The Ministry of the Environment has never conducted air quality monitoring in the province of Syunik. The water basin has only been studied in 1988, 1989, 1990 and 2004.
The city of Kajaran in the Syunik Marz experiences an "earthquake" measuring 3.0-4.0 on the Richter scale three to four times a week.
On August 13, 2003 the Prosecutor's Office of Armenia instituted proceedings against Armenuhi Simonyan, based on charges brought by Marietta Ghazakhetyan. As we previously reported, in 2001 Armenuhi Simonyan lured Marietta Ghazakhetyan to the United Arab Emirates with the promise of a well-paid job, and then forced her into prostitution.
In September 2003, the Ministerial Council of the Council of Europe decided to set up a committee to draft the European Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. The representative of Belgium was elected chairman; A German colleague and I were elected vice-chairs. The draft is now ready.
Forty-year-old Hambardzum Sargisyan is one of the longest-standing residents of the Kimreactive Plant dormitory, here with his family for 17 years now. He has six children. His oldest daughter, Nazik, 19, left the dormitory because she couldn't take her father's drinking anymore, and now she's a waitress in a cafe.