Co-rapporteurs will make a statement
The Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) convenes a sitting in Spanish city Valencia on April 30, at 10.30 (local time). Among other issues, the Committee will examine the implementation of PACE Resolution 1643 (2009) by Armenian authorities.
Co-rapporteurs Georges Colombier and John Prescott will present a joint statement on Armenia.
Remind that during a January sitting the Monitoring Committee considered that progress had been insufficient in the country, despite the political will expressed by the Armenian authorities to address the PACE requirements. The Assembly regretted that, "until the last moment, only limited progress was made by the Armenian authorities with regard to its earlier demands, as expressed in Resolutions 1609 (2008) and 1620 (2008), concerning the release of persons deprived of their liberty in relation to the events of 1 and 2 March 2008."
On January 27, the Assembly decided, "not to suspend the voting rights of the members of the Armenian parliamentary delegation to the Assembly at this stage, under Rule 9, paragraphs 3 and 4.c, of the Rules of Procedure." It decides to remain seized of the matter and invites its Monitoring Committee, at its next meeting, before the April 2009 part-session, to examine the progress achieved by the Armenian authorities with regard to the implementation of this and the previous Resolutions.
The Armenian delegation to the PACE Monitoring Assembly includes David Harutyunyan, Armen Rustamyan and Raffi Hovanisian.
