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PACE WELCOMES ARMENIA TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY

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Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly President Peter Schieder and the Secretary General of the Organisation, Walter Schwimmer, today welcomed the decision by the National Assembly of Armenia to abolish the death penalty and to ratify Protocol No. 6 to the European Convention on Human Rights.

"This important step brings Europe closer to total abolition of the death penalty, which is one of our Organisation's priorities. We strongly encourage the Armenian authorities to continue fulfilling the commitments made by the country when it joined the Council of Europe", they stressed.

The Armenian Parliament yesterday voted, 92 to 1, in favour of the abolition of the death penalty and to ratify Protocol No. 6 to the Human Rights Convention abolishing capital punishment.

To date, 41 countries of the 45 Council of Europe member states have ratified or signed this protocol.