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Issue no: 853
• JUNE 17 - 20, 2016
• PUBLISHED TWICE WEEKLY
FOCUS ON UNITY
Georgian Orthodox Church Patriarch Ilia II says his Church will not take part in a planned summit of the world’s Orthodox Churches in July
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In this week’s issue... No Need for MAP, AP, Possible Game Changer for NATO ATO O and Georgia? POLITICS PAGE 4
For Whom the Bell Tolls…the Fight of the Churches, Round 2 POLITICS PAGE 5
Easing Sanctions against Russia for the Sake of EU Unity POLITICS PAGE 7
HRS Extends Operating Area and Services
UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities Discussed at Conference BY ZVIAD ADZINBAIA
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n June 14, The Coalition for Independent Living (CIL), with support from the US Agency for International Development (USAID), marked National Disability Rights Day with a forum on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel Tbilisi hosted the forum that
aimed at raising public awareness about disability rights issues in Georgia and beyond and saw such participants as Douglas Ball, USAID Mission Director to Georgia; Davit Narmania, Mayor of Tbilisi; Stephen Stork, Deputy Head of Operations of the Delegation of the European Union to Georgia; Shombi Sharp, Deputy Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program in Georgia, as well as representatives of various other local and international organizations. Continued on page 2
BUSINESS PAGE 8
Waste – Trash or Resource? SOCIETY PAGE 11
People Choose The Most Ecologically Clean Areas To Live In SOCIETY PAGE 16
Rustaveli Theater Hosts Georgian Chanting Foundation Awards Ceremony CULTURE PAGE 19