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    AGBU Press Office
    55 East 59th Street
    New York, NY 10022-1112
    Phone: 212.319.6383, x118
    Fax: 212.319.6507
    Email: [email protected]
    Website: www.agbu.org

    PRESS RELEASE

    Thursday, July 31, 2008

    AGBU-UN Group Raises Awareness & Funds for Youth Career Trail Program
    in Armenia

    Working in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program
    (UNDP), The AGBU-United Nations Special Interest Group hosted its
    first benefit reception on July 24, 2008 at the UN headquarters in New
    York. The reception raised funds for the UNDP Youth Career Trail
    Project, which seeks to mitigate youth unemployment in Armenia by
    partnering recent college graduates with leading host organizations
    through a six-month paid internship program. More than one hundred
    guests, including AGBU and UN dignitaries, attended the reception.

    The benefit reception included remarks by His Excellency Armen
    Martirosyan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent
    Representative of Armenia to the United Nations, Arda Haratunian,
    Member of AGBU Central Board of Directors, and Consuelo Vidal, UNDP
    Resident Representative to Armenia, as well as a video presentation
    featuring interviews with recent Youth Career Trail project
    interns. Hors d'oeuvres and live jazz music also accompanied the
    evening.

    Although uninterrupted economic growth has been documented in Armenia
    since 1994, economic recovery has not resulted in a real expansion for
    employment so unemployment is one of Armenia's key social and economic
    problems. Young people are especially affected by this trend, with
    youth unemployment in Armenia reaching a critical level of almost 50%.

    Within the framework of the UN Global Compact initiative, the Youth
    Career Trail Project is a joint effort between UNDP, the private
    sector, and non-governmental organizations, such as AGBU, to alleviate
    youth unemployment rates in Armenia. Easing the transition from
    college to the workforce, participants in Yerevan and the outer
    regions earn valuable on-the-job experience relevant to their
    education.

    Participants in the Youth Career Trail Project also refine necessary
    career skills through the program's capacity-building seminars. In
    addition to partaking in a six-month paid internship, participants
    attend seminars which offer help in presentation skills and
    interviewing, as well as guidance in writing an effective résumé. Host
    companies are encouraged to hire successful candidates upon completion
    of the internship period, and over 50% of the first Youth Career Trail
    class has found long-term employment.

    The AGBU-UN Special Interest Group is proud to help sponsor the third
    class of interns. Kim Yacoubian, AGBU's Main Representative to the UN,
    stated, "After nearly a year, our work has culminated in this evening,
    the first of many initiatives to come, bringing us together to support
    the next group of interns this coming August." AGBU-UN SIG's benefit
    reception raised $6,000, which will cover the internship stipends of
    ten upcoming Youth Career Trail Project participants.

    To make a donation or for general inquiries, please visit
    www.agbu.org/un.

    Established in 1906, AGBU (www.agbu.org) is the world's largest
    non-profit Armenian organization. Headquartered in New York City with
    an annual budget of $34 million, AGBU preserves and promotes the
    Armenian identity and heritage through educational, cultural and
    humanitarian programs, annually serving some 400,000 Armenians on six
    continents.
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