Armenia must lay emphasis on implementation of international documents, Head of the Association For Sustainable Development Karine Danielyan told ArmInfo.
The expert recalled that Armenia has recently joined the Minamata Convention on Mercury, but it is important to implement international documents after they are ratified.
"The environmental situation would be much worse but for such conventions. For instance, without Aarchus Convention, no one would even listen to us. Now, we can change something. Foreign partners of Armenia know that if there is a law, it is effective. In Armenia, unfortunately, the situation is different," she said.
On 10 October Minamata Mercury Convention was signed in Kumamoto City, Japan. The Convention has been signed by 91 countries and the European Union. The document regulates the use of mercury in manufacturing and stipulates special measures to reduce mercury pollution.