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First Convention of The Future Armenian set for November

PanARMENIAN
Armenia – July 8 2022
July 8, 2022 – 14:29 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – The first Convention of The Future Armenian will be held in Yerevan based on the “citizens’ assembly” model of participatory democracy on November 11-13, the initiative reveals.

The participants of the Convention from Armenia, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Diaspora will discuss existing issues and challenges and will adopt package of proposals to overcome those challenges. The convention will be preceded by meeting of expert groups, which will be open for all professionals.

The first convention will focus on the three of the 15 goals set by The FUTURE ARMENIAN Initiative: the Armenia – Diaspora Unity, Historic Responsibility, and Growing Population.

On July 7, the Matenadaran Institute of Ancient Manuscripts hosted the launch event of the Convention of The Future Armenian. The ceremony signaled the start of submission of applications for participation, as well as the beginning of the process of forming expert groups.

The goals of the Convention and the specifics and the of its format – the citizens assembly model, the application procedure was presented during the event. A special reference was made on the outcomes of the Artsakh Forum held in Stepanakert in May 2022․

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS