The current situation of urban development in Yerevan city is publicly discussed now more than ever. We, a number of organizations and unions, express our support and join Yerevan protection initiatives united on March 7, 2012 to implement a number of universal ideas concerning the public of Yerevan at present.

By this statement we unite to carry out the below-mentioned events for Yerevan protection:

1. to completely declare Yerevan's center as a special protection area and to temporarily suspend permits for new constructions;

2. to exclude any construction carried out at the expense of public spaces, especially in green areas and take measures to return seized public property in the course of years;

3. to include the current and not yet dismantled constructions in the list of movable historical and cultural monuments of Yerevan city under state protection and review all the decisions regarding construction in those areas;

4. to start immediate reconstruction of the monuments dismantled (in the space enclosed in Abovian, Buzand, Koghbatsi and Aram Streets section) in the course of the last two decades;

5. to ensure public participation in decision-making processes pursuant to RA legislation by conducting effective awareness-raising and providing public discussion for every program and project of urban development, considering public opinion.

AJZ cultural NGO
Arami Khachmeruk movement
Transparency International Anti-corruption Center NGO
Old and New City Foundation
Victims of State Needs NGO
UrbanLabYerevan - Institute for Democratization of Urban Planning
Civic Forum NGO
Utopiana.am cultural-creative NGO