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17.06.2008
Parliament Adopts a Statement on the Procedure of the Fulfillment of the Recommendations of PACE 1609 Resolution

On June 17 the parliament adopted a statement on the procedure of the fulfillment of the recommendations of PACE 1609 Resolution at the continued extraordinary session. The parliament also adopted the draft laws included in the agenda of the extraordinary session and discussed on the previous day and one international treaty. The chairmen of the newly created two committees were elected by secret ballot: Chairman of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Environment was elected Mr Khachik Harutyunyan, member of the Country of Law Faction (80 deputies voted for, 8 - agaianst, 2 ballots were recognized invalid), and Chairman of the Standing Committee on Territorial Management Local Self-Government – Mr Hovhannes Margaryan, member of the Country of Law Faction (79 deputies voted for, 7 - against, 7 - against).

The package submitted by the government On Making Amendments and Addenda to RA Law on Trade and Services and On Making Amendment and Addendum to RA Law on Administrative Infringements was one of the agenda issues of the session. It envisaged solving four main issues.

Mr Gagik Khachatryan, Chairman of the State Customs Committee, presented the draft law On Making Addendum to the law on Organizing and Conducting Checks in the Republic of Armenia. Mr Vardan Bostanjyan, Deputy Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs endorsed the draft law. The draft law was also adopted in the first, then in the second reading.

The draft law on the Structure of the Government of the Republic of Armenia was adopted in the second and third readings. In the last version the Justice Minister Mr Gevorg Danielyan said that the name of the Ministry on Diaspora Issues was changed and became Ministry on Diaspora. The legislative package envisaging amendments to the law on Consumers' Crediting and in 12 adjacent laws, which introduced the Chairman of the Central Bank Mr Artur Javadyan, the deputies adopted in the second and third readings.

Exhausting the agenda the extraordinary session ended its work.


17.06.2008
PACE Monitoring Committee Co-Rapporteur in the National Assembly
On June 17 Mr Georges Colombier, Co-rapporteur of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) met with the representatives of four parliamentary factions: RPA, PAP, ARF and Country of Law, Mr Rafik Petrosyan, Mr Avet Adonts, Ms Naira Zohrabyan, Artyusha Sha...

17.06.2008
Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the National Assembly
On June 17, Mr. Tigran Torosyan, President of the National Assembly, received Ms. Bushra Halepota, Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The draft of the RA Law on Refugees and Shelter was in the pivot of the meeting, which the government had already submitted ...

17.06.2008
Biography of the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Agriculture and Environment Khachik Harutyunyan
Khachik Harutyunyan was born on February 26, 1959 in Kirovakan.He finished Kirovakan N 19 School.1976-1981 he studied the Yerevan Polytechnic Institute, and after graduating from the Institute with the specialty engineer-builder. 1981-1984 he worked at Vanadzor N 2 Road-construction department as an...

17.06.2008
Biography of the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Territorial Management and Local Self-Government Hovhannes Margaryan
Hovhannes Margaryan was born on May 21, 1964 in Leninakan. 1986-1987 he served in the Soviet Army. 1971-1981 he studied at Leninakan N 30 secondary school. 1981-1986 he studied at the Mechanical faculty of Leninakan branch of Yerevan Polytechnic Institute, getting qualification of engineer-mechanic....



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