Comments of the Government of Armenia on the Fourth Opinion of the Advisory

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Committee on the implementation of the Framework Convention for the    Protection   of National Minorities by Armenia - received on 13 February 2017


Naming and renaming of inter-settlement geographical objects in urban and rural localities of the Republic of Armenia shall be carried out as prescribed by Decision No 2387-N of the Government of the Republic of Armenia of 29 December 2005. According to that procedure, decisions on naming and renaming inter-settlement geographical objects shall be adopted by the Council of Elders of communities. Division for Ethnic Minorities and Religious Affairs of the Staff of the Government of the Republic of Armenia shall annually make at least four visits to the rural communities of national minorities, during which, along with other issues, it shall inform about the right to signposting topographical indications in their languages as well. Moreover, in the second quarter of 2016, during the visit to 5 compactly inhabited Yazidi villages in Aragatsot where all of the governors and Councils of Elders are Yazidi by national origin, delegates of the Republic of Armenia insisted on adding to the names of streets, village municipality, schools and shops in the villages names in their language. Taking into consideration the aforementioned, we find it appropriate to add the word “continue” in the recommendation for immediate actions which reads as follows: - to continue facilitating consultations on the existing demands and needs pertaining to the use of minority languages for topographical indications in municipalities inhabited by a substantial number of persons belonging to national minorities; conduct an awareness-raising campaign by encouraging the use of minority languages in communication with local administration.

With regard to publishing textbooks in the languages of the national minorities.
Publishing and distribution of Kurdish and Yazidi language textbooks for 1-12 grades is fully complete. The following amendment should be made after the third sentence in the same paragraph: “Teaching of Yazidi language and literature, culture and history is carried out in 1-12 grades. In the 1st grade it is carried out with the textbooks “Alphabet of Yazidi language”, in the 2nd grade with “Yazidi language” and in 3-12 grades with “Yazidi language and literature”.
A 30-hours training course for 31 teachers of Yazidi language and literature in general education institutions was carried out by the National Institute of Education in August and September 2016”.





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Comments of the Government of Armenia on the Fourth Opinion of the Advisory

2019/06/54326-1559554824.jpg
Read: 1940     13:45     03 Июнь 2019    

Committee on the implementation of the Framework Convention for the    Protection   of National Minorities by Armenia - received on 13 February 2017


Naming and renaming of inter-settlement geographical objects in urban and rural localities of the Republic of Armenia shall be carried out as prescribed by Decision No 2387-N of the Government of the Republic of Armenia of 29 December 2005. According to that procedure, decisions on naming and renaming inter-settlement geographical objects shall be adopted by the Council of Elders of communities. Division for Ethnic Minorities and Religious Affairs of the Staff of the Government of the Republic of Armenia shall annually make at least four visits to the rural communities of national minorities, during which, along with other issues, it shall inform about the right to signposting topographical indications in their languages as well. Moreover, in the second quarter of 2016, during the visit to 5 compactly inhabited Yazidi villages in Aragatsot where all of the governors and Councils of Elders are Yazidi by national origin, delegates of the Republic of Armenia insisted on adding to the names of streets, village municipality, schools and shops in the villages names in their language. Taking into consideration the aforementioned, we find it appropriate to add the word “continue” in the recommendation for immediate actions which reads as follows: - to continue facilitating consultations on the existing demands and needs pertaining to the use of minority languages for topographical indications in municipalities inhabited by a substantial number of persons belonging to national minorities; conduct an awareness-raising campaign by encouraging the use of minority languages in communication with local administration.

With regard to publishing textbooks in the languages of the national minorities.
Publishing and distribution of Kurdish and Yazidi language textbooks for 1-12 grades is fully complete. The following amendment should be made after the third sentence in the same paragraph: “Teaching of Yazidi language and literature, culture and history is carried out in 1-12 grades. In the 1st grade it is carried out with the textbooks “Alphabet of Yazidi language”, in the 2nd grade with “Yazidi language” and in 3-12 grades with “Yazidi language and literature”.
A 30-hours training course for 31 teachers of Yazidi language and literature in general education institutions was carried out by the National Institute of Education in August and September 2016”.





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