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Hambardzum Matevosyan elected president of COP17

First reported by Golos Armenii: 09:12

Updated 15:37, 25 sources

Politics. Photo: COP17 Armenia, cropped
Photo: COP17 Armenia, cropped

The 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, COP17, opened in Yerevan on October 19. At the opening plenary session, Armenia's Minister of Environment Hambardzum Matevosyan was elected president of the conference. The minister said that work must be accelerated to reach the targets set for 2030, and that Armenia's presidency will operate on the principles of open dialogue and inclusiveness.

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Who reported first, who followed. Each dot is one outlet.

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  1. Caliber.az (Foreign)
  2. AFP (Foreign)
  3. Golos Armenii (Opposition)
  4. News.am (Opposition)
  5. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  6. 24news.am (Opposition)
  7. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  8. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  9. Tert.am (Opposition)
  10. Ararat News (Balanced)
  11. Politik.am (Opposition)
  12. Infocom (Balanced)
  13. Radar Armenia (Opposition)
  14. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  15. Azg (Opposition)
  16. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  17. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  18. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  19. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  20. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  21. Hetq (Balanced)
  22. Aravot (Balanced)
  23. 1in.am (Balanced)
  24. Factor (Balanced)

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