ARMEN GRIGORIAN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF WORLD COMMITTEE OF PAN-ARMENIAN GAMES
Noyan Tapan
Se p 29, 2008
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN. A general assembly of the
World Committee of the Pan-Armenian Games took place in Yerevan on
September 29.
10 issues were on the agenda. The committee president, former foreign
minister of the RA Vartan Oskanian summarized the work done over the
past 4 years.
Then an election was held, as a result of which the RA minister of
sport and youth issues, secretary general of the National Olympic
Committee of Armenia (NOCA) Armen Grigorian was elected the president
of the World Committee of the Pan-Armenian Games. Hrant Bardakchian
(Canada) and Stepan Der-Petrosian (Lebanon) were re-elected the vice
presidents. Robert Janibekian, the head of a NOCA’s unit, was elected
the secretary general.
The composition of a 25-member executive committee was approved,
and some amendments were made to the regulations. The program of
basketball and football matches to be held every second year under
the 2009 Program of Pan-Armenian Games was approved.