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ContentsResearch 2Current MajorProjectEducation 3Public LecturesNew Books 4Not on OurWatch & Bloodand SoilPeople 5Eric Markusen &Aren SarikyanRecognition 6-7Zoryan’s 25thAppreciation 8-9Supporters ofZoryanPublications 10Recent WorksWhat is aZI Friend?A specialcategory ofpeople, ZoryanFriends areinterested andcommitted. Theywant tounderstand thepresent as muchas the pastbecause theycare for thefuture. They alsoconstitute theInstitute’s backbone:it is theirannualcontributionsand promotionof Zoryan thatassure theInstitute’s1982 2007THE ZORYAN INSTITUTE NewsletterWinter 2007, Volume One, Issue OneOn our 25th anniversary, it is with a greatsense of excitement that we launch this newsletterto provide you with information and commentary.Many dramatic changes have profoundlyaffected the Armenian world since1982. Accordingly, in planning for the next 25years, Zoryan must consider how to employ itsscholars and specialists to best address thechallenges of our fast moving world. I wouldlike to share with you some major factors thatinfluence our thinking in this process.Armenia and KarabaghThe collapse of the Soviet Union led to the independenceof Armenia and Karabagh. This creatednew complexities within Armenia (nationbuilding,unemployment, restructuring theeconomy, health care, education, etc.), in relationswith its neighbours (security, border issuesand claimed territories), and in relationswith the Diaspora (its role, participation andinfluence in nation-building).Armenia will continue to be challenged by issuesof long-term security, prosperity and progress,in the absence of normal relations withTurkey, its largest neighbour and biggest securitythreat. Azerbaijan is using its oil revenues topurchase arms—spending $1 billion in 2007alone—and could reopen the war on Karabaghat any time. Uneasy relations with Georgia andthe West’s issues with Iran, Armenia’s largesttrading partner, further complicate the securityand economic situation.Genocide and the Relationship with TurkeyTurkey’s AKP-led government has been seekingEU membership for economic benefits, to promoteits westward-looking identity, and to openup freedom of religion, as Islam, the country’sdominant religion, is restricted under the currentKemalist constitution. To meet EU standards,Turkey had to legislate many reformsand confront longstanding taboos. In the process,the Armenian Genocide has also come tothe fore as a taboo for Turkish society to reckonwith. For their part, European countries are usingthe Turkish state’s denial of the ArmenianGenocide as a tool to block Turkey’s accessionto the EU, complicating Turkey’s already difficultrelationship with Armenia.Message from the PresidentWhile today the reality of the Armenian Genocidehas been widely accepted, tragically, genocidehas become a frequent phenomenon to resolvepolitical conflict (Rwanda, Bosnia, Kosovo, EastTimor, Darfur, etc.). Consequently, there is a newurgency for genocide studies to raise publicawareness crucial for prevention.DiasporaGlobalization has made Armenia a part of thisinterdependent world, an exhilarating, yet potentiallydangerous situation, as it is not yet able tointegrate into the world economy. How can theDiaspora and Armenia jointly convert this into anopportunity, utilizing the fact that 5/8 of Armeniansare dispersed worldwide?ConclusionConsidering the above, how should we, as Armenians,be thinking about our shared responsibilities,shared benefits, and shared values? Zoryan,as a national resource, whose mission is tothink critically about the contemporary issuesfacing Armenians, must raise such questions, inorder to develop new perspectives and ideas, forboth current and future challenges.In this vein the security of Armenia is our mostimportant shared responsibility. We have toadopt a pragmatic approach to our problems.We have to have an effective way of resolvingour own differences, and those with ourneighbors in the region. This could only beachieved by understanding our present and howwe got here, in an objective, analytical mannerin order to develop a national agenda which reflectsour shared values. To this end, Zoryan, bybringing Diaspora, Armenia and genociderelatedissues to international academic forums,provides understanding and generates goodwilltowards Armenians. It also undertakes research,analysis, publication, conferences and universityprograms to inform and influencenot only specialists andopinion-makers but also toempower the next generationto face the future with confidence.I urge you to get involved, be aZoryan “Friend,” and supportour mission. Thank you.K. M. (Greg)Sarkissian

Vahakn Dadrian, Zoryan’s Director of Genocide Research,and Taner Akçam, renowned Turkish Sociologistand Historian, are collaborating to present the resultsof their archival research on the Takvim-i Vekâyi.The Takvim-i Vekâyi, the official gazette of the Ottomangovernment, provides the only official record of themilitary tribunals prosecuting the Armenian Genocide.It documents the indictments, court sittings and verdictsfor thirteen trials, whichtook place 1919-1922 inIstanbul, of individuals accusedof crimes against theArmenians in 1915. Thesemilitary tribunals were extensiveand represent one of theperiod’s most important politicalundertakings. The Takvim-iVekâyi is a primesource of legal and eyewitnesstestimony for theGenocide.The gazette was printed in Arabic script and is currentlydispersed in different libraries throughout theworld. It is very difficult to get a complete collectionowing to the attempts of the Turkish state to systematicallyremove as many of the existing issues fromcirculation as possible. However, working with the Institutefor the last five years, the authors have beenResearchCurrent Major Research Project:Building a Common Body of Knowledge (CBK)True peace can be achieved only if Turkey and Armeniacan engage one another in open dialogue abouttheir past. As their narratives are so politicized andentrenched, this will not happen without having a commonbasis of historical facts that are universally recognized.Zoryan is working to develop this material in collaborationwith university research centres. The objectiveis to provide knowledge on the history of theevents surrounding 1915, in both Turkish and English,that will be shared by Turkish and Armenian civil societiesand academia. To achieve this, teams of scholars,translators and editors are engaged in locating, collecting,researching, analyzing, editing, translating, andpublishing this material in Turkish, English and otherVahakn Dadrian and Taner Akçam Joint ProjectProfessors Akçam and Dadrian teaching at the Genocideand Human Rights University ProgramPage Twolanguages. This enormous, long-term project is basedon Ottoman, German and various other archival materialsamounting to thousands of pages, and will takemany years to complete.The more such documents are analyzed and madeavailable in modern Turkish and English, the moreknowledge will be created and the greater the empoweringof Turkish civil society to question the officialstate narrative and restore accurate history and memory.Such a common body of knowledge, accessible toall, can serve as a catalyst for dialogue, leading eventuallyto normalization of relations between the twosocieties in their homelands and their diasporas.able to compile a complete collection of these gazettes,have transliterated them into modern Turkish,and translated them into English.The Key Indictment focused on the Cabinet Ministersand top leaders of the Committee for Union and Progress(CUP). The main feature of the Key Indictment isthe set of forty-one documents contained within it.Most of these documents consist of decoded telegramssent to and from theInterior Minister (Talât), theIIIrd and IVth Army Cdr., theDeputy Cdr. of the Vth ArmyCorps and the XVth Divisionfrom Ankara province, theDirectors of the Special Organization,two Military Governorsof Istanbul, and a hostof governors and districtcommissioners.The authors provide readerswith an authoritative Englishtranslation, accompanied by an extensive historicaland legal introduction. Against the ongoing industry ofdenial undertaken by the Turkish state and the contemporarypolitical background of independent Armeniain its relation to Turkey, this record assumes criticalrelevance. The Turkish edition will appear soon andthe English edition will follow shortly thereafter.

EducationPublic LecturesThe Politics of Genocide Recognition In response to increased interest about the circumstancesurrounding US House Resolution 106, affirming the Armenian Genocide, Prof.Simon Payaslian of Boston University presented a lecture titled, “The Politics of GenocideRecognition in the United States: The Armenian Genocide between Moralpolitik and Realpolitik.”He contextualized the resolution in terms of Congress’ historical use of such as ameans of reasserting its authority over the President after time of war. Furthermore, he emphasizedthe long-term and deep military, economic, and political ties between the UnitedStates and Turkey and how Turkey uses them as leverages in support of its policy of denial.The Professor argued that new approaches are needed which “recognize this reality, face it,and educate our youth about it, rather than perpetuating this common mythology that the United States has somespecial love for the Armenians.” Zoryan President, Greg Sarkissian, pointed out that the lecture indicates change inthe official Turkish denial policy will only come from within Turkey, “having seen such change in the US civil rightsmovement and the ending of apartheid in South Africa.” He said that in support of the increasing democraticmovement, alternatives to the state-imposed narrative are essential.Holocaust Education Week Prof. Eric D. Weitz, Chair of the History Department, Universityof Minnesota, at both a Jewish Synagogue and an Armenian Community Centre, highlightedthe numerous and important links between the Armenian Genocide and the JewishHolocaust. He spoke of the positive roles played by individuals in both genocides, by documentingthe crimes, speaking out and protecting victims, and also their negative roles, including,German officials who were witness and sometimes participants in the Armeniangenocide. There was also a continuity in the use of modern technology, e.g. the railway, butalso the regimented, detached collection and applications of demographic statistics by thecentral government of both German and Turkey before and during the genocides. Of greatimportance was how the absence of punishment for the perpetrators of the ArmenianGenocide emboldened the perpetrators of the Holocaust.High School OutreachIIGHRS’s Outreach Coordinator, Torrey Swan, participated in the unique Genocide AwarenessThrough Education (GATE) program that was being piloted at St. Francis Libermann,a Toronto Catholic High School. During an hour multimedia program, titled "UnderstandingGenocide," using a comparative method he taught the students about the definition,causes, mechanism, consequences, and means of prevention of genocide. Beyond theenhancement of awareness of genocide, the program aimed to instill a sense of personalresponsibility, justice and hope towards the prevention of genocide in the nearly 1000students aged fifteen to eighteen. This included outlining the ways both students andteachers can make a difference in Darfur by becoming informed and involved.Etyen Mahçupyan The new editor of Agos newspaper, the only bi-lingual Turkish-Armenian publication,Mr. Etyen Mahçupyan, while in Toronto for a lecture on the ramifications of Hrant Dink’s assassination,visited the Zoryan Institute office. He engaged with staff in an intense discussion regardingthe current situation in Turkey and what can be done to improve Turkish-Armenian relations.It was concluded that the education of Turkish civil society regarding the historical facts of the periodbetween the collapse of the Empire and the founding of the Republic is critical to bring about thenecessary change from within to end denial, as opposed to foreign pressure which induces a defensivestance.Page Three

In their book, Not on our Watch: TheMission to End Genocide in Darfurand Beyond (New York: Hyperion,2007), Don Cheadle (Actorvist) andJohn Prendergast (frontline journalistand activist) repeatedly point outwhat they call the Four HorsemenEnabling the Apocalypse: apathy, indifference,ignorance and policy inertia.They are seeking to addressthese by tackling what they see to bethe three pillars fostering “a realchange in human rights and conflictresolution policy: field research, tolearn what is really happening in conflictzones and what needs to bedone, high level advocacy to deliverthe message to the people who determine policy, anddomestic political pressure for a constituency that caresabout these issues and takes them up with theirelected officials.” They stress that it is the last one thatoften goes missing, and to which the book is directed.New BooksThis section will bring you exciting new publications in the fields which the Institute is active: Genocide Studies, DiasporaStudies, and Armenia Studies. Whether they are Zoryan’s or not, the books will be highlighted because theInstitute believes they are of interest to the reader.The Anti-Genocide Movement in AmericaPage FourThis is a book about being part ofbuilding sustained and robust campaignsby organized citizens. It outlinesthe problem, informs how onecan get involved, and shares thestories of the authors’ paths. It alsomakes a strong appeal why everyindividual should act. They arguethat if enough people would makethe prevention of genocide an electionissue, the US governmentwould respond. It puts the emphasisfor action on each of us and showsthat it is both easier to do and moreeffective than most think. The appendixis a detailed list of ways onecan get involved immediately, includingsuggestions for enhancing the success of advocacyinitiatives. This book can help citizens begin tomake an important different in the prevention of genocideand gross violations of human rights by starting tohelp the people of Darfur today.The Patterns of Genocide Allows Prediction and thus PreventionBen Kiernan’s Blood and Soil: AWorld History of Genocide and Exterminationfrom Sparta to Darfur (NewHaven: Yale University Press, 2007)is an examination of outbreaks ofmass violence from the classical erato the present, focusing on worldwidecolonial exterminations andtwentieth-century case studies, includingthe Armenian Genocide, theNazi Holocaust, Stalin’s mass murders,and the Cambodian and Rwandangenocides. He views genocideas linked to issues of land as well asrace, nation, and expansion, applyingsocial, political, and economicanalysis to the struggle for land andthe control of property. He identifiesconnections, patterns, and featuresthat in nearly every case gave earlywarning of the catastrophe to come:racism or religious prejudice, territorialexpansionism, and cults of antiquityand agrarianism. The ideologiesthat have motivated perpetrators ofmass killings in the past persist inour new century, says Kiernan. Heurges that we heed the rich historicalevidence with its telltale signs forpredicting and preventing futuregenocides.Ben Kiernan is the A. Whitney GriswoldProfessor of History, Professorof international and area studies,and the founding director of theGenocide Studies Program at YaleUniversity.

Dr. Eric Markusen was a Senior Research Fellow at the Danish Institute of InternationalStudies, Department for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Copenhagen, and also Professorof Sociology and Social Work at Southwest Minnesota State University. Professor Markusenearned his Masters of Social Work degree from the University of Washington andhis Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Minnesota. He served as a European Representativefor the International Association of Genocide Scholars, was on the editorialboards of several journals, and was a founding editor of Genocide Studies and Prevention,playing a major role in the development of this new journal. He also was one of the firstinstructors of Zoryan’s Genocide and Human Rights University Program, where he taughtevery year.After-class discussion witha GHRUP studentIn Memory of Eric Markusen, 1946-2007He authored and co-authored various books and articles ongenocide, including Genocide in Darfur: Investigating the Atrocitiesin Sudan, with Samuel Totten (Routledge, 2006), TheHolocaust and Strategic Bombing: Genocide and Total War in the Twentieth Century,with David Kopf (Westview Press, 1995), and The Genocidal Mentality: Nazi Holocaustand Nuclear Threat, with Robert Jay Lifton (Basic Books, 1990). His most recent workfocused on the genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda and the work of the International CriminalTribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. In the spring of 2006, as a representativeof the US Government, he interviewed refugees in Chad while investigating thegenocide in Darfur.Dr. Markusen was a tireless defender of universal human rights in all of his research, education, and advocacy pursuits.He was a true pioneer in the field of genocide studies and will be sadly missed. This year GHRUP graduatesand faculty came together and provided a GHRUP scholarship to a deserving student in his name.Institute Staff Profile: Aren SarikyanAren Sarikyan was born in Vanadzor,Armenia. Following a highschool exchange program in theUnited States, Aren commenced hisundergraduate studiesin Yerevan in 1996. Hemoved to Austria in1999 and obtained hisBA and MA in PoliticalScience from the Universityof Vienna, with minors in English andAmerican Studies. His Master’s thesis providescritical analysis of United Nations conflictprevention policies. While a student inAustria, he volunteered for the Academic Forum ForeignAffairs as Assistant to the President and helpedorganize the Vienna International Model UN, where heserved as chairperson. In 2004, Aren completed an ex-People“Putting my knowledgeand experiencetowards themission of the Institutehas been veryrewarding for me,both personally andprofessionally”Speaking at “UltimateCrime, Ultimate Challenge:Human Rights andGenocide,” Yerevan, 2005citing and challenging internship with the UN Departmentof Political Affairs/Security Council SanctionsBranch in New York. He later joined the Organization forSecurity and Cooperation in Europe and interned in theOffice of the Secretary General. He has publisheda few articles in Global View magazineand is fluent in Armenian, English, German,and Russian.Having recessed his PhD program in Austria in2006, Aren moved to Toronto and joined theZoryan Institute. He completed the Genocideand Human Rights University Program in thesummer of 2007. Aren is pleased to expandhis understanding and appreciation of genocide anddiaspora studies and combine his international experiencewith issues relating to post-conflict peace-buildingand reconciliation.Zoryan Institute PersonnelChairman, Academic Board: Professor Roger W. SmithPresident: K. M. Greg Sarkissian Executive Director: George ShirinianProgram & Outreach Coordinator: Torrey Swan Membership Coordinator: Aren SarikyanAdministrative Assistants, Toronto: Christine Kavazanjian — Cambridge: Arek Hamalian, Narini Badalian & Narreh GhazariansPage Five

RecognitionRecognition of Zoryan’s25th Anniversary2007 marked the twenty-fifth year of service for theZoryan Institute. In addition to many displays of appreciationfrom our supporters and colleagues, the Institutewas honoured to be recognized by the Presidentof Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, and the Catholicos ofAll Armenians, Karekin II. Their messages have beentranslated and reproduced here.I have come to appreciate and respect Zoryan as anorganization dedicated not only to research and educationabout the Armenian Genocide, but about allcases of genocide and related forms of mass violence.Eric MarkusenProfessor of SociologySouthwest Minnesota State UniversityDanish Institute for International StudiesGSP is the first truly international and peer-reviewedjournal in the area of genocide studies and the onlyone devoted to the prevention of genocide. If thesewere the only activities in which Zoryan were involvedthey would have contributed a great deal. Their missionand their work is broader and more inclusive,and, in that sense, they are truly and “internationalcentre” serving all of humanity.Herb HirschProfessor of Political ScienceVirginia Commonwealth UniversityNot only has the Zoryan Institute done highly significantwork vis-à-vis the Armenian Genocide but it hasalso taken a lead in preparing young scholars to teachand conduct research into the broader area of genocidestudies.Samuel TottenProfessor of EducationUniversity of ArkansasFrom its foundation Zoryan has been a unique presencein the Armenian Diaspora...and remains a valuedally of those who look seriously and dispassionately atthe major issues confronting Armenians in the troubled21 st century.Ronald Grigor SunyProfessor of Political Science and HistoryUniversity of Michigan and ChicagoPRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIAZORYAN INSTITUTE BOARDDear Compatriots:I wish to warmly congratulate the Zoryan Instituteon the occasion of its 25 th anniversary.The Zoryan Institute uniquely stands out for its realizationof Armenian studies at a high scientific andtheoretical level; and, more importantly, in a contextthat integrates it with an array of other internationalissues.The contribution of the Zoryan Institute to impartialand scientific research on the Armenian Genocide isimmensely meaningful and significant. Throughyour systematic endeavors, the Armenian Genocidehas become a daily issue on the internationalagenda.The study of Armenia and Diaspora by the Institute,which incorporates the fields of national history,politics, economics, culture and statehood, deservesthe utmost appreciation.Once again, I congratulate you on this significantoccasion and wish you all the best and new successesin your challenging, sublime and honourablemission.Robert KocharyanPage Six

RecognitionMessage of Pontifical Blessing and Appreciation to the Zoryan Institute of CanadaWe were informed by His Grace Bishop BagratGalstanyan, the Primate of the Armenian Holy ApostolicChurch, Canadian Diocese, that the Zoryan Instituteis celebrating its 25 th anniversary this year. Onthis happy occasion, we at the spiritual center of allArmenians in Holy Etchmiadzin, convey our pontificalblessings to Mr. Kourken Sarkissian, a founder of theZoryan Institute, as well as to all those who have contributedto the activities of this Institute.We refer to the Zoryan Institute with gratitude forits merit and benefit to our nation. The Institute hasremained loyal to its mission throughout its existence,taking great diligence in collecting and publishingdocumentary evidence related to the Armenian Genocide,organizing lectures and events at Canadian andAmerican educational and research establishments,thus contributing enormously to the recognition of theGenocide internationally. These projects, implementedprogressively and with great dedication, haveencouraged many and earned Zoryan Institute itsname among all Armenians.With Blessings,Karekin IISupreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All ArmeniansOver the years, one of the beneficial enterprisesof the Zoryan Institute is the research related to differentissues facing the nation, publication of numerousworks and periodicals, all serving one noble mission –to contribute to the strengthening of our Homelandand implant piety, patriotic and spiritual values in thesouls of our children, in order to raise a sense of responsibilityand dedication towards our nation.My Dears, the 25 th anniversary jubilee is a beautifulopportunity to be inspired by the past experiencesand successes for new and ever more undertakings.We are confident that the Zoryan Institute willcontinue to provide praiseworthy services to our faithfulpeople, while registering new achievements as agift to our nation.As the Supreme Patriarch, my prayers andwishes are that Gracious God protect the Zoryan Instituteand profusely bless its virtuous work.May the Grace of Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.My friends, is it not God’s amazing grace that you, as the descendants of a massacred race, have grownever strong to the extent that now you are not only discussing your own pain but more importantly, throughthe Zoryan Institute, are standing up to defend and help prevent similar crimes occurring today to our fellowman, regardless of his race, colour, or religion? This is what we have become as a people.His Eminence Bishop Bagrat GalstanyanPrimate of CanadaPage Seven

A Message from Executive Director George ShirinianThe Zoryan Institute recently completed its 25th anniversary.It recognized the significant contributions andsuccesses of the Institute and the valuable blend ofexpertise and dedication of its employees, volunteersand Boards, past and present. A retrospective look atthe Institute is timely, as well as instructive for its future.Some US$13 million has been spent to date to maintainthousands of archival materials, publish two acclaimedacademic journals, establish a universityaccreditedcomparative genocide studies program, organizehigh level conferences, seminars, andeducational public lectures, conduct originalresearch, and produce pioneering publicationson numerous subjects.From its inception, Zoryan was swept along byrequest after request, demand after demandfor the kind of high level research, reportingand action on issues of national importance,for which there was no other organizationavailable in the Diaspora. The Institute’s program, whenstarted, had no endowment fund. This, coupled withZoryan’s policy of avoiding financial dependence on anysingle source—essential to maintaining the independenceand the integrity of its projects—put enormouspressure on the Board and staff. To give but one example,just publishing a book costs the Institute approximately$90,000, employing specialized scholars, conductingresearch and analysis, translation, editing, aswell as publication. It is a miracle that the Institute hasnot only survived the past twenty-five years, but producedsuch an enormous body of work.The Institute’s founders assumed at the start that theArmenian community was robust and mature enough tosustain an independent institute, and to a certain extentthis has been borne out. However, Zoryan has nowgrown to a stage that it has had to create two spin-offAppreciationThe ZoryanInstitute is anational resourceand needsnational support.divisions, the International Institute for Genocide andHuman Rights Studies and the International Institute forDiaspora Studies. Together, their partnerships withother institutions, such as the University of Minnesota,the University for Peace, and the International Associationof Genocide Scholars have helped integrate Armenianissues into international forums, but have addedeven more demands for human and financial resources.To sustain this service and continue this growth, as wellas complete projects in hand, it is crucial for the instituteto not only secure its annual budget of$600,000, but also to establish an endowmentfund of $10 million, to guarantee its uninterruptedoperation in the future. This is essentialin order to develop a new generationof scholars, provide the foundation for themto undertake the new critical challenges of the21 st century, and formulate long-term projectsfor our future. The work described only brieflyabove, which crosses the boundaries of history, politicalscience, sociology and international law, can not be undertakenby volunteers. It requires qualified expertswith the highest level of professional integrity.We are calling, therefore, on Armenians worldwide fortangible and concrete support for this work, as the ZoryanInstitute is a national resource and needs nationalsupport. We urge our leaders in business and the professionsto help. We ask our religious, political and socialinstitutions to include in their annual budgets fundingto support this work. Zoryan’s legacy must bepassed on to the next generation, which can not bedone without this support.I urge you to join the esteemed ranks of our supporterswith a contribution towards this vital work today andhelp carry this message to others to become a Zoryan“Friend.”Recognition of Support for the Zoryan InstituteWe are honored to acknowledge the organizations and individuals list below, who have provided their services andthose on the next page who have contributed financial support during the past year.Dr. Misak Abdulian, Dr. Rouben Adalian, Mr. Robert Adourian, Mr. Levon Afeyan, Mr. Pierre Akkelian, Mr. Arman Akopyan, DeaconHagop Arslanian, Mr. Diran Avedian, Mr. Garbis Bagdasarian, Prof. Anny Bakalian, Mrs. Arda Bazarian, Mr. & Mrs. Ara &Calabrina Boyajian, Mr. Onnig Cavoukian, Prof. Israel Charney, Mr. Souren Chekijian, Prof. Stephen Feinstein, H.E. Bishop BragratGalstanyan, Mr. Hirant Gulian, Father Hayrik Hovhannisyan, Catholicos Karekin II, Mr. Hrach Kaspar, Mr. Antoine Kirijian,Mr. Van Krikorian, President Robert Kocharyan, Mr. & Mrs. Vreij & Christine Kolandjian, Mr. Rupen Kouyoudjmian, Mr. MarcMamigonian, Mr. Vahe Mardirossian, Mr. Edgar Martirosyan, Ms. Tenny Nigoghossian, Prof. Solomon Nigosian, R.H. VartanOskanian, Mr. Khachig Papanyan, Mr. Berge Papazian, Prof. Simon Payaslian, Ms. Karin Saghdejian, Mrs. Lena Sarkissian, Mr.Jack Stepanian, Mr. Zohrab Tatikian, Mr. Ara Ter-Harootunian, Mr. Vartkes Yeghiayan, Mr. Harout Yeretsian, Ms. MagdalenaYesil, and Father Zareh Zargarian.Page Eight

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