InternationalEditorial
Hirair Hovnanian continues to block Genocide memorial & museum in DC
Assembly leader's delay tactics are detrimental to Armenian Americans' interests.
Is the Armenian Assembly leadership part of the community or part of the problem?
The Cafesjian Family Foundation is ready to invite the community to join forces and move forward with the Armenian Genocide museum and memorial in Washington – and the Assembly’s leaders know this. So why squander time and money to obstruct progress? Why pay lawyers instead of paying builders?
AAA tactics show contempt for justice and Armenian Americans
Published: Friday March 25, 2011
Two months after it lost the court dispute over the proposed Armenian Genocide museum and memorial, the Armenian Assembly of America is seeking to delay and undermine the progress of the museum as well as the administration of justice.
Census 2010: Responsibility in Our Hands
Published: Wednesday March 24, 2010
The U.S. Census 2010 forms are arriving in the mail, and from now until the April 1 deadline, participation is important, required, easy, and safe.
Editor’s Diary: Turkish presidency’s Armenian history
Published: Friday March 19, 2010
For the past two days our group of nine - experts, commentators from U.S. - has shuttled from one end of Ankara to another for meeting after meeting. Eleven meetings in all far: six yesterday and five today - the latest with President Abdullah Gul.
Commentary
Bryza confesses his love for Turkey, confirming his anti-Armenian Bias
Harut Sassounian reacts to Matt Bryza's first public comments after leaving the State Department and settling in Istanbul.
ANCA directs ten questions to Secretary Clinton
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Chairman Ken Hachikian posed a series of ten direct questions to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding U.S. policy on the Armenian Genocide, in his February 9th letter to the Department of State expressing the Armenian American community's outrage over her recent dismissal of this crime as "a matter of historical debate."
Armenians need to pursue their cause with more confidence and commitment
Published: Wednesday February 15, 2012
This week’s column deals with the self-defeating attitude of some Armenians whose negative outlook manifested itself once again with the latest news about the French bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide.
Tying the knot with difficulty
Published: Wednesday February 15, 2012
Tom Vartabedian comments on making his way through life while trying to avoid tying the ties.
France shouldn’t allow Turkey to meddle in its domestic affairs
Published: Sunday February 12, 2012
Harut Sassounian comments on Turkish efforts to stop the enactment of genocide denial legislation in France, most recently through a parliamentary appeal to the country's Constitutional Council.
Letters
Armenian Council of America on CA Democrats convention
A delegation of members from the Armenian Council of America (ACA) and Gaidz Youth Organization (GYO) took part in the California Democratic Party Convention held at the San Diego Hilton Bay Front Hotel and San Diego Convention Center on February 10 - 12.
ANCA protests Cenk Uygur's talk at Calif. Democrats' meeting
The following open letter was sent by the Armenian National Committee - Western Region:
Attorneys call for congressional hearing over Zarakolu arrest
Published: Tuesday November 22, 2011
The following letter from former City of Pasadena Mayor and attorney William Paparian, and attorney Vartkes Yeghiayan was distributed by the Center for Armenian Remembrance at http://www.centerar.org/.
Letters regarding Turkey's claim to ancient Greek statue
Published: Monday November 07, 2011
An article by Geoff Edgers about Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts’ acceding to Turkish demands, titled “MFA sends ‘Weary Herakles’ statue back to Turkey,” appeared in the Sept. 24, 2011 edition of the Boston Globe. The following two letters were submitted to the Boston Globe for publication and are published here with authors' permission.
ANCA's Aram Hamparian on "Presidential Study Directive on Mass Atrocities"
Published: Friday August 19, 2011
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Executive Director Aram Hamparian issued the following statement on the August 4, 2011 White House announcement of the "Presidential Study Directive on Mass Atrocities", which aims to create a framework to prevent mass atrocities and genocide.
