NA NOVEMBER MEETING
Azat Artsakh – Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR)
05 Nov 04
The speaker of the National Assembly held a consultation during which
the agenda of the November meeting was discussed. It was decided to
include the Electoral Code and the bill `On Tourism’ for the second
reading. Besides, during the parliament meeting which will most
probably take place on November 24, changes will be made in the laws
`On Purchases’, `On Refugees’. The bills `On the Ombudsman’ and `On
Insurance’, as well as budget implementation of the 9 months of 2004
may also be discussed. NA speaker Oleg Yessayan mentioned that this
year the members of parliament must extend their suggestions on the
budget bill to the government beforehand. Oleg Yessayan noticed that
the parliament receives a lot of letters from individual electors,
organizations on questions concerning the budget. He asked not to
neglect those letters. The chairman of the Inspection Chamber Arkady
Soghomonian was also present at the consultation, and Oleg Yessayan
asked him to present a brief report on the work done by this
institution in a year, as well as the faults detected during
monitoring. The speaker of the National Assembly promised to publish
the documents if these are confirmed by the parliament. During the
consultation it was mentioned that the December meeting will discuss
the budget. Perhaps this year the budget will be adopted on time
because the amount of the interstate loan is already known. The
November meeting will discuss the question of granting tax privileges
to the companies of the capital `Sanmakrum’ and `Artsakhautotrans’.
AA.
05-11-2004

ITAR-TASS, Russia
Nov. 5, 2004
NATO not to create bases in Azerbaijan

BAKU, November 5 (Itar-Tass) – NATO will not participate directly in
the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, NATO Secretary-General
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said at a press conference here, ending his visit
to Azerbaijan. He stressed that it is the OSCE Minsk Group for
Nagorno-Karabakh, which is handling the problem and trying to find an
effective way of settling it.
According to Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, at present NATO cannot make a
contribution to the settlement of the conflict, but it is going to
support any efforts aimed at establishing peace.
He stressed that the NATO countries respected the territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan, and added that he would welcome the early settlement of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which has brought a lot of suffering to
people.
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer described his visit to Azerbaijan as extremely
useful. According to his information, he had a long tete-a-tete meeting
with Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev.
He said he had met as well members of the commission working on the
plan of individual cooperation between Azerbaijan and NATO, which, in
his opinion, is a major step forward on the way of the development of
NATO-Azerbaijan cooperation. The work on the plan will be continued
both in Azerbaijan and in the NATO headquarters, with a view to giving
a final touch to the document.
Scheffer said he had discussed with Azerbaijani officials ways of
developing cooperation in various spheres, ranging from the Silk Way
project to cooperation in the sphere of science and ecology. He is
positive the foundation for closer cooperation between Azerbaijan and
NATO has been created already.
Responding to questions of journalists, Scheffer said that NATO was not
planning to create military bases on the territory of Azerbaijan.
Commenting on a possibility of the financing by NATO of military
reforms in Azerbaijan, Scheffer said NATO could not do that. `NATO
renders assistance to military reforms within the framework of the
Partnership For Peace programme,’ he said.
After the press conference was over, the NATO Secretary-General left
for Yerevan.

The Messenger, Georgia
Nov. 5, 2004
Great Britain’s MPs show interest in Karabakh
According to the Karabakh newspaper Azat Artsakh, a delegation of
British members of parliament headed by the MP Gordon Marsden recently
visited Karabakh. A total of 5 MPs, including the vice-speaker of the
House of Lords, baroness Caroline Cox, made up the delegation. The
British MPs met with the president of Karabakh, speaker of the region’s
National Assemble and NGO representatives.
Marsden told journalists before leaving the region that they will
evaluate the achievements of Karabakh and will provide assistance to
local citizens, “who have been forced to suffer from the lots of
terrible events in recent years.” He also noted that interesting issues
connected with the issue of how Great Britain can help Karabakh in the
future were also discussed during the meetings.
Asked what result were achieved, Mardsen said that the group will
present its own observations to the governments of Great Britain and
the European Union, which will then decide how they can assist
Karabakh. The head of the delegation highlighted the group’s meetings
with the NGOs, particularly with women’s organizations. “We have
already received lots of new information. More new information can be
gained from face-to-face meetings than from books and official
information,” he said as quoted by the paper.
The paper also writes that “one thing is clear, that interest toward
Karabakh has increased, especially from the side of Great Britain.”
According to the paper, it was specifically British organizations that
entered into an international consortium set up to assist finding ways
for the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. Several projects have
already been implemented in Karabakh within the framework of this
consortium. However, the paper writes, “time will show whether it is
possible to assess the interest of Great Britain toward Karabakh as a
positive event.”

A1 Plus | 19:00:17 | 05-11-2004 | Official |
KARLOS PETROSYAN DISMISSED
President Kocharyan signed an order relieving the government-affiliated
National Security Service Chief Karlos Petrosyan from duty. Kocharyan
gave the order grounding on Petrossyan’s request.
From: Baghdasarian

NKR IS ABLE TO EXPORT WATER
STEPANAKERT, November 4 (Noyan Tapan). At present the NKR water
resources give a possibility of exporting them to the Republic of
Azerbaijan, which will be profitable for the republic from both
economic and political viewpoints. The experts of NKR President’s
Staff hold this opinion. In their affirmation, NKR has a great store
of potable water, it even has a surplus store. According to their
calculations, the average annual flow of Artsakh’s main river reaches
10.3b cubic meters and stores of water subject to export make 1.5b
cubic meters a year. 17.8 thousand cubic meters of water falls per
capita here.
According to the same source, Azerbaijan is the last among South
Caucasian countries in terms of water resources per capita. Need of
water in the agricultural sphere makes 3.7b cubic meters and during
years of drought 4.74b cubic meters in this country.

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Subject: Gibrahayer. 3 November 2004 Nicosia
GIBRAHAYER
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PAREKORDZAKAN RELEASE DETAILS OF MELKONIAN CLOSURE
Gibrahayer. 3 November 2004: During the week The Melkonian Cyprus Alumni
is organising a fund-raiser to fight the closure of Melkonian, the AGBU
– through its representative in Cyprus Gordon Anderson – announced the
details of the closure of the school in June 2005.
In a two page circular released this week the following was
announced:
1.- AGBU has signed an agreement with the American Academy in Nicosia to
accept all students currently enrolled in Melkonian beginning in the
Fall of 2005.
2.- During the 2005-06 and 2006-2007 school years AGBU will provide
boarding facilities on the MEI campus for the students currently living
in the MEI dormitories who enroll in the American Academy free of charge
and who do not have parents residing in Nicosia. Bussing from the MEI to
the AA will also be provided.
3.- Beginning in the Fall of 2006 AGBU will be offering an afternoon
Saturday program that will include Armenian language classes, as well as
history and culture. These classes will be open to all Armenian students
regardless of the school they attend.
On the opposite side of the camp, The Melkonian Cyprus Alumni is
organising a Banquet this coming Sunday, November 7, 2004 at 1 p.m. at
“Christiana” Reception Hall in Alambra. Guest of Honour will be Jack R.
Melkonian, grand-nephew of Garabed Melkonian.
TURKISH CONFERENCE ON MINORITY RIGHTS’ REPORT ENDS IN CHAOS
November 1, 2004 Monday 11:04 AM Eastern Time ANKARA. A
debate over a report criticising breaches of minority rights in aspiring
European Union member Turkey collapsed when members of a
government-sponsored human rights group, which authored the document,
clashed in public.
The incident is the latest in a series of rows within the Human
Rights Advisory Board — a body attached to the office of Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan — which highlighted widespread hostility in Turkey
to advanced cultural freedoms for the country’s Kurdish and non-Muslim
communities.
Nationalist members of the board, which is comprised of
government officials, academics and civic groups, sabotaged a news
conference called to formally release the report, which makes some
controversial recommendations to the government and excerpts of which
were last week leaked to the media.
Shortly after the head of the board, Ibrahim Kaboglu, began
speaking a nationalist unionist grabbed the papers from his hands and
tore them to pieces, yelling: “This report is a fabrication and should
be torn apart.”
Kaboglu was forced to leave the hall, stating: “We cannot even
hold a news conference. This is the state of freedom of thought in
Turkey.”
The EU, which Turkey is seeking to join, has long pressed Ankara
to grant equal cultural freedoms to its sizable Kurdish minority as well
as smaller, non-Muslim communities such as Greeks, Armenians and Jews.
ARF DASHNAKTSOUTIUN ARMENIA CONVENTION, ELECTS BODY
YEREVAN (Yerkir)–The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) of Armenia
elected its Supreme Body (SB) at its 8th Convention held October 29-31
in Jermuk, Armenia.
The new body includes Armen Rustamian, Mikael Manukian, Levon
Mkrtchian, Hrach Tedevosian, Spartak Seyranian, Hamlet Abrahamian,
Bagrat Sargsian, Ashot Papazian, and Vlad Kochunts. Rustamian will serve
as SB representative.
KEVORKIAN LOSES SUPREME COURT APPEAL
Monday November 1, 2004 3:31 PM WASHINGTON (AP) – Assisted suicide
advocate Jack Kevorkian lost a Supreme Court appeal on Monday in his bid
to win freedom after five years in prison.
Justices, without comment, turned back an appeal in which
Kevorkian claimed he had an ineffective attorney when he was convicted
of second-degree murder in the 1998 poisoning of Thomas Youk. Youk had
Lou Gehrig’s disease, and Kevorkian called it a mercy killing. The death
was videotaped and shown on national television.
The Supreme Court had also turned back an appeal from Kevorkian
two years ago that claimed his prosecution was unconstitutional.
Kevorkian has said he assisted in at least 130 deaths, but has
promised in affidavits that he will not aid in more suicides if he is
released. He could be eligible for parole in 2007.
ARMENIAN CHURCH PASTORATE OF ETHIOPIA
ATTENTION TO ALL OUR READERS!
from
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two months have not heard from us. The past months have been very heavy
on us due to the serious illness of our Pastor Rev. Fr. Myron Sarkissian
(Der Miron) who was hospitalized for more then a month.
Fortunately he is well now and was released from hospital last days. We,
therefore kindly ask you to resend us your mails and opinions.
We will be waiting to hear from you soon,
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TATIANA’S CORNER
The above space will be reserved for local artist Tatiana Ferahian’s
comic strips which are amalgamations of Armenian-Cypriot social
commentaries, painted with her usual wry and ironic humour, to stimulate
and encourage awareness and interest toward our community’s everyday
happenings.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Boxer Alexander Abraham from Armenia – currently residing in Germany –
scored his eight successive win in the light middle weight category
against Zoran Didonovic from Yugoslavia.

* David Nalbandian was a finalist at the Swiss Open in Basel. On Sunday
he lost a five setter against Czech Jiri Novak, 7-5, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2, 3-6,
and collected a “consolation” prize of 80,000 euro and 35 ATP points.
* Cyprus Futsal Champions Ararat drew with Parnasos 1-1 on Friday
October 29. Ararat went ahead by Igor Dassaev in the 11th minute while
Parnasos equalised in the 34th.
* The trade volume between Armenia and Russia dropped 15.5% in the first
nine months of 2004 compared to the corresponding period last year and
reached $186.6m. Armenian exports to Russia decreased 10.3% while
imports lost 17.6 percent in the reported period. The negative trade
balance was $71.5m.
* An Akhaltsikha court in Georgia has issued an arrest warrant for Gigla
Baramidze, the former representative of the Georgian president in the
Samtskhe-Javakhk region.
* Armenian industrial production gained 1.6 percent to $692.8m in
January to September 2004 in comparison to the same period in 2003.
Industrial products totaling $683.8m were sold in the reported period
including $63.3m in the CIS and $185.8m in other countries.
SUPPORT HAY TAD ACTIVITIES IN CYPRUS
To support its political activities, The Armenian National Committee of
Cyprus has organised a raffle, participants of which will have the
opportunity to win Armenian Commemorative Coins depicting themes from
ancient Armenian history.
A block costs £50.00 ($100 for our international readers).
Your support will enable the local chapter of our enthusiastic political
action group to materialise its multidimensional political agenda, in
promoting Hay Tad activities both in Cyprus and in Europe.
You can make your contribution to the following account:
Armenian National Committee of Cyprus – P.O.Box 21171 – Nicosia 1503 –
Cyprus
Hellenic Bank:a/c No.122-01-039699-01, IBAN:CY88 0050 0122 0001 2201
0396 901
g i b r a h a y c a l e n d a r
*AYMA Food Bazaar on Sunday November 7, 2004. Traditional Armenian food
and home-made delicacies just like our grandparents used to prepare
them! The Food Gates open at 12:00 noon and nothing will be served
before that time.
*Pre-Championship Friendly Football match between AYMA and ESOBGA on
November 6, 2004 at 3:00 p.m. at the Grounds of the English School,
Strovolos – Nicosia
*Lecture at The Nareg Armenian School Hall of Larnaca, organised by The
Larnaca Armenian Club on Friday 12 November at 7:00 p.m. “Acupuncture”
by Razmig Azezian (specialised in China) from Beirut – Lebanon
*Lecture at The Armenian Prelature – Nicosia. Organised by A.Y.M.A. on
Saturday 13 November at 7:00 p.m. “Acupuncture” by Razmig Azezian
(specialised in China) from Beirut – Lebanon.
*Jashgerouyt / Khraghjank at AYMA Saturday November 13, 2004, at 8:30
p.m. Sign up with the members of the committee. Limited seats.
*Armenian Relief Society “Sosse” Chapter Fund Raising Tea for the ARS
Armenia Projects on Sunday 28 November, 2004 at The Holiday Inn Hotel at
4:00 p.m. Handicraft, Lebanese cookies and home-made delicacies on sale.
Proceeds to the “Sosse” Kindergarten of Stepanakert – Republic of
Karabagh.
*Melkonian Cyprus Alumni Banquet.Sunday, November 7, 2004 – 1pm
“Christiana” Reception Hall, Alambra. Guest of Honour: Jack R.
Melkonian, grand-nephew of Garabed Melkonian. CYP 15.00 adults / CYP
5.00 students and children. Prizes included on entrance ticket and
raffle tickets. Contact names for reservations to be announced.
Directions to “Christiana” and convoys will be arranged. All are
welcome.
*Annual General Meeting of the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) on
Saturday 13 November 2004 at 6:00 p.m. at AYMA.
*AYF Badanegan Miaoutian get-togethers have begun and will continue
every Saturday at 4:00 p.m. at AYMA. Contact Vartoog Karageulian on
24-659245.
*AYMA Chicco Football practices have begun and are taking place every
Friday from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. for children starting from the age of 7.
Contact Krikor Mahdessian on 99650897.
*AYMA Table Tennis practices have also begun and will continue every
Saturday from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m under the expert guidance of ex-Cyprus
Champion Sirvart Costanian. Classes and practice session for all ages.
*AYMA Football team practices are taking place every Tuesday and
Thursday at 9:00 p.m. A.Y.M.A. will be participating in the Second
Division Amateur Football League and will be bidding for the
Championship Title and subsequent promotion to Division One. The
Championship begins on Saturday November 20, 2004.
*A.G.B.U Women’s Auxiliary Body. Armenian Food Bazaar. Sunday 14
November, 2004 starting from 12:00 lunch time at AGBU club premises.
*Marie Louise Kouyoumdjian sings @ Champs every Friday at at 9:30 p.m.
For reservations call 22873888.
*Bible Study Group Organised by The Armenian Prelature of Cyprus. The
Group meets at the Sourp Asdvadzadzin Church on Armenia street, Nicosia.
To receive further details please call Elise at the Prelature office on
22 493560 or email [email protected]
*AYMA Annual Ball at Hilton Park on January 8, 2004 featuring ANDRE.
Reservations a MUST! Book early.
*If you happen to be in London on Friday, 12th November don’t miss this
Back to Hye Skool Party. Time: 8pm-1am.
Venue: The ultra-hip & funky Babushka 41 Tavistock Crescent, Notting
Hill, W11 1AD. Tix:£5 before 10:30pm, £7 after, Age: Strictly 18+ (No
ID? No HYE party) Tube:Westbourne Park (Hammersmith & City) – 1 min walk
Notting Hill Gate (Central, District & Circle) – 5 min ride (#27, 28 &
328 buses on Pembridge Road opposite WHSmith outside station). Music:DJ
Josey Kray & FBI Squad playing old skool tunes, as well as the freshest
tracks, Armenian and more. Xtra: Quality prizes for the best dressed
skool boy and skool girl. New surprises in store for all. Contact: Raffi
07958 137 702, John 07961 166 969 [email protected]
*Armenian Radio Hour on The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation can be heard
via real audio on . Broadcast times 17:00-18:00 local
Cyprus time (14:00-15:00 GMT) News bulletins at 17:15 local time on
Sundays, Tuesdays, Fridays. Armenian Cypriots can also tune in on the
following radio frequencies 91.1 FM (Mount Olympus – for Nicosia
listeners) 94.2 FM (Paralimni/Protaras/Agia Napa) 92.4 FM (Larnaca) 96.5
FM (Paphos).
*The Armenian Prelature announces that the next permit for the Armenian
Cemetery visitation at Ayios Dhometios on the Green line, is scheduled
for Sunday 7 November, 2004.
*Every Wednesday from 7-8 p.m. (Cyprus time +2 GMT) on CyBC’s Trito,
Puzant Nadjarian presents the “History of the Blues”. You can also hear
it on Real Audio from the Internet edition of CyBC on A
repeat program can also be heard seven hours later at 2:00 a.m. local
time.
*Listen to Hairenik Association’s online Armenian Radio Station.A
variety of Armenian music online, 24 hours a day, combined with news and
other interesting information about the Armenian community in the US,
Armenia, Artsakh, Javakhk and the Armenian Diaspora.
24 Hours of non-stop armenian music and programs on the internet
. . . . . News . . . . . ANC hour . . . . . Song dedications . . . . .
Youth discussions . . . . . Game Shows . . . . . Interviews . . . . .
Religious programs . . . . . Cultural programs . . . . . History . . . .
.

Armenian homosexuals in France accuse president of homophobia
Arminfo
4 Nov 04
PARIS
The association of Armenian gays and lesbians in France (AGLA) has
recently staged a protest action outside the Armenian embassy in
Paris.
AGLA reports that demonstrators, around 30 people, chanted: “Kocharyan
– homophobe”. The main reason for the action was the increasing number
of homophobia cases in Armenia.
During the action the demonstrators met representatives of the
Armenian embassy and gave them two letters for Armenian President
Robert Kocharyan and Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan.
“We receive a lot of letters from Armenia which list numerous cases of
discrimination and violence in Armenia. Gays are victims of blackmail,
beatings and brutal treatment by the police on a permanent basis. They
are often defenceless in the face of hatred and street violence,” the
letters said.
Representatives of AGLA demanded that the Armenian leadership begin to
resolutely fight against manifestations of homophobia and
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Armenian government deprives telecom giant of monopoly
Arminfo
4 Nov 04
YEREVAN
The Armenian government has approved the candidacy of a second
cellular communications operator in Armenia, the K-Telecom closed-type
joint-stock company.
The Armenian government press service reports that K-Telecom’s
application has been considered and approved by the tender commission
led by Communications and Transport Minister Andranik Manukyan. The
commission was set up late at night yesterday under decision No 1238
of the Armenian government dated 4 November 2004. According to a
source in the government, the K-Telecom company is an Armenian
subsidiary of the Nagornyy Karabakh cellular communications operator,
the Karabakh Telecom closed-type joint-stock company.
At its extraordinary session yesterday, the Armenian government
decided to deprive the ArmenTel company of a monopoly on cellular
communications. The government decided to deprive ArmenTel of the
monopoly on GSM services, cellular satellite communications and
special radio communications on the 900 MHz frequency.
The new communications operator will have an opportunity to connect
its network to the network of the ArmenTel company. In return,
ArmenTel will have the exclusive right to Internet and telephony
services. The executive authorities instructed the justice minister to
hold negotiations within 10 days and to conclude an agreement with the
ArmenTel company on behalf of the Armenian government.
Arminfo learnt that Karabakh Telecom had purchased and leased land in
Yerevan back in October 2003 for aerials for a future cellular
communications network. Karabakh Telecom Director-General Ralf
Eyrikyan has neither confirmed nor denied this information. Karabakh
Telecom has invested 15m dollars in the Karabakh cellular
communications. According to the latest data, there are 3,500 cellular
communications subscribers in Karabakh.
The Karabakh Telecom closed-type joint-stock company gained a licence
of the Nagornyy Karabakh government in February 2002 to jointly own
the Nagornyy Karabakh telecommunications network for 30 years.

Armenian leader congratulates Bush on re-election
Arminfo
4 Nov 04
YEREVAN
Armenian President Robert Kocharyan has congratulated George Bush on
his re-election as US president.
The Armenian presidential press service has told Arminfo news agency
that the Armenian president said he hoped that with George Bush having
been re-elected, Armenian-US relations would strengthen further in the
next four years. Kocharyan stressed that Bush’s adherence to the
innovative Millennium Challenge Account and Armenia’s participation in
it created considerable opportunities for the country’s economic and
social development.
“The country’s people highly appreciate the USA’s continuous
assistance to Armenia,” the message says.
Kocharyan stressed that the USA’s active involvement in the peaceful
settlement of the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict was major part of
relations between the two nations. The Armenian president said he
hoped that significant progress would be reached in this issue during
Bush’s second term as president.

The Winchester Star
Friday, November 5, 2004
Ethnic Folk Music Concert Set at SU
Star Staff Report
The Shenandoah University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, conducted by Dr. Scott
Nelson, will present a concert at 7 p.m. today in Armstrong Concert Hall.
Andrew Keen (left) is a member of the French Horn Section of the Shenandoah
University Symphonic Wind Ensemble.
(Photo Provided by Shenandoah University)
It will feature concert band settings of folk songs from Greece and Armenia.
The concert will also include band settings of Armenian folk songs
transcribed and arranged by composer Alfred Reed.
Armenian Dances Part I will be conducted by guest conductor David Zerull,
and Part II features four movements based on authentic Armenian folk songs
from the collected works of Gomidas Vartabed (1869-1935), the founder of
Armenian classical music.
Two marches of John Philip Sousa and Festive Overture by Dmitri Shostakovich
will also be performed.
The concert is free and open to the public.