Statement by His Excellency Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia At the First Session of the UN Human Rights Council

Mr. President, I congratulate you on your selection, and the new Council on this, its inaugural session. The third pillar of the UN - human rights - is now on a par with the other two - peace and security, and development. Humanity's stake in each of these interdependent aspects of life has been affirmed by the creation and m

Ministry Statement on the Situation in Iraq

The Republic of Armenia is following the recent developments in Iraq with concern. Unfortunately, the process of peacefully disarming Iraq did not meet with success and military activities have begun. We are hopeful that they won't lead to a humanitarian and ecological disaster, which will threaten the civilian population of Ir

STATEMENT by Mr. Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia at the 57th Session of the United Nations General Assembly General Deb

Mr. President,  Mr. Secretary-General,  Excellencies,  Distinguished Delegates, May I begin by congratulating Mr. Jan Kavan upon his election to the post of President of this 57th session of the General Assembly and wish him success in his work. I would also like to thank Mr.

Foreign Minister Oskanian Addresses the 109th Session of The Council of Ministers Meeting of the Council of Europe

Dear Mr. Chairman,  Secretary General,  DearColleagues, The global crisis set in motion on September 11 has caused each of us in our capitals around the world to reexamine our policies, our assumptions and our projections. We have realized that the better, fairer world we thought we were creating at the end

Statement by Vartan Oskanian The Minister of Foreign Affairs Of the Republic of Armenia At the UN General Assembly

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates: Mr. President, May I begin by congratulating you on your election as President of this 54th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. I am confident that the skills and vast experience you have acquired throughout your

Statement by Vartan Oskanian The Minister of Foreign Affairs Of the Republic of Armenia At the UN General Assembly

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates: Mr. President, May I begin by congratulating you on your election as President of this 54th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. I am confident that the skills and vast experience you have acquired throughout

Speech by His Excellency Robert Kocharian President of the Republic of Armenia At the Plenary Meeting of the Council of the European Union

Ladies and Gentlemen, Our gathering here today marks a new qualitative beginning for our countries. We can now extend our co-operation with the European Union into new areas. I am confident that the cooperation council to be established under the provisions of the Agreement, will ensure the successful development of our partnershi

Statement by Mr. Robert Kocharian President of the Republic of Armenia

Esteemed President Lerman, Distinguished Members of the Board, Ladies and Gentlemen, First, I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the opportunity to meet with you and visit the U.S. Holocaust Museum. The very distinct nature of this honored Museum is very impressive. For me, this has little to do with the fact t

Armenian Genocide

The term Genocide was coined by Polish-Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin in 1944, whose family was one of the victims of the Jewish Holocaust. By defining this term, Prof. Lemkin sought to describe Nazi politics of systematic murder, violence and cruelty and atrocities committed against the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as well. On December 9, 1948, the United Nations approved the Convention

COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Armenia is a full member of the Council of Europe (CoE) since 25 January 2001. Armenia’s accession process to the Council of Europe started in 1995. On 26 January 1996, the National Assembly of Armenia was granted special guest status at the CoE Parliamentary Assembly (PACE). On 9 November 2000, according to the Committee of Ministers Resolution 2000/13, Armenia received an invitation to be