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    ARMENIAN RELIEF SOCIETY, INC.
    80 Bigelow Avenue
    Watertown, MA 02472
    Telephone; 617-926-5892
    E-Mail [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
    Website; ARS1910.ORG
    Contact Person: Hamesd Beugekian

    ARS, Inc. to Participate in United Nations
    Department of Public Information Conference
    8-10 September, 2004

    The 57th Annual Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs),
    entitled MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS: CIVIL SOCIETY TAKES ACTION, will
    take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, from
    Wednesday to Friday, 8 to 10 September, 2004. The Conference, the
    premier NGO event at United Nations headquarters each year, is
    organized by the NGO Section of DPI (Department of Public Information)
    together with the Executive Committee of NGOs associated with DPI.
    Secretary-General Kofi Anan will open the Conference on 8 September in
    the general Assembly Hall. In addition to the opening and closing
    plenary sessions, which will feature keynote speakers, the Conference
    will hold 5 morning and afternoon plenary panels, as well as 30 Midday
    NGO Interactive workshops. Over 1,700 NGO representatives, associated
    with the DPI and Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) from about 90
    countries around the world, are expected to attend The Conference.
    The Armenian Relief Society, Inc. will have a midday workshop
    partnership with 2 other NGO's: NGO Committee on Child's Rights, and
    NGO Committee on HIV/AIDS, on Thursday, September 9th, 2004, from
    1:15pm to 2:45 pm in the Dag Hammarskjold Library and Auditorium in
    the UN headquarter building. The workshop is entitled `HIV/AIDS
    Education, Prevention and Care; an Emphasis on Engaging Boys and Men
    as Full Partners of Women and Children'. A large number of ARS members
    will attend this conference from Canada and the USA.
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