Statement by the Partnership for Open Society for Cooperation with RA Government in developing of the European Neighborhood Policy Action Plan
The Partnership for Open Society, a coalition of civil society
representatives, acknowledges the ENP as an exceptional opportunity for
implementation of democratic, political, economical, and social reforms
that would enable Armenia to have a closer relationship with the EU.
The Partnership considers the primary goal of the ENP to be one of
building the efficient institutions necessary in a democratic state
based on the rule of law with an open and competitive market economy in
the EU's neighbors.
The Partnership for Open Society Initiative, having in mind the
importance of reforms carried out in the Republic of Armenia towards
strengthening democracy and the rule of law, is deeply concerned about
the adoption of the Republic of Armenia Law on Amending the Electoral
Code (dated May 19, 2005) and about the Council of Europe Venice
Commission and OSCE/ODIHR experts’ assessing the draft Law as
progress.
Statement of the POS initiative on "Statement by CIS member-states on the state of affairs in OSCE"
We, representatives of non-governmental organizations supporting the
"Partnership for Open Society" (Partnership) initiative, are expressing
our bewilderment and concern at Armenia joining the Statement adopted
on July 3, 2004 in Moscow by the CIS member states with regard to the
state of affairs in OSCE. We believe that some provisions of this
document are contradicting the official position of the Republic of
Armenia on an entire range of issues.
"Partnership for Open Society" initiative congratulates all the media on the World Press Freedom Day.
Having analyzed the media situation in Armenia, we state:
