DOCUMENT ON RATIFICATION OF REVISED EUROPEAN SOCIAL CHARTER BY ARMENIA HANDED TO CE SECRETARY GENERAL

January 21 the permanent representative of Armenia to the Council of Europe (CE), ambassador Christian Ter-Stepanian handed the document on ratification of the Revised European Social Charter (RESC) by Armenia to CE secretary general Walter Schwimmer. As reported by the press service of the foreign ministry of Armenia, by ratifying the Charter Armenia has fulfilled the last of the convention commitments undertaken when entering the CE. The main purpose of the RESC is to guarantee basic economic and social rights at the international level. Specifically, the document provides for the right of protection from poverty and exclusion of social vulnerability, ensuring the exercise of the right to equality of opportunity and treatment for men and women in all spheres. The Charter will come into effect in Armenia beginning in this March.