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ArmInfo. 70 years after the adoption of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, certain achievements in the protection of human  rights can be stated. Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on  the Prevention of Genocide, said this on December 10 at the opening  of the Global Forum "Against the Crime of Genocide" in Yerevan. 

ArmInfo. The third Global Forum "Against the Crime of Genocide" kicked off in Yerevan. The opening ceremony of the forum was held at the Matenadaran Museum-Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, part of collection of which survived thanks to  those who escaped from the Genocide.

ArmInfo.Human rights should be protected regardless of where the person is located. Residents of Artsakh and the so-called "gray zones" have the same rights as all the others. The Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan stated  this at a press conference on November 16.

ArmInfo.Once the form of a change of country leaders has been adopted, then it seems to me that in this regard it is necessary to adhere to this trend. On November  9, during a video bridge Yerevan-Moscow-Tallinn, , a Member of the  Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Frants  Klintsevich, expressed this opinion, answering ArmInfo's question  about whether Armenia will retain the post of CSTO Secretary General.  

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ArmInfo. This is not the first time Iran has voted for documents or resolutions within Islamic organizations that are contrary to the interests of Nagorno-  Karabakh, but this has never reflected on its policy on this issue.  On November 7, Kiro Manoyan, ARF Dashnaktsutyun Bureau's Hay Dat and  Political Affairs Office Director, expressed this opinion at a press  conference in Yerevan, commenting on the adoption of the Istanbul  Declaration by the foreign ministers of Turkey, Iran and Azerbaijan.

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ArmInfo. The National Security Service of Armenia continues to work as a tool for political persecution against the Sasna Tsrer party. This is stated in the  party statement.

ArmInfo. Employees the Anti-Smuggling Department of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) for January-October 2018 stopped 126 cases of offenses, 70 of them were  prosecuted. On October 31, the head of the Department Vardan  Vardanyan told reporters.

ArmInfo. The VI trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Iran - Mevlut Chavushoglu, Elmar Mamedyarov and Mohammad Javad Zarif was  held in Istanbul.

ArmInfo.The Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (PA CSTO) at a meeting on October 30 adopted recommendations on the harmonization  of the national legislation of the CSTO member states regarding the  recognition of organizations as terrorist, reports TASS.

ArmInfo.The Republican Party of Armenia will vote against the package of amendments in the Electoral Code. On October 29, the MP of the National Assembly of  Armenia from the RPA faction Armen Ashotyan stated from the rostrum  of the National Assembly .

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ArmInfo.The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) will continue to press for strict enforcement of Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act.  

ArmInfo. Many countries had restrictions related to the sale of weapons to countries such as Azerbaijan, but Russia broke this embargo, international expert,  former chairman of the parliamentary commission on foreign relations,  Hovhannes Igityan, commenting on the statement by the adviser to the  US president on national security, told ArmInfo.

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ArmInfo. The decision to  suspend the 907th amendment has not yet been made. This was announced  by US presidential adviser on national security John Bolton,  commenting on the possible cancellation of the 907th amendment by  Donald Trump and the sale of weapons to Azerbaijan on October 25 in  Yerevan.