Artsakh Rights Council  calls on Armenia`s Social Ministry  to help  attract foreign resources to address issues facing Artsakh people

ArmInfo. The Council for the Protection of the Rights of Artsakh People has urged the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of Armenia to acknowledge the inability to  provide housing for the people of Artsakh. They also called for  assistance in appealing to international and donor organizations to  attract the necessary resources to address this issue. This call was  made on March 31 during a rally outside the Ministry of Social  Affairs of Armenia. The founder of the Artsakh Mothers Support Center  and member of the Council for the Protection of the Rights of Artsakh  People, Mariam Abrahamyan, voiced this plea.

In this vein, she requested at least one representative from the  Ministry of Social Affairs of Armenia to come down and address the  numerous questions facing the people of Artsakh. Abrahamyan explained  despite the Ministry's claims that the program is based on the needs  of the people of Artsakh, those who are its direct beneficiaries are  not consulted. 

Furthermore, Abrahamyan assured that even the most active public  organizations  in the communities are not aware of the Ministry's  actions in this regard. The Council member expressed the conviction  that the program is either discussed with individuals who are unaware  of the issues facing the people of Artsakh, or with those who  silently agree with everything proposed by the Ministry. "The reality  is that the programs do not meet the needs of the forcibly displaced  population of Artsakh. There is no adequate assessment of the needs  of the people of Artsakh. Otherwise, the Artsakh employment program  would not have failed." Abrahamyan concluded.