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  • ARPA Institute Lecture on July 30 in Merdinian

    Tel: (818)881-0010
    On-Line Contact: [email protected]
    Web:http://www.arpainstitut e.org

    What: Public Lecture on `Armenia-Turkey Negotiations and
    Armenia-Diaspora Relations', by Harut Sasounian
    When: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 7:30PM
    Where: Merdinian Auditorium, 13330 Riverside Dr. Sherman Oaks, CA
    91403,
    Miscelaneous: The lecture will address the twists and turns of the
    Armenia-Turkey negotiations and the influence of the U.S., Russia and
    Europe in that process. The false impressions created by the Turkish
    Government during the so-called border-opening talks will be analyzed.
    The lecture will also cover whether President Obama was tricked by
    Turkey to preclude him from saying genocide, or did he trick Armenia
    and Turkey?
    The Turkish attempts to pit Armenia against the Diaspora will be
    highlighted and counter-moves proposed.
    The most recent Turkish trick will be exposed in linking the
    border-opening talks to the Artsakh negotiations.
    It will be pointed out that the Turkish preconditions in these talks
    are ironically having the positive effect of restraining Armenia from
    making further concessions.
    After the lecture, there will be ample time for questions and answers.

    Harut Sassounian is the publisher of The California Courier
    newspaper. His editorials are reprinted in scores of publications
    worldwide and posted on countless websites.
    He is the President of the United Armenian Fund, which has supplied
    over $550 million of humanitarian assistance to Armenia since the 1988
    earthquake.
    As Senior Vice President of the Lincy Foundation, he has overseen the
    implementation of over $250 million of infrastructure-related projects
    in Armenia.
    >From 1978 to 1982, he worked for the Procter & Gamble Company in
    Geneva, Switzerland, as an international marketing executive.
    He served for 10 years as a non-governmental delegate on human rights
    at the United Nations, lobbying for the eventual recognition of the
    Armenian Genocide by the UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of
    Discrimination and Protection of Minorities in 1985. He has a Master's
    Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University, a
    Certificate from the Middle East Institute, and an MBA from Pepperdine
    University.
    He is the author of "The Armenian Genocide: The World Speaks Out,
    1915-2005, Documents and Declarations" which has also been published
    in Arabic.
    He serves on the Board of Directors of the Ministry of Diaspora of
    Armenia.
    He has been decorated by the President and Prime Minister of the
    Republic of Armenia, as well as the heads of the Armenian Apostolic
    and Catholic churches. He is the recipient of the Ellis Island Medal
    of Honor.
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