Minister Oskanian Addresses John Smith Fellows

I wish to welcome you all here today. I want to thank the organizers for acknowledging the need to offer our young managers from the private and the public sectors, with the exposure necessary to provide better governance within our countries. I want to encourage the participants, too, to make the best possible use of their opportunity

Statement by  Minister Vartan Oskanian at the 10th Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council

Our unreserved appreciation for the work and dedication with which the Portuguese chairmanship has carried out its work and stayed the course, and to the Dutch for the work that awaits them in the coming year. This Porto Ministerial of 2002 coincides with the 10th anniversary of Armenia's membership as a participating stat

Address to the UN Human Rights Commission 58th Session by Mr. Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia

Mr. Chairman Madame High Commissioner Distinguished Delegates Let me first share the confidence expressed by previous speakers that, under the skillful guidance of Ambassador Yakubovsky, the work of the 58th session of the Commission will be carried out successfully. Let me also take this opportunity to pay tribute to t

Address to the OSCE Permanent Council by Mr. Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia

Mr. Chairman and Excellencies, Dear colleagues,  Mr. Chairman, Allow me first to thank you for extending this opportunity to me to address the Permanent Council on behalf of my country, the Republic of Armenia. There have been three Ministerials and one Summit since October 1998 when I last had the

STATEMENT BY Mr. VARTAN OSKANIAN

Allow me to begin by congratulating you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. I am confident that this 55th session will be most effective and successful under your guidance. I would like to express our appreciation to your predecessor as well, Dr. Gurirab, for his skillful leadership. And, I welcome Tuvalu to the United Nations as a new member.

STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER QULIYEV DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR TABIBIAN TO THE SPECIAL PERMANENT COUNCIL

Thank you Madam Chairperson,   My delegation would like to join the others in welcoming the distinguished Foreign Minister of our neighbor Azerbaijan to Permanent Council. We did in fact listen very carefully, as we do and ought to do, since what our neighbors say, do and think are of great consequence and interest in my coun

UN General Assembly 4th Special Session

Speaker: Rouben Shugarian Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. President, As we reflect on the years since the 1995 World Summit for Social Development, we find ourselves at the crossroad of globalization and of a new information age

DELEGATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

After a careful rereading of the Chairman's perception paper of the Charter for European Security (PC.SMC/48/99) this delegation would like to make the following comments addressed at the overall orientation of the draft. We will contribute more specific editorial suggestions as drafting activities progress. May we at the outset expr

Edited Transcription of Talk by Mr.Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia

Indeed, I've been to many schools but the biggest school that I am going to now is my job. Truly, it has been very exciting to work five to six years as an employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and now as Foreign Minister. These are historic times, and we are Present at Creation borrowing Dean Acheson's book title.

Statement by Mr.Vartan Oskanian

Mr. Chairman, Distinguished representatives Here we are again, at an OSCE Ministerial, on a journey began long time ago, in Helsinki. The journey has not always been a smooth one, nor the achievements continuous or to everyone's liking, but they have been cumulative, and they have helped progress towards greater security and