Armenian Chairmanship supports No Hate Speech Movement

Strasbourg, 12 November 2013 - The Armenian Chairmanship welcomed the No Hate Speech Movement launched by the Secretary General and supported activities in this framework. In order to raise the visibility of the campaign, the Chairmanship devoted special attention to it during the High-Level Conference on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance in Europe, held in Yerevan on 21-22 October, and called on member states to promote the implementation of the youth campaign ,,No Hate Speech Movement'' across all the Council of Europe member states.

Ambassador Armen Papikyan, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia, together with the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Gabriella Battaini Dragoni, opened the "No hate speech"' conference on 7 November in Strasbourg (more information).

With the agreement signed on 8 November between the Permanent Representation of Armenia to the Council of Europe and the Council of Europe, the Government of the Republic of Armenia has made a voluntary contribution of 15,000 Euros to the Council of Europe for the project "Young People Combating Hate Speech in Cyberspace".