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    PRESS RELEASE/NEWS REVIEW

    MELKONIAN ALUMNI CYPRUS

    Contact: Masis der Parthogh

    P.O. Box 16077, CY 2085
    Nicosia, Cyprus.
    Tel. +-357 22 678666
    Fax. +-357 22 678664
    Email: [email protected]

    Founders' nephew joins Melkonian campaign

    Cyprus Weekly - Friday, September 10, 2004

    THE worldwide campaign to save the Melkonian School in Nicosia took
    a new turn this week as Jack R. Melkonian, a nephew of the founders,
    joined the campaign at a crucial meeting in London with delegates of
    the alumni and friends.

    The London meeting decided to take joint action to challenge and
    prevent a decision if the US-based central board of the AGBU (Armenian
    General Benevolent Union) to close down the Melkonian next year.

    Taking part in the meeting were alumni representatives from Cyprus,
    the UK, the USA, Canada and Lebanon, while Jack Melkonian represented
    the family of the brothers who founded the shool 80 years ago.

    An announcement by the alumni said: "It was a most interesting meeting,
    Mr Melkonian is fully in agreement with the joint strategic and legal
    action to be taken, on the advice of legal counsel presented by law
    experts in Cyprus and overseas."

    The meeting expressed its gratitude to the government of Cyprus for
    its support and the warm hospitality it continues to provide the
    Melkonian Educational Institute and the welfare and education of the
    Armenian community.
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