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- Debate on draft laws regarding the sphere of human rights in outgoing sitting format
News 16.07.2024
Two important draft laws being in the domain of human rights were comprehensively and effectively debated during these days, in which representatives of different departments took part. I hope that in the foreseeable future the drafts will be completed and submitted to the legislative body for debate. The Deputy Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rightsand Public Affairs Rustam Bakoyan said this. The issues regarding the draft laws on National Minorities and on Ens... - Parliament hosts participants of the programme Promoting of Women’s Political and Civic Participation
News 12.07.2024
On July 12, the deputies of the RA NA Civil Contract Faction Zaruhi Batoyan, Alkhas Ghzaryan and Lilit Stepanyan met with about 20 women and girls of Shirak Marz/Region, who visited the parliament on the initiative of the organization Women’s Rights House. The organization carries out the programme Promoting of Women’s Political and Civic Participation by the support of The National Endowment for Democracy (NED), and its goal is to promote the woman’s participation in political decision-m... - Amendments are proposed to Law on Geodetic and Cartographic Activities and a number of other laws
News 11.07.2024
During the extraordinary session convened on July 11, the Parliament debated the draft law on Making Addenda to the Law on Geodetic and Cartographic Activities with the attached legislative package in the first reading. According to the Head of the Cadastre Committee Suren Tovmasyan, the package repeals Article 16 of the Law on State Registration of Rights to Property, and the regulation envisaged by it is defined by the Law on Geodetic and Cartographic Activities. The Law on Geodetic and... - Employees of National Security Service bodies of Nagorno-Karabakh to be able to join RA National Security Service
News 11.07.2024
It is proposed to create legal grounds for appointing the former employees of the National Security Service (NSS) of Nagorno-Karabakh to the relevant positions in the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia. This was stated by the Deputy Director of the RA National Security Service Andranik Simonyan, presenting the draft law on Making Addendum to the Law on Service in National Security Bodies during the extraordinary session convened on July 11. The rapporteur noted that many... - Letter-Agreement regarding extension of loan closing period and redistribution of undistributed amounts debated
News 11.07.2024
In an extraordinary session, the National Assembly debated the issue of ratifying the Letter-Agreement Loan 3449-ARM between the Republic of Armenia and the Asian Development Bank: Armenia-Georgia Border Regional Road (M6 Vanadzor-Bagratashen) Improvement Project – the third extension of the loan closing period and redistribution of the loan funds. The RA Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Kristine Ghalechyan informed that within the framework of the Agreemen... - Sargis Khandanyan meets with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Greece to Armenia
News 11.07.2024
On July 11, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Hellenic Republic to Armenia Christos Sofianopoulos. Sargis Khandanyan expressed satisfaction with the intensity of political dialogue and effective cooperation between Armenia and Greece. Appreciating the cooperation of the Governments of the two countries, he underscored the necessity for cooperation between the parliamentary frien... - NA Standing Committees convene extraordinary sittings
News 11.07.2024
On July 11, the NA Standing Committees convened extraordinary sittings. The Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairs debated in the second reading the draft law on Making Addenda and Amendments to the Law on Compensation for Damages Caused to the Life or Health of Servicemen During the Defense of the Republic of Armenia authored by the Government. There were no proposals on the draft during the period from t... - Exhibition-sale titled Steghtsagorcir (create) in Parliament
News 11.07.2024
On July 11, at the initiative of the Palette Art Studio, an exhibition-sale titled Steghtsagorcir (create) was opened in Parliament, where the works of about 100 creators from different regions of Armenia were presented. The NA President Alen Simonyan, MPs and the Staff representatives participated in the exhibition-sale. Welcoming the participation of the future artists in this event, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the National Assembly Heghine Khachikyan noted that such exhibitions are re... - In the event of a change in disability group of a beneficiary serviceman of Zinapah foundation, it is proposed to pay compensation amount in previous amount
News 10.07.2024
According to the presented draft, it is proposed that for 20 years, the beneficiaries of the Zinapah foundation should maintain the group in which they initially became a beneficiary, and the amount of compensation was set, regardless of what changes in the disability group will occur in the future: This was stated by the RA Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Davit Khachatryan. On July 10, at the extraordinary sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairs, t... - Committee endorses proposed addendum to law on Service in National Security Bodies
News 10.07.2024
It is proposed to create legal grounds for appointing the former employees of the National Security Service (NSS) of Nagorno-Karabakh to relevant positions in the RA NSS. The Deputy Director of the RA National Security Service Andranik Simonyan said this at the extraordinary sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security on July 10, presenting the draft law on Making Addendum to the Law on Service in National Security Bodies for debate in the first reading. A provision is pl... - Government proposes amendments in RA Penal Code
News 10.07.2024
The draft proposes to establish an authorizing norm in the RA Penal Code, which will enable to regulate in more detail the procedure for assessing the risks and needs of convicts by the order of the Minister of Justice. The RA Deputy Minister of Justice Levon Balyan said this at the extraordinary sitting of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs on July 10. According to the rapporteur, the effective implementation of risk and needs assessment of imprisoned persons is of key imp... - Data visualization with Power BI software course launched in Parliament
News 08.07.2024
The capacity building process contributes to the progress of the Parliament: Welcoming the participants of the Data visualization with Power BI software course organized within the framework of USAID Public Finance Management activity for the civil servants of the RA National Assembly, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs Tsovinar Vardanyan said. The Committee Chair highly appreciated the contribution of the USAID and the United Nations Devel... - U.S. congressional delegation is on a working visit in Armenia
News 05.07.2024
The RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the congressional delegation led by the U.S. Senator Roger Wicker. At the talk in small format the meeting in extended format followed, in which deputies of the RA NA Civil Contract Faction also took part. Welcoming the arrival of the delegation to Armenia, Alen Simonyan thanked the USA for the continuous support to democratic vision of Armenia. “The relations between the Republic of Armenia and the United States are based on the comm... - Member of RA NA Delegation to OSCE PA Lilit Galstyan gives a speech during Annual Session
News 03.07.2024
The member of the RA NA delegation to OSCE PA, the deputy of the Armenia Faction Lilit Galstyan gave a speech during the Annual Session of the Assembly going on in Bucharest. “Dear colleagues, I would like to start with a legitimate question - Are we doing enough to implement our resolutions thereby maintaining the reputation of our organization? My question is in the context of the unsolved Karabakh conflict and security crisis which is a challenge for Armenia. ... - Deputies of NA opposition factions meet with delegation led by U.S. Senator Roger Wicker
News 03.07.2024
On July 3, the Head of the RA NA With Honor Faction Hayk Mamijanyan and the deputies of the Armenia Faction Artur Khachatryan, Armen Gevorgyan and Anna Grigoryan met with the Congressional delegation led by the U.S. Senator Roger Wicker. The U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia Kristina Kvien also took part in the meeting. Welcoming the members of the delegation in the legislative body of Armenia, Hayk Mamijanyan congratulated the guests on the U.S. National Day - ... - Maria Karapetyan gives a speech at Plenary Session of OSCE PA
News 03.07.2024
The member of the RA NA delegation to the OSCE PA, the deputy of the Civil Contract Faction Maria Karapetyan gave a speech at the OSCE PA Session in Bucharest. “Thank you, Madam President. Dear colleagues, the peace t... - Lilit Galstyan gives a speech during OSCE PA Session
News 02.07.2024
The member of the RA NA delegation to OSCE PA, the deputy of the Armenia Faction Lilit Galstyan gave a speech during the Session going on in Bucharest. “Dear colleagues, Armenia faces a continued rise in authoritarian governance as a result of the constant security challenges as well as a growing level of internal dissent. A number of international human rights organizations have re... - Alen Simonyan Receives Secretary General of Black Sea Economic Cooperation Lazar Comanescu
News 01.07.2024
On July 1, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the Secretary General of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Lazar Comanescu. Welcoming the interlocutor, Alen Simonyan underscored the importance of the meeting and noted that Armenia pays great attention to the regional cooperation and integration processes. In his turn Lazar Comanescu thanked the NA President for the reception and congratulated Armenia on assuming the Chairmanship-in-Office of the Orga... - It is designed to form student detachments that will take part in certain engineering works in positions
News 26.06.2024
The Chair of the Standing Committee on Defense and Security of the National Assembly Andranik Kocharyan proposes to form student volunteer detachments that will take part in certain engineering works in the positions. According to the MP, the idea of the initiative arose during the visits to the front-line engineering structures with the leadership of the Committee and the Ministry of Defense. ... - Hakob Arshakyan: The development of high technologies has a decisive role in increasing the competitiveness, security and standard of living of states
News 26.06.2024
On June 26, the Vice President of the National Assembly Hakob Arshakyan took part in the Third Annual Conference of the Armenian Society of Fellows (ASOF) in Matenadaran. “Armenia wants to be a successful and competitive country. We revise a number of programs to achieve that goal,” Hakob Arshakyan said, welcoming the participants of the Conference. ... - Organization of service of brothers in same military unit specified
News 25.06.2024
According to the current law, the brother who is being conscripted is sent to the military unit of the brother who is in service, if the latter’s term of service has not exceeded 17 months or the military unit is subject to replenishment within the framework of the announced conscription. The Government proposes to make the 17-month service period 18 months. The package of draft laws on Making Amendments and Addenda to the Law on Military Service and the Status of a Serviceman was debated at t... - Member of RA NA delegation to PACE Arusyak Julhakyan gives a speech in Assembly
News 25.06.2024
The RA NA delegation takes part in the works of the Third Part of the Annual Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) going on in Strasbourg . In her speech the Member of the RA NA delegation Arusyak Julhakyan said: “Dear colleagues, While d... - NA delegation visits Local Legislative Awareness Office of China
News 23.06.2024
On June 22, the delegation led by the RA NA President Hakob Arshakyan visited the Local Legislative Outreach Office. The work of the legislative reforms and the local self-government bodies was presented to the delegation. The parliamentarians also visited the Economic and Technological Development Zone of the city of Wuhan, the Bio-Technological Research and Production Process Center of Senyang. The delegation toured the Golden Eagle Tower, which was opened during the period of Thre... - Delegation led by Hakob Arshakyan meets with Executive Vice Chairwoman of the Standing Committee of Hubei Province of People’s Congress of China
News 22.06.2024
On June 21, the delegation led by the RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan met with the Executive Vice Chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Province of the People’s Congress of China Wang Yanling . “This is the first official delegation that ever visits the ... - Arman Yeghoyan: Vanguard of European integration agenda in RA is Government and ruling majority
News 21.06.2024
On June 21, at the proposal of four extra-parliamentary political powers, the RA NA Standing Committee on European Integration convened parliamentary hearings on the topic of the Proposal to Hold a Referendum on Armenia's Application for Membership in the European Union. According to the Committee Chair Arman Yeghoyan, the aim is to listen to meaningful proposals to achieve the stated political objectives, to get an answer to the question "how?", not "what?", regarding the ways, deadlines... - Hakob Arshakyan to Lou Qinjian: Relations with China are one of the important priorities of RA foreign policy
News 20.06.2024
On June 19, he delegation led by the RA NA Vice President, the Head of the Armenia-China Friendship Group Hakob Arshakyan met with the Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Representatives of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the Head of the China-Armenia Friendship Group Lou Qinjian in Beijing. “The Republic of Armenia observes the relations with China as one of the important priorities of its foreign policy, which is in includ... - Training Course on theme The Integrity Building in Public Service begins in National Assembly
News 20.06.2024
On June 19-21, by the support of the international partners financed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) the Staff of the National Assembly organized a training course on the theme The Building Integrity in Public Service aimed at the improvement of the capacities of the NA Staff state servants. Welcoming the participants, the NA Chief of Staff, Secretary General Davit Arakelyan noted that one of the cornerstones of the reforms being made in the public service is the ... - Chair of Committee on Human Rights of National Council of Austria Nikolaus Scherak Hosted in Parliament
News 17.06.2024
On June 17, the Head of the NA Friendship Group Armenia-Austria Shirak Torosyan the member of the Friendship Group, the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on European Integration Arman Yeghoyan met with the Chair of the Committee on Human Rights of the National Council of Austria Nikolaus Scherak. Welcoming the guest, Shirak Torosyan noted the significant progress of the Armenian-Austrian relations in recent years. “Austria is very important for us as a key country of the European Union. ... - Parliamentary hearings to be held by decision of Standing Committee on European Integration
News 17.06.2024
On June 21 at 11:00, by the decision of the Standing Committee on European Integration parliamentary hearings will be held in the NA Session Hall on the theme on Proposal of Holding Referendum for Presenting Armenia’s Membership Bid to the European Union. The Chair of the Standing Committee on European Integration Arman Yeghoyan informed that the initiative of holding hearings was presented by the Platform of democratic forces and the civil society. ... - Regular coordination meeting of Parliamentary Support Partners held
News 15.06.2024
On the initiative of the NA Staff, the regular outgoing meeting of the Coordination of Parliamentary Support Partners was held in Tsaghkadzor on June 15. The RA NA Chief of Staff, Secretary General Davit Arakelyan mentioned in his welcoming speech that such contacts are the guarantee of effective joint work. He thanked the international partners and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Armenia Andrew Turner for their willingness to participate in the meetings. Da...
