APA reports quoting the website of the Council of Europe that the commitments of Armenian chairmanship have been announced. Strengthening human rights standards and furthering the fight against racism, xenophobia and intolerance in Europe are among the key commitments. Armenia will organize a high level conference on these issues in the end of October.
Committee of Ministers' chairmanship is rotated in alphabetical order. Armenia's chairmanship will last till November 13 and hand it over to Austria. Azerbaijan will chair the Committee of Ministers in May-November, 2014.