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Initial Appeal target 2006-2007: CHF 6,722,755 (USD 5,550,033 or EUR 4,312,222)

The Spokesman said that the so-called "referendum" gravely violates relevant norms and principles of international law, and interferes with an ongoing peace process. This act and its results therefore have no legal effect.

He underlined that the OIC is well aware of the occupation and ethnic cleansing carried out by the Armenian armed forces against peaceful Azerbaijani population in the Nagorno Karabakh

Prof.Ihsanoglu in a statement today noted such referendum has not only created a new problem but also complicated the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He emphasized that the latest development will undermine the existing international efforts

The graph reveals a generally consistent trend of Country Stability, bolstered by an overall decrease in the level of Conflictive Events from September to November 2006. Although there was a spike in Conflictive Events in July and August 2006, this was subsequently corrected in a consistent decrease from August to November 2006.

Longer term stability in Armenia remains hindered by continuing socioeconomic disparities of wealth and income. Despite several years of double-digit GDP growth, there has been only limited

Introduction

UNHCR's Global Appeal is published yearly to alert governmental and private sector donors, Executive Committee (ExCom) members and Standing Committee observers, Governments and their Permanent Missions in Geneva, the UN Secretariat, UN agencies, intergovernmental agencies, NGOs, regional organizations and other institutions and interested individuals to the plight of millions of refugees and others of concern to UNHCR. This tenth Global Appeal outlines the Office's strategies and programmes for 2007, and will be launched officially at UNHCR's annual

Georgia is a multinational state, building democratic institutions and forging a civic identity. However, it has made little progress towards integrating Armenian and Azeri minorities, who constitute over 12 per cent of the population. Tensions are evident in the regions of Samtskhe-Javakheti and Kvemo-Kartli, where the two predominantly live and which have seen demonstrations, alleged police brutality and killings during the past two years. While there is no risk of these situations becoming

The agreements offer aid, improved trade, and more political cooperation in exchange for political and economic reforms.

But EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner told RFE/RL, they don't even mean what the EU would call a "membership perspective."

"The neighborhood policy is not for membership. I have to say that very clearly. But at the same time,

As the UN site informs, the Report authors also pay attention to a huge number of starving people in Tajikistan, Armenia And Uzbekistan. These three countries are included in the list of states, which faced the most serious problems in the area of food safety. The experts

"The two ministers held a constructive meeting in a very frank and open-minded atmosphere," international mediators representing Russia, France and the United States said in a joint statement.

According to the statement, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian and his counterpart Elmar Mammedyarov