YERKIR Europe
	ABOUT US ? Yerkir Europe is a French NGO. Yerkir Europe represents in France and in Europe the Armenian NGO «Yerkir Union for the repatriation and the reinsertion». Yerkir Europe is an organisation of International Solidarity with the following goals: Humanitarian aid Aid for economic, social and cultural development Aid for scientific, medical, technical, economical, cultural and administrative training And also, in the spirit of the values proned by the European Union, the Association will have the following objectives: To promote transborder exchanges, whether they are economical, cultural or social. The defense of human rights and of the minorities. The protection and restoration of the historical inheritance.  In the countries of the Caucasus zone- European Union- Middle East
JAVAKHK Briefing presented by Dr. Fernand de Varennes on behalf of the Yerkir NGO during the UN Human Rights Committee meeting on Monday October 15, 2007, in Geneva.				DOWNLOAD THE "YERKIR Union" REPORT ON THE ARMENIAN MINORITY OF GEORGIA PDF Version
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTE 91st Session (15 October to 2 November 2007), Geneva International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Universal Declaration of Human Right s Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities	AREAS OF INTERVENTION Urgency humanitarian aid Aid for economical, social ans cultural development Aid for scientific, medical, technical, economical, cultural and social training promote transborder exchanges, whether they are economical, cultural or social. The defense of human rights and of the minorities. The protection and restoration of the historical inheritance PROGRAMS OF INTERVENTION Agro-economic program Construction of dispensaries Credit program for agriculture and breeding Construction of community centers Adduction program for running water and for irrigation Construction of houses Sanitary program Construction of schools Program of archeological search Construction of kindergarden Programs of cultural exchanges Since more than 14 years we have acquired a ground experience thanks to the permanent presence in Armenia and in Georgia by a team of French expats. This presence allows us to take control of all our projects, from the study to the conception, from the realisation to the following. 130 houses built and then given to the refugees 11 schools and kindergarden built 10 dispensaries and hospitals Adduction of drinking water and irrigation in various villages Installation of sanitary and social programs Hundreds of hectares have been put in culture Hundreds of credit programs for breeding put in place Hundreds of orchards created by the plantation of fruit trees Archaeological Exploration of Artsakh Tigranakert			Yerkir Union of NGOs : Alternative  reports for the UN Human Rights Committee Interventions of the Yerkir Union of NGOs’ experts during the Human Rights Committee 91st Session on Georgia, 15 and 16 October 2007.