UN CONTINUES TO HELP ARMENIA
Support A1+!Today RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan received the UN permanent coordinator to Armenia, permanent representative of the UN Development Program in Armenia Mrs. Consuelo Vidal.
The Prime Minister highly appreciated the activity of the UN office in Armenia since winning independence. Mrs. Consuelo Vidal in her turn expressed her content with the level of cooperation with our country, and mentioned that at present her office holds discussions with the corresponding structures to clear the main directions of cooperation to be realized in 20606.
According to her, next year the aid of the UN Development Program will be directed to the fields of combating poverty, combating corruption, as well as assisting the economy of regions.
As for working out the strategy of combating poverty, according to the Andranik Margaryan, the process which started in Armenia in 2000 with the assistance of the international organizations finished in August 2003 with the ratification of the “RA Strategic Program of Combating Poverty” by the RA Government.
During the meeting Mrs. Consuelo Vidal handed the Prime Minister the 2005 national report of Armenia made by the UN Armenian office and the RA Government and invited him to participate in the presentation of the report in December.
