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Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee - Western USA Names Aroutin
Hartounian Executive Director
By MassisPost
Updated: October 18, 2013
LOS ANGELES - The Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee - Western USA
(AGCC-WUSA), composed of all major Armenian political, religious and
civic organizations, unanimously voted to appoint Mr. Aroutin
Hartounian to the position of the Committee's Executive Director.
`We are excited to welcome Aroutin as the Executive Director of the
Genocide Centennial Committee. While there are many challenges ahead,
having a highly qualified person as Aroutin in such an important
position will bolster our ongoing campaign for justice. The Committee
can now move forward with full speed to implement its plans for the
Centennial,' the three co-chairs of AGCC-WUSA, Mr. Garo Ghazarian, Mr.
Harut Sassounian, and Ms. Talin Yacoubian indicated in a jointly
issued statement.
`I am honored and privileged to have been appointed to this position.
For over a year, the members of the AGCC-WUSA have worked hard to lay
the foundation for a successful centennial commemoration. We are
committed to bringing justice for this crime against humanity
committed by Turkey. We Armenians as a collective owe it to our
forefathers who fell victim to the genocidal campaign of Ottoman
Turkey. Despite persistent Turkish denials, numerous nations and
international organizations have recognized the Armenian Genocide,
have properly condemned Turkey and have lent their support to the
Armenian people's just calls for recognition and restitution,'
Hartounian stated.
Aroutin Hartounian is an attorney and Chairman of the Unified Young Armenians.
The Centennial Committee is composed of the following organizations:
·Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America
·Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church
·Armenian Catholic Church
·Armenian Evangelical Union of North America
·Armenian Revolutionary Federation
·Armenian Democratic Liberal Party
·Social Democrat Hunchakian Party
·Armenian General Benevolent Union, Western District
·Armenian Relief Society, Western USA
·Armenia Fund, Western Region US
·United Armenian Fund
·Armenian Assembly of America
·Armenian National Committee, Western Region
·Armenian Rights Council
·Armenian Council of America
·USC Institute of Armenian Studies
·Armenian Bar Association
·Unified Young Armenians
The AGCC-WUSA was established on August 9, 2012 to steer and
coordinate the multifaceted commemorative activities in the Western
United States in preparation for the 100th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide on April 24, 2015.
The AGCC-WUSA's mission, as adopted by its member organizations declares:
The 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide signifies a global
demand for justice by Armenians worldwide and all people of good will.
The Centennial marks one of the 20th century's greatest crimes against
humanity. In 1915, the Turkish Government began a premeditated and
systematic campaign to uproot the Armenian population from its
ancestral homeland and slaughter 1.5 million defenseless men, women
and children.
Turkey must finally acknowledge its responsibility for the Genocide
and make appropriate moral, financial and territorial restitution, as
mandated by the fundamental norms of international law and civilized
society.
Mr. Garo Ghazarian, Co-Chair
Mr. Harut Sassounian, Co-Chair
Ms. Talin Yacoubian, Co-Chair
Ms. Tomik Alexanian, Treasurer
Ms. Lena Bozoyan, Secretary
Executive Committee
Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee - Western USA
http://massispost.com/archives/9819
Hartounian Executive Director
By MassisPost
Updated: October 18, 2013
LOS ANGELES - The Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee - Western USA
(AGCC-WUSA), composed of all major Armenian political, religious and
civic organizations, unanimously voted to appoint Mr. Aroutin
Hartounian to the position of the Committee's Executive Director.
`We are excited to welcome Aroutin as the Executive Director of the
Genocide Centennial Committee. While there are many challenges ahead,
having a highly qualified person as Aroutin in such an important
position will bolster our ongoing campaign for justice. The Committee
can now move forward with full speed to implement its plans for the
Centennial,' the three co-chairs of AGCC-WUSA, Mr. Garo Ghazarian, Mr.
Harut Sassounian, and Ms. Talin Yacoubian indicated in a jointly
issued statement.
`I am honored and privileged to have been appointed to this position.
For over a year, the members of the AGCC-WUSA have worked hard to lay
the foundation for a successful centennial commemoration. We are
committed to bringing justice for this crime against humanity
committed by Turkey. We Armenians as a collective owe it to our
forefathers who fell victim to the genocidal campaign of Ottoman
Turkey. Despite persistent Turkish denials, numerous nations and
international organizations have recognized the Armenian Genocide,
have properly condemned Turkey and have lent their support to the
Armenian people's just calls for recognition and restitution,'
Hartounian stated.
Aroutin Hartounian is an attorney and Chairman of the Unified Young Armenians.
The Centennial Committee is composed of the following organizations:
·Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America
·Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church
·Armenian Catholic Church
·Armenian Evangelical Union of North America
·Armenian Revolutionary Federation
·Armenian Democratic Liberal Party
·Social Democrat Hunchakian Party
·Armenian General Benevolent Union, Western District
·Armenian Relief Society, Western USA
·Armenia Fund, Western Region US
·United Armenian Fund
·Armenian Assembly of America
·Armenian National Committee, Western Region
·Armenian Rights Council
·Armenian Council of America
·USC Institute of Armenian Studies
·Armenian Bar Association
·Unified Young Armenians
The AGCC-WUSA was established on August 9, 2012 to steer and
coordinate the multifaceted commemorative activities in the Western
United States in preparation for the 100th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide on April 24, 2015.
The AGCC-WUSA's mission, as adopted by its member organizations declares:
The 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide signifies a global
demand for justice by Armenians worldwide and all people of good will.
The Centennial marks one of the 20th century's greatest crimes against
humanity. In 1915, the Turkish Government began a premeditated and
systematic campaign to uproot the Armenian population from its
ancestral homeland and slaughter 1.5 million defenseless men, women
and children.
Turkey must finally acknowledge its responsibility for the Genocide
and make appropriate moral, financial and territorial restitution, as
mandated by the fundamental norms of international law and civilized
society.
Mr. Garo Ghazarian, Co-Chair
Mr. Harut Sassounian, Co-Chair
Ms. Talin Yacoubian, Co-Chair
Ms. Tomik Alexanian, Treasurer
Ms. Lena Bozoyan, Secretary
Executive Committee
Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee - Western USA
http://massispost.com/archives/9819