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Council of Europe Committee of Ministers issues second report on minority languages in Armenia

24 September 2009 12:02 (UTC +04:00)

Strasbourg â€“ APA. The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers has made public the second report on the situation of minority languages in Armenia, APA reports quoting the Councilâ€™s website. This report has been drawn up by a committee of independent experts which monitors the application of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. The Committee of Ministers calls on Armenia to develop a structured policy to make available sufficient teacher training and up-dated teaching materials in Assyrian, Yezidi and Kurdish at all education levels on the basis of the report. Furthermore, the Armenian authorities should ensure that regional or minority languages can be used in court and that courts and the public are aware of their rights and duties to use these languages. Armenia should also take measures to improve the presence of Assyrian and Greek on radio, and of Assyrian, Yezidi and Kurdish languages on television.