3.        Situation in Armenia

Tuesday, March 26 2002

 
   

05:10

Arrival

11:15

Departure for UNHCR Tbilisi Office

11:30

Meeting with Head of UNHCR c/o Mrs Catherine Bertrand

13:00

Lunch at the hotel

14:15

Departure to ICRC Tbilisi office

14:30

Meeting with the Head of ICRC c/o Mr François Bellon

15:15

Departure to UN House

15:30

Meeting with Ms Maura Lynch (OCHA)

17:00

Round Table with NGOs

   

Wednesday, March 27 2002

 
   

08:30

Departure for Gori

10:00

Meeting with IDPs from Tskhinvali region (former South Osetia) and local authorities

12:00

Lunch in Gori

13:00

Departure from Gori

16:00

Arrival to Kutaisi

17:00

Meeting with IDPs from Abkhazia and local authorities

20:00

Dinner

   

Thursday, March 28 2002

 
   

08:30

Departure for Zugdidi

10:00

Meeting at UNHCR Zugdidi office

11:00

Meeting with IDPs from Abkhazia and local authorities

14:00

Lunch

15:00

Departure for Tbilisi

   

Friday, March 29 2002

 
   

10:00

Meeting with the President of the Parliament of Georgia Mrs Nino Burdzhanadze

11:00

Meeting with Minister for Refugees and Accommodation of Georgia Mr. Valeri Vashakidze

12:00

Meeting with Vice-President of the Parliament of Georgia Mr Vakhtang Kolbaia

13:00

Lunch

14:30

Meeting with Chairman of Committee on Civil Integration of the Parliament of Georgia Mr. Gela Kvaratskhelia

15:30

Meeting with Minister of Special Assignments Mr Malkhaz Kakabadze

16:30

Meeting with Ombudsman Mrs Nana Devdariani

17:30

Press-Conference


1 See Docs 8747, 8756, Opinion No. 221 (2000) (Armenia); Docs 8748, 8757, Opinion No. 222 (2000) (Azerbaijan); Docs 8275, 8296, Opinion No. 209 (1999) (Georgia).

2 See Opinion No. 209 (1999).

3 Ethno-political conflict in Abkhazia in 1992-93 resulted in mainly ethnic Georgians leaving the region. In total approximately 270 000 people were displaced. In May 1998 some 60 000 returnees became IDPs a second time after outbreak of violence in the Gali region.

4 In 1991-92 the fights between South-Ossetian separatists and Georgians displaced around 50 000 ethnic Georgians into Georgia and Ossetians into Russia.

5 The 1991-94 violent conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia displaced around 310 000 Armenians from Azerbaijan to Armenia and approximately 1 160 000 Azeris from Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Azeri territory occupied by Armenia into Azerbaijan.

6 See Docs 8275 and 8296 on accession of Georgia to the Council of Europe.

7 as of 1.05.2001.

8 Independent observers estimate the number at around 250 000. The Georgian Government uses the figure of 272 101 persons as of January 2001.

9 It should be noted that figures for displacement associated with Georgian-Osset conflict are estimates on account of the fact that there has never been an effective registration of the displaced. Today, estimates of the remaining displaced population remain vague, with conflicting figures offered by both sides.