The session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held in the video-conference format

On May 12, the session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held in a video-conference format. Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan paricipated in and delivered remarks at the session, the agenda of which included a number of issues on deepening cooperation in various spheres between the CIS participating states.  

Interview of Deputy Foreign Minister Artak Apitonian to “Mediamax” news agency

Armenia’s human rights agenda is very broad and we are planning to ensure very active engagement to promote it on the international arena.

Remarks by Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan in the framework of International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims

Armenia is an international leader in the fight against genocide and has been consistently working and working with the United Nations and its many partners on the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, on raising awareness of the continuing dangers and challenges of hate crimes, as well as on legal and institutional capacity building. 

Armenia was elected to the UN Human Rights Council

On October 17 in New York at the elections held in the UN General Assembly Armenia was elected to the Human Rights Council for the term of 2020-2022.

Remarks by Zohrab Mnatsakanyan at the opening session of the Third Global Forum Against Crime of Genocide

Your excellency President of Armenia, Mr. Armen Sarkissian, Your grace Archbishop Natan Hovhannisyan, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, Many warm welcome to Armenia, Many warm welcome to the first morning post-election Armenia. Welcome to the Third Global Forum. Welcome to Matenadaran, the institute and museum of ancient manuscripts, a monument of knowledge, idea, creation

Remarks by Zohrab Mnatsakanyan at the concert dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

The Convention, which was the first international agreement on human rights, greatly contributed to the creation of international criminal law. Genocide was qualified as a crime worthy of condemnation by the civilized world and for which both the criminals who carry out this atrocity and those who are complicit shall be punished.

Minister Mnatsakanyan delivered opening remarks at the High-level panel discussion to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

On September 13, within the framework of the 39th Session of the UN Human Rights Council the High-level panel discussion in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was held; holding of the panel was enshrined in the Armenia- initiated Resolution on Genocide Prevention adopted at the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Counci

Opening remarks by Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, at High Level Panel on the 70th Anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

For 20 years since 1998 Armenia has been consistently working within the UN and with its many partners towards raising awareness of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, of the continued risks and challenges related to atrocity crimes, and towards building legal and institutional capacity to prevent. Therefore, it is an opportunity in my new capacity and fr

Events dedicated to the 103rd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Lithuania

On April 24, at the initiative of the Embassy of Armenia to Lithuania and the Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum, and with the support of the Union of Armenians of Lithuania, a presentation-discussion of the collection of documents entitled "Diplomats witness and condemn the Armenian Genocide" (edited by Eva Merrenicz, Rome, 2015) was held at the Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum dedicated to the Armenia

Foreign Minister of Armenia participated in the session of CIS Council of Foreign Ministers

The agenda of the session included more than a dozen draft decisions aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of organization's activities, developing cooperation among CIS member states in political, security, cultural and educational spheres, which were approved by the ministers.