Mr. Dirk Boberg, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative and Mr. Hovsetsyan, head of Ajapnyak Administrative District joined Mr. Aram Hovsepyan, president of the “Civil Society Institute” NGO in a one day “garbage cleaning” action at Halabyan 23, Yerevan.
Updated data on mortality rates among mothers and young children are likely to encourage G8 leaders, who at their meeting later this week will make this health issue – long considered a neglected area of international development efforts – a 2010 priority.
UNHCR Marks World Refugee Day and together with its partners Inaugurates renovated Educational Institutions for Refugee and Local Youth in Syunik Region
Today the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Armenia, representatives of the Government of Armenia, the Japanese Embassy, Armenian Social Investment Fund (ASIF), Syunik regional administration and the community of Ishkhanasar, marked World Refugee Day and inaugurated a school, constructed for refugee and local children in Ishkhanasar village of Syunik region.
Upon the conclusion of her visit to Armenia, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, issued the following statement:“I would like to thank the Government of Armenia for inviting me to conduct a fact-finding mission from 14 to 18 June 2010, and for its full cooperation during the visit.
United Nations Development Programme, the Ministry of Nature Protection, National Assembly, civil society and media representatives spoke about environmental issues at a round table discussion dedicated to the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, will undertake her first fact-finding mission to Armenia from 14-18 June 2010, in what will also be the first visit to the country by a UN Human Rights envoy since 2000.
