet, the political arrangements underpinning the political
dynamics within the OSCE are in flux, and lead often to tensions
or paralysis. Within the organization, there are several poles of
power. While Armenia shares values and experiences with all, it cannot
be subsumed as part of any. Instead, we can be allies, partners,
neighbors, friends. The OSCE was conceived as an experiment in a
pluralistic, multilateral, cooperative diplomacy to enshrine security
and stability in a formerly divided Europe. The premise and the
objectives are still valid and need to be continuously reinvigorated.
It is in this light that we see calls for reform. This issue has
been subject to various interpretations, not all of them accurate
or fair. We cannot on the one hand advocate flexibility, and on the
other resist adaptation. The fairest systems are rule based, and should
ensure the equal access of all to decision-making bodies. That is the
essence of consensus, and that is what makes the OSCE effective. There
is much less wrong with our structures than with our practices.
The Government of Armenia given the present context of affairs in the
OSCE proposes and advocates vigorously “Pluralistic Equilibrium” as
a new motto, a goal, an objective and an operational concept. In its
essence it is not a new idea, it is simply a determination to revive
an old ideal. We shall do all we can to achieve this goal, important
to all of us and for the long-term relevance and effectiveness of
the OSCE. We are particularly hopeful that the incoming Slovenian
Chairmanship will spare no effort to realize this “Pluralistic
equilibrium”. We are confident they are up to the task, and more.
We have high hopes for the very useful work of the proposed panel
of eminent persons to take an in-depth and broad view of OSCE at
this moment facing structural challenges. However, we think the
usefulness and the reliability of their work will be enhanced if
they are eminent in their own right, as individuals of distinction,
and not simply country-based appointees.
As to the many decisions we will adopt and endorse at this Sofia
Ministerial, our support goes without saying. May I simply highlight
some as particularly important to us. Terrorism and combating it with
various tools – of course, this is an international priority. The
2004 Action Plan for Promotion of Gender Equality, the FSC package
on better control of arms trafficking. And finally, I congratulate us
all on our work to promote tolerance and fight discrimination without
creating a hierarchy of victims of intolerance.
Mr. Chairman,
This is my 7th ministerial, and each year I hope that next year,
the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will come off our agenda. This year we
had, and I would say we still have, serious prospects for making that
happen. As a result of four meetings between foreign ministers and a
lengthy meeting between presidents in Astana, we had real reasons to
assume that a resolution could be near. But, regrettably, Azerbaijan
raised the issue of so-called Armenian settlements and took this
matter to the UN. Thus, we have been faced with the reality that
Armenia’s willingness to keep the peace process alive has received
a miscalculated and non-constructive response.
It was Azerbaijan’s shortsighted, miscalculated responses of 15 years
ago that brought us to today’s situation. The historical, political,
media records witness how peaceful Armenian claims for freedom and
self-determination were met by armed aggression. Armenians defended
themselves, just as international forces defended others in similar
situations around the world. Each of Azerbaijan’s red-flag issues:
refugees, territories, settlements – are a result of the military
conflict that they created.
Don’t take my word for it. A group of Council of Europe
parliamentarians, as neutral observers, were present in Nagorno
Karabakh during the eruption of military activities. The following
is part of what they cited in 1992.
“Recent Azeri offensives into Nagorno-Karabakh have resulted in
entire villages being destroyed, with civilians massacred and
children raped. The clear superiority of the Azeri forces in terms
of manpower, arms and equipment, supplies of fuel and food, missile
launching and aerial bombing capabilities compared with those of
Nagorno-Karabakh means that it can only be a matter of weeks – if not
sooner – before the enclave is overrun. Without any evidence of date,
the fear of genocide and/or expulsion that would follow is entirely
understandable.”
The result of Azerbaijan’s military response and Armenians’
fierce determination to survive was hundreds of thousands of
refugees. Unlike my colleague, I will tell you that those refugees are
on both sides. There are indeed more than half a million Azerbaijani
refugees. But Mr. Chairman, there are nearly half a million Armenian
refugees from distant cities like the Azerbaijani capital, as well
as from the immediate conflict zone.
Those are the refugees – all waiting for a resolution.
As to settlements, we’ve repeatedly said there is no state settlements
policy in either Armenia or Nagorno Karabakh. But there is in
Azerbaijan. By presidential decree, the Azerbaijani State Committee
on Refugees and IDPs was instructed to organize the settlement of
refugees in the formerly completely-Armenian populated regions of
Shahumian and Getashen, as well as Northern Martakert which is part
of Nagorno Karabakh and occupied by Azerbaijan. By the same decree
the State Oil Fund allocated about $18 million to resettle Azeris
there. Yet the former Armenian residents of those regions are in and
around the conflict zone, waiting for a resolution so that they can
return to their homes.
A UN report just last month recommended that Azerbaijan take corrective
measures to ensure that Armenians whose properties are illegally
occupied by refugees and internally displaced persons be offered
alternative accommodation.
This is the state of refugees and settlements. In other words, there
is no new humanitarian crisis. There is the same difficult situation
for both sides, which should not be exploited, but instead, should
be addressed as part of the hard process before us. Despite these
diversionary tactics, this process today still holds promise. We
remain fully committed to the Minsk process as carried out by the
three Co-Chairmen and we assume a similar and reciprocal commitment
by Azerbaijan.
This conflict between the people of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan
will be concluded when Azerbaijan shares our vision for a real
peace. Our vision of a peaceful region is strategic. This vision
should not be endangered by clever moves and countermoves. This will
only succeed in handicapping or postponing serious negotiations.
Thank you.

“AS MUCH AS YOU AND OTHERS MAY DENY, ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IS FACT OF HISTORY,”
CATHOLICOS ARAM I SAYS IN RESPONSE TO ERDOGAN’S REMARKS
ANTELIAS, LEBANON, 7 December (Noyan Tapan). The Prime Minister of
Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, recently inaugurated the first museum in
Turkey to be dedicated to the Armenian people. On this occasion he said
that the museum would refute the accusation that Turkey perpetrated a
genocide against the Armenians. “Instead of looking at facts, people
have distorted history through suppositions and misinformation”,
said Erdogan. He promised to protect the rights of the Armenians
living in Turkey. He said: “As the Prime Minister of this country,
it is my duty to protect the rights of these citizens”. According
to the Press Office of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, in response
to Erdogan’s remarks, His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great
House of Cilicia, said: “Mr. Erdogan, before you speak of so called
“assumptions” and “misinformation”, you should visit the “Cilicia
Museum” of the Catholicosate of Cilicia in Lebanon. At that museum
you would see irrefutable evidence of the genocide perpetrated by
the Turks. The remains of the spiritual and cultural heritage of the
Armenian people rescued from Cilicia speak for themselves. You would
see manuscripts, church vessels, and other articles of spiritual
value, that the Armenians of Adana, Zeytoun, Hajen, Sis, and other
places in Cilicia and Western Armenia saved as they fled the horrors of
massacre. All these precious remains of our spiritual heritage reached
Antelias via Deir Zor. No one who sees these remains would talk of
“assumptons” and “distortion” of facts. They are clear evidence
of Turkish barbarism. Shouldn’t you ask why these are currently
in Antelias? Are they there by coincidence? Moreover, Mr. Prime
Minister, before speaking of “falsification” and “misinformation”,
you should also visit the relics of our martyrs that lie in a monument
not far from the Museum. Perhaps you would ask yourself, where did
these human remains come from? History is based on clear facts and
not assumptions. As much as you and others may deny, the Armenian
Genocide is a fact of history. Mr. Erdogan, you consider it your duty
to protect “the rights of the Armenians living in Turkey”. However, as
Prime Minister, shouldn’t you admit the guilt of your ancestors, their
well-planned and executed Genocide? You cannot deny your history. Next
year will be the 90th anniversary of the Genocide. Armenian communities
all over the world will demand with one voice the recognition of the
Genocide perpetrated by Turkey and will ask for their Human Rights
thus far denied”, concluded Catholicos Aram I.

“LAST WALTZ” RECOGNIZED BEST PERFORMANCE AT DAMASCUS FESTIVAL
YEREVAN, December 7 (Noyan Tapan). The “Last Waltz” performance of the
“Arion” theatre after Edgar Elbakian was recognized the best staging
at the 12th theatrical festival in Damascus. Armen Elbakian, Head and
Art Director of the theatre, informed about this during the December
7 press conference. He said that Vladimir Msrian, RA People’s Artist,
received a special prize for the best acting in the Fridrich Durenmat’s
play. A.Elbakian said that both the spectators and local press highly
estimated the skill of the Armenian troupe. “Msrian was brilliant,
his skill charmed everybody,” the producer of the performance
mentioned. According to A.Elbakian, Zurel Ramadan, Director of the
festival, mentioned that he has seen the “Paganini” film for several
times and was fascinated with Msrian’s acting. According to the art
director of the theatre, Anna Elbakian’s acting was also perfect. It
was mentioned that the “Last Waltz” was the longest performance
represented at the festival, it lasted 2 hours 10 minutes and it was
played without translation. But spectators understood it very well
and at the end of the performance they expressed their delight with
exclamations “Bravo, Armenia,” “Bravo, Msrian.” It was mentioned that
the “Arion” also played for the Armenian communities of Damascus and
Aleppo upon the initiative of RA Embassy to Syria.

KurdishMedia, UK
Dec 7 2004
11 days before the summit of December 17
… and yet, repression reigns in Turkey
371 years ago, in 1633, Galileo Galilei said: “And yet, it does
move!”
The European governments are preparing the opening of the negotiations
on Turkey’s adhesion by applauding “the process of political reform in
Turkey and the adopted constitutional and legislative changes.” As for
Ankara, it seems sure that “a clear date for launching the negotiations
of adhesion will be announced on December 17, without any condition
and the necessity of revaluation.”
However, in spite of this Turkish-European optimism, the violations
or the non-respect of humans right always continue in this country
candidate to the European Union.
Info-Türk, which has fought for 29 years for a real democratization
in Turkey, will remind the alarming facts until the European Summit
of December 17 the 2004.
1. In Turkish prisons, there are still thousands of political
detainees. Even the Minister for Justice Cemil Cicek, in answer to a
parliamentary question, announced on November 27 that the number of
the prisoners for ” offences of terror” climbs currently to 5,557 and
that they are kept in 73 grand prisons of the country including 11
prisons of type-F. He added that still two other prisons of type-F
are in construction in Van and Kirikkale. These prisons are the
cause of the death of 117 people on hunger strike. The new law on the
execution of punishments, adopted on December 4 by the Parliament,
still maintains this carceral system. The ill-treatment of political
prisoners, particularly in the prisons of type-F continues in spite
of the alarming affidavits of the prisoners or their parents. (See:
the reports of the NGOs such as AI, IHD, TIHV, Mazlum-Der and FIDH
in the issues 316, 315, 314 of Info-Türk in last three months)
2. The summary execution and torture under arrest are always being
practiced. Very recently, 12 years a 12-year old Kurdish child
was killed by forces of security under pretext of “hunting for the
terrorists”. Torturers are not pursued in many cases in spite of
the complaint of the victims or of human rights associations. As
detailed by a report of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV)
on November 25, rare lawsuits started against these criminals do not
lead to an exemplary judgment.
3. As it is often recalled by the press associations, the new Turkish
Penal Code, so applauded by the European Union, always constitutes
a threat against the freedom of press. Journalists are always judged
for insult to the Army, the government or the security forces because
of their criticisms, under the terms of article 302 (old article 159)
of the TPC. For example, an arrest warrant against the chief editor
of Info-Türk, Dogan Özgüden, is still in force within the framework
of a lawsuit relating to one of his articles criticizing the military
junta of the Seventies, and this in spite of the intervention of the
international press organizations and the Belgian ministry of the
Foreign Affairs. December 2, popular singer Ferhat Tunc was again
tried by a penal court for insulting the judiciary. November 26,
journalist Halit Ertas sentenced to eleven months for separatist
propaganda by means of Internet. (See: the reports of the NGOs such
as RSF, IFEX, IPI, NABA, WAN, WPFC, BIA and TGCin the issues 316,
315, 314 of Info-Türk in last three months)
4. In spite of some cosmetic reforms, the equal rights (teaching,
audio-visual expression, association) are still not recognized as well
for the Kurdish people as for the ethnic or religious minorities of the
country, in particular Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks and Alevis. All
the pacific initiatives of the Kurdish national movement in order
to arrive at a peaceful solution is systematically declined and the
military operations continue in order to satisfy the voracity of the
Army and the industry of war.
5. Ankara does not show any intention to recognize the injustices
and atrocities committed in the Turkish history and follows an
absolutely policy of negation. According to the statement of reasons
for Article 306 of the new Turkish Penal Code, a citizen who demands
the withdrawal of Turkish soldiers from Cyprus or declares that the
Armenian genocide actually took place during the First World War,
can be pursued by Justice. Moreover, the diplomatic missions of
Ankara often instigate the Turkish nationals and even the deputies
or candidates of Turkish origin of the European political parties
(Socialists, Liberals, Ecologists or Christians) to take part in the
demonstrations of negation.
6. In spite of the so-called “demilitarization” of the National
Security Council (MGK), the military continue to dictate their
militarist choices by well publicized declarations of the Chief
of the General Staff or the commanders of the land, air and naval
forces. Moreover, the Higher Military Council (YAS), charged to manage
the interne work procedure of the Army, continues to dismiss certain
officers considered “anti-secular” in spite of the opposition of
the government. Moreover, at the end of its last meeting on December
1st, 2004, the YAS released a completely political statement on the
relations with Europe and the neighbor countries. The commentators
estimate that the YAS thus gives the sign that it is rapidly replacing
the “demilitarized” MGK to ensure the military’s control over the
political life of the country.
7. Lastly, an undemocratic constitution preaching the superiority of
the Turkish race, imposed in 1982 by the military junta, is always in
force. Moreover, an electoral system imposing a national threshold
of 10% is always maintained with the detriment of the political
parties representing the different political opinions, in particular
pro-Kurdish or left-wing ones, so that the Islamist party remains
in power with an absolute majority in the Parliament in spite of its
electoral score less than 50%.
So, the European leaders should not yield to Ankara’s manipulations
or blackmails… Even if they are obliged to announce a date for
the opening of the negotiations, this opening must absolutely
be conditioned with the total suppression of all these failures
incompatible with the European Convention of Humans Right and with
the new European Constitution.
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13097.9 MLN TONS OF HUMANITARIAN AID OF 29.8 MLN DOLLARS IMPORTED TO ARMENIA
IN JANUARY-OCTOBER 2004
YEREVAN, December 7 (Noyan Tapan). 13097.9 mln tons of humanitarian
aid of a total of 29.8 mln dollars were imported to Armenia in
January-October 2004. It should be mentioned that 5502.9 tons
of humanitarian aid of 43393.6 thousand dollars were imported to
Armenia during the same period of 2003. According to the RA National
Statistical Service, the products of chemical branch, or industrial
branches connected with it made 32.2% of received aid, tools and
apparatus made 17%, textile items made 21.8%. 5383.9 tons of products
of plant origin worth 2165.1 thousand dollars, 115.6 tons of products
of ready made food worth 396.7 mln drams, 141.7 tons of means of land,
air and water transport worth 5086.5 thousand dollars were imported
to the republic during the period under review.

2 Mosul churches bombed, three people injured
Associated Press Worldstream
December 7, 2004 Tuesday 12:52 PM Eastern Time
MOSUL, Iraq — Militants bombed two churches in Mosul on Tuesday,
injuring three people in a coordinated attack apparently aimed at
stirring trouble between religious groups in this ethnically diverse
northern city.
Police officials and church leaders said gunmen stormed into the
churches and ordered people out of the buildings before detonating
explosives in both.
Deputy provincial governor Khasro Gouran said three people were
wounded in the first church attack, which occurred at 2:30 p.m.
(1130GMT) in eastern Mosul’s Wihda neighborhood. Police officials had
no details on casualties. The religious denomination of the church
was not immediately clear, but it was believed to be Armenian.
An hour later, gunmen stormed the Chaldean Christian church in western
Mosul’s Shefa neighborhood, forcing a handful of people out before
rigging it with explosives and detonating them, according to Father
Ragheed Aziz, of the church. No casualties were reported.
Area residents said several carloads of gunmen surrounded the Chaldean
church before 20 militants stormed the church compound.
U.S. military spokeswoman Capt. Angela Bowman confirmed that one
church had been attacked and set on fire. American soldiers were
dispatched to the investigate the bombings.
Islamic militants have regularly targeted different sectors of Iraq’s
multiethnic population, including the minority Christians, in a bid
to disrupt the U.S.-led reconstruction of the war-scarred country.
Insurgents also launched two other attacks in the city, shooting dead
policeman Jassim Mohammed and firing a rocket-propelled grenade at
the home of police Lt. Col. Nashwan Mohammed, according to police
Capt. Ahmed Khalil.
In August, four churches in Baghdad and one in Mosul were blown up in
a coordinated series of car bombings, killing at least seven people
and wounding dozens more in the first significant strike against
Iraq’s minority Christians since the U.S. invasion began last year.
One person was killed and 11 injured in the August bombing of the
church in Mosul, where a minority Christian community has for long
lived in harmony with the city’s Sunni Arab majority, and many say
they still do. Any hostility toward Christians was mostly kept in
check under the toppled dictator, Saddam Hussein, who didn’t allow
militant Islamists to gain clout.
But Iraq’s community of 750,000 Christians has grown increasingly
anxious at the rise of Islamic fundamentalism since Saddam’s ouster
and hundreds have fled to neighboring Jordan and Syria.
Some of Iraq’s most feared Islamic militant terror networks, such
as the Ansar al-Sunnah Army and al-Qaida in Iraq, have claimed
responsibility for attacks in Mosul, the scene of a recent wave of
violence targeting U.S. and Iraqi forces and Kurds. Senior Muslim
leaders have condemned the violence, trying to quell Christian fears
they were being routed from the country.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Armenian Prelacy of Canada
3401 Olivar Asselin
Montreal, Quebec H4J 1L5
Contact Name: Dania Ohanian
Phone: (514) 856-1200
E-mail: [email protected]
85 People Register as Donors at the Armenian Prelacy of Canada Bone Marrow
Drive
Montreal (Qc)_ 85 donors registered in the Armenian Bone Marrow Project
organized jointly by the Armenian Prelacy of Canada and the Armenian Bone
Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) during the first weekend of December.
The youngest clergy member, Rev. Fr. Karnig Koyounian, Pastor of Sourp Hagop
Armenian Apostolic Cathedral, was one of the first people to provide a
sample of blood for the Bone Marrow Project.
Armenian Prelacy of Canada Executive Council and Armenian Revolutionary
Federation (ARF) Canada Central Committee members also participated in the
drive, as well as school officials and members of the Montreal and Laval
chapters of the ARF Youth Organization Committee of Canada and Homenetmen
Gamk (the scouting and athletic organization).
The Bone Marrow Project is a mission of crucial importance, which was put
into place to ensure that every Armenian (and others) struck with leukemia
or other blood related diseases have the hope of finding a genetically
suitable match for a bone marrow transplant, which often is the only and
final life-saving procedure for the patient.
However, due to the lack of Armenian donors in other registries and due to
the unique genetic make up of Armenians, finding a bone marrow match is more
likely to occur among other Armenians, rendering the ABMDR the greatest hope
for Armenians, particularly since only one match is projected for every 200
donors.
Established in 1999, the ABMDR is an internationally accredited,
independent, non-governmental, non-profit organization and currently has
more than 150 patients in need of a transplant.
Founded by Dr. Frieda Jordan and Dr. Sevak Avagyan, the ABMDR is a member of
the World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA) and the World Marrow Donor
Worldwide (WMDW), and although it shares its database information with other
registries around the world, it still needs as many donors as it can
recruit.
It is not too late to become a donor, for all those interested, please visit
for further information.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

AGREEMENT ON SALE OF ZANGEZUR PLANT TO BE SIGNED AFTER DECEMBER 13
ArmenPress
Dec 7 2004
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 7, ARMENPRESS: Armenian trade and economic
development ministry said the agreement with Germany’s Cronimet on
purchase of 75 percent of shares in Armenia’s Zangezur copper and
molybdenum plant will be signed after December 13. Earlier minister
Karen Chshmaritian said it would be signed by December 5. The ministry
said the agreement is being now finalized. Under the deal the German
company will pay $132 million for 75% of the stock.
Half of the remaining stock (12.5%) will be transferred to Armenian
Molybdenum Production (AMP), set up last year in Yerevan to process
molybdenum; the other 12.5% will go to management company Zangezur
Mining, created recently by the plant’s workforce and administration.
Cronimet has said it is ready to credit AMP and Zangezur Mining to
enable them to acquire their portion of stock. Cronimet owns 48%
of the stock in Yerevan’s Pure Iron, which processes molybdenum
concentrate produced by Zangezur plant.

PR Newswire US
December 7, 2004 Tuesday 02:00 PM GMT
American Red Cross Chapter Translates Its Web Site to Reach the
Growing Immigrant Communities it Serves
NEW YORK Dec. 7
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chapter improve its service to the local Korean, Spanish and Armenian
ethnic communities it serves. BGS translated mission-critical Web
site content related to disaster preparedness. This outreach effort
has received local media coverage and, since publishing the
translated content, the chapter has seen a 20% increase in the number
of visits to its site.
BGS translated the “Together We Prepare” portion of the
Glendale-Crescenta Valley Chapter’s web site, including directions on
how to prepare a home or workplace for disaster and where to go to
donate blood. For any business or governmental agency, translation
into the languages of the ethnic communities that surround it makes
good business sense. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that the number
of immigrants in the United States will increase by more than one
third by the year 2025.
“We have to consider the multi-ethnic nature of America when serving
those in our community who depend on us,” said Irena Efremian,
Assistant Chapter Manager of the Glendale-Crescenta Valley chapter.
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