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In 1998 the Association for Sustainable Human Development joined the Earth Charter Initiative by launching a series of wide public discussion of the first draft of the Earth Charter text. The Association formed a group to disseminate and discuss Earth Charter and related themes; they consistently work in the promotion of the principles and values of sustainable human development.
 
An important accomplishment of their efforts was the Russian and Armenian translation of the Earth Charter and its Benchmark Draft II. They have also created and disseminated a Children’s version of the Earth Charter in Armenian, English and Russian. Since early 2000 several national and two big regional Earth Charter events were organized, which includes Earth Charter art exhibitions, theatrical performances, and several Earth Charter poster contests.
 
The members of the Association and its Chairperson, Prof. Karine Danielyan have made significant progress into the educational use of the Earth Charter: About 10 textbooks and guidelines for universities were produced. Members of the Armenian Parliament and governmental officials have been directly and indirectly using the Earth Charter as an ethical framework.
 
Dr. Karine Danielyan continuously promotes the Earth Charter in Armenia by facilitating many seminars, workshops and lectures. She has established a 72 hours’ university course on sustainable development entirely based on the Earth Charter and wrote several textbooks on sustainable development, including chapters on the Earth Charter. Her students and graduates live and work in all parts of the country and are carrying the Earth Charter message and vision in their lives and professional efforts.
 
In 2006 an Earth Charter Youth Group was established in Armenia. In 2008 the Armenian National Council for Sustainable Development (ANSCD) was created with wide representation from all stakeholders of society: government, business, NGOs, academia, youth, and others. As an elected member of the ANSCD, Prof. Danielyan is raising the awareness of its members about the Earth Charter Initiative, disseminates the Charter’s text and other publications on Sustainable Development written from the Earth Charter perspective.

The Earth Charter national site for Armenia is the folowing: http://www.earthcharter.am/