Author: Andres-Papazian

TURKISH ACADEMIC, PUBLISHER SENT TO JAIL IN ANTI-TERROR PROBE

Today’s Zaman, Turkey
Nov 1 2011

BuÅ~_ra Ersanlı, a member of the Peace and Democracy Party’s Party
Council and Constitutional Commission,(right in the back seat) was
arrested on Tuesday. (Photo: AA)

An Ä°stanbul court on Tuesday arrested 44 suspects, including Professor
BuÅ~_ra Ersanlı and publisher Ragıp Zarakolu, on terrorism charges
as part of an investigation into the Kurdish Communities Union (KCK),
an umbrella group that allegedly encompasses the terrorist Kurdistan
Workers’ Party (PKK) and its affiliated organizations.

Ersanlı and Zarakolu were taken to the BeÅ~_iktaÅ~_ Courthouse
on Monday along with 48 others who were detained on Friday by the
Ä°stanbul Police Department’s counterterrorism unit.

Ersanlı, a member of the Peace and Democracy Party’s (BDP)
Party Council and Constitutional Commission, Belge Publishing House
representative Zarakolu and 48 others were interrogated by a prosecutor
following a medical examination. The prosecutor referred 47 of them
to court late on Monday, requesting their arrest and accusing the
suspects of establishing a terrorist organization, leading a terrorist
organization and being members of a terrorist organization.

Three of the suspects were released after being interrogated. The
court only issued arrest warrants for 44 of the 47 suspects referred
to court by the prosecutor.

The KCK is accused of attempting to establish an alternative governing
system and terrorizing locals in the country’s predominantly Kurdish
areas. Most of the accused face charges of membership in and/or aiding
and abetting a terrorist group. The investigation into its activities
is being conducted by Ä°stanbul Public Prosecutor Adnan Cimen.

Ninety-six people were arrested as part of another operation against
the KCK in Ä°stanbul earlier this month. The KCK investigation
started in December 2009 and a large number of Kurdish politicians,
including several officials from the BDP, have been detained as part
of the case since then.

The suspects have been accused of various crimes, including
membership in a terrorist organization, aiding and abetting a
terrorist organization and attempting to destroy the country’s unity
and integrity. The suspects include mayors and municipal officials
from the BDP, which has said the investigation is the government’s
method of suppressing its politicians, denying any links between its
deputies and terrorist organizations.

Meanwhile, a large group of Turkish intellectuals, mainly academics,
have launched a petition campaign to protest the detention of Professor
Ersanlı and to call for her release. A joint statement by the group
said the detention of Ersanlı, who has for years been working for
sustainable peace and a new constitution in Turkey, led to outrage
among all circles in the country that believe in the democratic state
of law.

“The detention of Professor BuÅ~_ra Ersanlı is a heavy blow dealt to
Turkey’s efforts towards a real democracy with equality, peace, social
justice and academic and political freedoms. We demand the immediate
release of Professor BuÅ~_ra Ersanlı and all other jailed politicians,
academics and journalists who work for peace, democratic rights and
freedoms in our country. The detention and arrest of people without
any concrete and serious evidence under the primitive mentality of
‘though crimes’ is against human rights,” the statement said.

Among the intellectuals who have signed the joint statement are Ahmet
Ä°nsel, Ali Bayramoglu, Cengiz Aktar, Cengiz Candar, Hulya Gulbahar,
Murat Belge, Mithat Sancar, Oral CalıÅ~_lar, Umit Cizre, Baskın Oran,
Fuat Keyman and YaÅ~_ar Kemal.

The arrest of Ersanlı, who was assisting with the BDP’s preparations
for a draft proposal for a planned new constitution, and other KCK
suspects further infuriated the BDP. “These [KCK] operations are
organized to intimidate and silence those who have a democratic
stance. Mrs. Ersanlı is a colleague who devoted her 40 years
to science and who is known for her pro-human and women’s rights
credentials. What can be the grounds for her arrest? One single
thing: Her siding with what is right. … We are now face to face
with a mentality that wants to silence Kurds and democrats,” BDP
Co-chairwoman Gulten KıÅ~_anak told reporters on Tuesday following
her party’s parliamentary group meeting.

When she was asked whether her party would consider withdrawing
from the Constitutional Reconciliation Commission established in
Parliament to draft a new constitution after Ersanlı’s arrest,
she said it would not be correct to make such a comment.

“We joined the commission to contribute to the constitution-making
process. If we face an approach that would prevent a democratic
constitution and that would make our presence there meaningless,
our party would evaluate this situation. … We will try to maintain
our positive stance. But if this becomes impossible, we will not be
responsible for that,” she said.

From: A. Papazian

KICK-OFF OF THE HAYASTAN FUND TELETHON SEASON IN TORONTO HAS OPENED

Noyan Tapan
03.11.2011

Yerevan, November 3, 2011-On October 30, the Toronto affiliate of the
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund organized a concert at the “Hay kentron”
complex with Toronto area young musicians, dancers and singers,
with the slogan : “A CULTURAL BRIDGE, from Toronto to Shushi; from
the second best city in the world to the BEST “.

The programme included opera, classical, folk and jazz. According to
the Head of the Toronto chapter, Migirdich Migirdichian there were
21 musicians between the ages of 14 – 28 having graduated the Toronto
local conservatories who performed beautifully. “As I was watching the
show, I was saying to myself – imagine a concert at the Cultural centre
opening ceremony in Shushi: one young performer from Artsakh followed
by another from Toronto, and then another one from Artsakh followed by
Toronto and so on, and at the very end they all perform together. This
was a nice opportunity for young performers to be with Himnadram and
to contribute to the vital projects in Armenia and Artsakh personally.”

There were some 400 people in the auditorium who raised .000 for the
Shushi Cultural centre renovation project.

The Toronto Chapter of Hayastan Fund has been functioning very
actively since its founding in 1992. To-date Toronto chapter has
realized 40 large and small projects primarily in Artsakh and also
some in Armenia. Amongst them are 5 brand new schools, 2 school
renovations, bringing water to 11 villages and towns, including to
Stepanakert and natural gas networks for 4 villages. The affiliate
currently has 4 projects on the go : re-building the Education and
Cultural Centre of Shushi, building the Community/Medical Centre of
Drakhtik village, renovation of Sourp Krikor Loussavoritch Hospital’s
Nephrology (Kidney) department and the renovation of two floors of
Nork Old Age Home in Yerevan.

HayastanAll Armenian Fund

There is no specific time for contributing to the vital work of
the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund. To make a donation, please visit

From: A. Papazian

PM SARGSYAN SAYS TRCHKAN WATERFALL WILL BE PROTECTED

hetq
13:57, November 3, 2011

Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan today called for an overall
solution regarding the fate of the Trchkan Waterfall; a topic that
has been widely covered in the Armenian press due to plans calling
for the construction of a hydro-electric power plant at the site.

Sargsyan’s decision would allow for zoning changes in the area and
setting aside one hectare of land as “a unique site for special
protection.”

“We have a Sustainable Development Council for such matters. Members
of the environmental community and others participate in it. We are
aware that the environmental community has recently raised concerns
about the Trchkan Waterfall resulting from certain government
decisions. The Ministry of Nature Protection has reviewed the matter
and has submitted a series of directives to the president that will
neutralize such risks,” stated PM Sargsyan.

From: A. Papazian

MARK ARAX TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT ANC GRASSROOTS

asbarez
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

GLENDALE-The Armenian National Committee – Western Region announced
that award-winning journalist and author Mark Arax will deliver the
keynote address at ANC Grassroots, on Sunday, November 27.

Mark Arax is the author of “In My Father’s Name,” and “West of the
West,” and the co-author of the bestseller “The King of California.” A
former senior writer at The Los Angeles Times, he now teaches
writing at Fresno State University and is working on a new book,
this one a fictional novel. His Los Angeles Times stories revealing
state-sanctioned murder and cover-up in California prisons were praised
by The Nation magazine as “one of great journalistic achievements
of the decade.” In a review of his most recent book, “West of the
West,” the Washington Post called Mark a “great reporter…tenacious
and unrelenting.” His books on California have been compared to the
“great social portraits” by William Saroyan and Joan Didion, and he
is considered one of the finest journalists of his generation.

In “West of the West, Arax deftly weaves the little-known history of
the Golden State, finding tragedies hidden from most Californians. His
stories on the land are told from the vantage point of a native whose
own family narrative is found in the same soil. His grandfather Aram’s
first job in America was picking the fruits and vegetables of the San
Joaquin Valley; his father, Ara, was born on a raisin farm outside
Fresno. A top graduate of Fresno State and Columbia University, Mark
left the Los Angeles Times in 2007 after a public fight over censorship
of history on the Armenian Genocide. He has taught literary non-fiction
at Claremont McKenna College and Fresno State University and served as
a senior policy director for the California Senate Majority Leader. The
father of three children, Mark lives on his suburban farm in Fresno.

The three-day ANC Grassroots program is a groundbreaking weekend of
workshops and panel presentations that will educate the community
about civic leadership arising from grassroots efforts. This powerful
event encompassing Armenian economic, cultural and social issues with
a number of dynamic speakers will provide activists with the tools to
amplify the Hai Tahd message. ANC Grassroots will bookend the Armenian
National Committee of America- Western Region Annual Banquet, which
will take place on Saturday, November 26 at 7 p.m.

The conference and Annual Banquet are open to interested individuals
throughout the entire United States, and participants are encouraged
to register early.

Due to a generous contribution by an anonymous donor the ANC has
announced a significant reduction in ticket prices.

Tickets for ANC Grassroots, which includes the Friday night cocktail
in the Starview Room; as well as conference sessions on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, which include breakfast, post-banquet dance,
and the keynote luncheon on Sunday, are $49. Students with valid ID
can purchase discounted tickets for $39.

Tickets for the Annual Banquet are $200. Students with valid ID can
purchase discounted tickets for $150.

Register and purchase tickets t

The Armenian National Committee-Western Region is the largest
Armenian American grassroots community organization in the Western
United States. Working in coordination with a network of offices,
chapters, and supporters throughout the Western United States and
affiliated organizations around the country, the ANC-WR works to
promote understanding regarding issues of concern to the Armenian
American community.

From: A. Papazian

LA DéTENTION DE L’éCRIVAIN TURC PROVOQUE LA COLèRE DES ONG

Hurriyet Daily News
Publié le : 01-11-2011

Info Collectif VAN – – Le Collectif VAN
vous propose la traduction d’un article en anglais, concernant
la scandaleuse détention de l’intellectuel turc de premier plan,
écrivain et éditeur, Ragip Zarakolu, article diffusé sur le site
du journal Hurriyet Daily News.

La détention de l’écrivain turc provoque la colère des ONG

La détention de l’intellectuel de premier plan, écrivain et éditeur
Ragip Zarakolu au motif de soupcons d’appartenance a une organisation
illégale, a provoqué une grande vague d’indignation de la part de
plusieurs organisations progressistes non gouvernementales.

L’Union des éditeurs de Turquie, l’association des journalistes
contemporains (CGD) et l’association des Droits de l’Homme (IHD)
ont appelé a la libération de Zarakolu après son incarcération
le 29 octobre au motif d’une supposée implication dans l’Union des
Communautés du Kurdistan (KCK), la présumée branche civile de
l’illégal Parti des Travailleurs du Kurdistan (PKK).

Sa détention est survenue un jour après qu’environ 70 personnes,
parmi lesquelles la professeure des Universités Busra Ersanli,
ont été également arrêtées pour leur supposée implication dans
le KCK.

” Ragip Zarakolu est un écrivain et un éditeur qui travaille pour la
liberté de publier et qui défend le droit a la liberté d’expression.

Il a été poursuivi des douzaines de fois a cause de son combat ”,
a déclaré hier l’Union des Editeurs de Turquie. ” Nous trouvons
cela très injuste et nous croyons que c’est fatal… pour notre
démocratie, que des journalistes, des chroniqueurs, des écrivains
et des éditeurs soient détenus en masse ”.

La déclaration rapportait également que l’avocat de Zarakolu, Ozcan
Kilic, n’avait pas encore été informé des accusations portées
contre l’éditeur. Le président du CGD, Ahmet Abakay, a dit que la
détention de Zarakolu, qui est également a la tête du Comité des
Editeurs de Turquie pour la Liberté de Publier, montrait comment
l’atmosphère actuelle du pays détériorait la liberté de la presse
et la liberté d’expression.

” Alors que nous attendons que les journalistes et les écrivains
qui sont en prison soient relâchés et que les mesures réprimant
la liberté de parole et la liberté de la presse soient abolies,
ces nouvelles détentions et arrestations sont inacceptables, ”
a dit Abakay.

Des centaines de personnes, y compris des maires élus, sont
actuellement poursuivies pour leurs liens avec le PKK [Nota CVAN :
en Turquie, le prétexte de liens avec le PKK est systématiquement
utilisé pour mettre en détention des intellectuels, des journalistes,
des élus, etc…].

Traduction Collectif VAN –

Signez les deux pétitions de soutien a Ragip Zarakolu et Busra
Ersanlı.

Retour a la rubrique

From: A. Papazian

LA TURQUIE PROJETTE DE PRENDRE DES MESURES CONTRE LA CENTRALE NUCLEAIRE ARMENIENNE
Stephane

armenews.com
mercredi 2 novembre 2011

Le ministre turc de l’Energie Taner Yldiz a dit qu’il a ordonne
a l’autorite nucleaire du pays de mesurer la radioactivite a l’est
après le tremblement de terre dans la province de Vna de crainte des
fuites du reacteur nucleaire en Armenie.

” J’ai demande au Commissariat turc a l’Energie Atomique
d’immediatement conduire des essais ” a dit M.Yldiz a un groupe
de journalistes a Ankara s’exprimant lors d’une reception visant a
marquer le 50ème anniversaire du journal turc Hurriyet.

La Turquie prepare a prendre les actions legales contre toutes les
centrales nucleaires très âgees a travers le monde, dont Metzamor en
Armenie a dit le ministre.

L’Agence Internationale de l’Energie Atomique (l’AIEA) recevra de la
Turquie des plaintes a l’encontre d’environ des douzaines de reacteurs
nucleaires a travers le monde qui ont deja excèdent l’âge de 40 ans
a dit M.Yldiz.

” Quelques pays annoncent qu’ils mettent fin a l’energie nucleaire
et ferment des usines très âgees, mais ils continuent a en construire
de nouvelles ” a-t-il dit. ” Ce n’est pas normal “.

Cependant, le ministre a refuse de specifier le nom du moindre pays.

La Turquie souhaite construire un reacteur nucleaire près de la ville
d’Akkuyu dans la province du sud d’Akkuyu a dit le ministre turc.

Comme le risque grandit, les mesures de securite grandiront aussi,
a-t-il dit.

From: A. Papazian

LIBERTE POUR RAGIP ZARAKOLU
Ara

armenews.com
mercredi 2 novembre 2011

Le CCAF a appris avec consternation l’arrestation scandaleuse par les
autorites turques de Ragip Zarakolu, directeur des editions Belge a
Istanbul ainsi que celle de son fils Deniz. L’incarceration d’un des
plus grands militants des droits de l’homme en Turquie, defenseur
infatigable des minorites opprimees, des Kurdes et des Armeniens,
marque un nouveau recul de la democratie dans ce pays.

Cette arrestation symbolise le retour des vieux demons fascisants que
cet Etat n’a jamais eu le courage d’affronter de face et traduit la
resurgence des fondements politiques de ce pays bâti sur le cadavre
du peuple armenien et l’etouffement de sa diversite culturelle.

En s’en prenant aujourd’hui aux rares intellectuels turcs qui se
sont toujours eleves contre les turpitudes de l’hypernationalisme,
Erdogan est en train de tuer l’espoir qu’avait pu faire naître chez
certains l’arrivee avec l’AKP d’un pouvoir susceptible, si ce n’est
de rompre avec les ideologies criminelles Jeune turque et Kemaliste,
du moins de proposer des avancees pour en sortir. Or non seulement
les questions kurde armenienne et chypriote ne connaissent aucune
progression, mais la Turquie ne fait qu’exacerber les tensions,
comme en temoigne en particulier la situation actuelle au Kurdistan.

Le CCAF denonce et condamne ces arrestations arbitraires et plus
specifiquement celle de Ragip Zarakolu, auquel il avait remis sa
medaille du courage, lors d’une ceremonie qui avait eu lieu a la
mairie de Paris, presidee par Bertrand Delanoë le 24 avril 2005. Il
s’inquiète de cette nouvelle montee de l’intolerance et demande
la liberation immediate de Ragip Zarakolu, qui a ete le premier en
Turquie a oser reconnaître le genocide des Armenien et a braver les
interdits sur le sujet.

From: A. Papazian

CARMEN LABAKI, UNE REALISATRICE QUI VOUDRAIT TOUCHER A L’IMPOSSIBLE

Pod Cast Journal.net
31 oct 2011

D’une petite fille qui s’amusait a jouer le rôle de Wonder Woman
et qui montait sur l’armoire, utilisant les rideaux d’une fenetre
juste au-dessus pour animer ses propres pièces de theâtre, Carmen
Labaki Cadyan entre dans le monde de l’inconnu de la franc-maconnerie
universelle pour rapporter ce qu’on n’a pas encore vu ni entendu dans
un film documentaire qui verra le jour dans les mois a venir.

Le documentaire a ete prepare en deux versions, une internationale de
90 minutes en anglais et francais (et bientôt en espagnol, italien, et
portugais) et une version arabe en trois parties de 52 minutes chacune.

Carmen Labaki a commence a partir du Liban dans lequel elle a filme
une ceremonie a huis clos. Elle ne s’est pas contentee de filmer le
cabinet de reflexion mais elle a aussi capture une initiation dans un
temple maconnique. Ensuite elle a glisse ses cameras dans une autre
ceremonie en Italie et a fait des entretiens avec des francs-macons
au Liban et dans d’autres pays parmi lesquels le Bresil, la France,
l’Italie, et la Turquie. Carmen a aussi obtenu des opinions a propos
de la franc-maconnerie par des membres du clerge chretien aussi bien
que des cheikhs musulmans dont certains seront considerees comme
choquantes telles les declarations d’appartenance de certains d’entre
eux a cette fraternite.

Le documentaire utilise la première personne du singulier etant
donne qu’il assume le point de vue d’une personne de l’exterieur de
la societe secrète et qui demande a y appartenir ou bien, au moins,
d’en connaître les rouages.

La realisation du documentaire a pris deux ans et demi, un temps
long d’après la realisatrice qui est le resultat de trois raisons,
les contacts, les evènements, et la traduction.

Etablir un contact avec les responsables dans la franc-maconnerie
necessite un travail personnel et donc un investissement de temps
pour arranger les reunions au lieu de s’occuper seulement du travail
audio-visuel – les venerables maîtres et grand maîtres ont prefere
un contact direct avec la realisatrice du documentaire sans passer
par des assistants.

Les appels des francs-macons pour annoncer et recommander des
evènements interessants pour le documentaire, pour contribuer a
l’eclaircissement de l’etat de la societe secrète. Ces ceremonies
necessitaient de longs voyages et parfois des mois d’attente.

En plus, Carmen, une femme perfectionniste, devait s’assurer elle-meme
de la traduction qui necessitait non seulement une connaissance
des differentes langues parlees a travers les continents que la
jeune realisatrice a plusieurs fois survole, mais un savoir de la
terminologie maconnique dans les langues filmees telles l’anglais,
l’arabe, l’espagnol, le francais, l’italien, et le portugais.

Heureusement que la dame maîtrise deja la plupart de ces langues en
plus de l’armenien qu’elle a etudie pendant qu’elle realisait son
documentaire “Les Armeniens du Liban” en 2004.

Un investissement personnel a pousse la realisatrice a ce defit
suite aux multiples essais par d’autres qui n’ont pas pu apporter
d’informations suffisantes sur une societe secrète universelle
capable de survivre jusqu’a nos jours. C’etait comme a dit Carmen,
toucher a l’impossible.

Durant son entretien avec le Podcast Journal, Carmen Labaki etait
fière de sa nouvelle realisation qu’elle a appele mon bebe a moi
et aussi une production 100% Lumens Production pour se referer a
sa propre maison de production – ses documentaires precedents etant
principalement des coproductions.

Il faut noter que parmi les differentes realisations de Carmen Labaki,
“Les Armeniens du Liban” a ete considere meilleur film documentaire
au Prix ARPA International Film Festival in Hollywood en 2005.

Carmen est une jeune Libanaise appartenant a une minorite religieuse,
les Latins et qui a la nationalite bresilienne.

Elle a vecu au Bresil durant son enfance et a Paris durant les debuts
de son adolescence où elle a etudie l’espagnol comme deuxième langue.

Son amour des langues a ete influence par ses nombreux voyages partant
du principe anthropologique que pour comprendre un peuple il faut
comprendre son langage. Ainsi, elle avait le choix d’une carrière
d’interprète qu’elle a laisse tomber en disant j’ai droit a l’erreur,
un fait qu’elle n’a certainement pas traduit dans ses productions.

Durant son enfance, la petite Carmen aimait faire des pièces de
theâtre. C’etait ma passion. En fait, tout tournait autour de la
television, et du journalisme. Etre aussi journaliste m’a aide a
tirer le maximum d’information pour realiser mes documentaires tout
en ayant ma perspective dans la prise de l’image.

Sentez-vous que la curiosite vous pousse a en savoir plus? Vous n’etes
pas les seuls a attendre…

D’ailleurs vous pouvez consulter l’apercu du film documentaire
ci-dessous et ecouter Carmen Labaki dans le fichier audio (podcast)
en haut de la page.

From: A. Papazian

ARMENIAN OPPOSITION RALLIES IN YEREVAN DEMANDING PRESIDENT’S RESIGNATION

Interfax
Oct 31 2011
Russia

At a Friday rally in Yerevan the opposition Armenian National Congress
(ANC) demanded the immediate resignation of President Serzh Sargsian
and early presidential elections.

“Today the ruling regime foiled the talks with the ANC and actually
renounced the democratic road of the country’s development. We have
nothing else left to do than to demand the immediate ouster of Serzh
Sargsian,” ANC coordinator Levon Zurabian said at the rally.

“Neither do we have any other alternative than to give up the failed
talks with the authorities by conducting a velvet revolution in the
country,” he said.

Zurabian also said that the opposition has all the instruments to
carry out the process of ousting the president and holding early
presidential elections.

According to observer estimates, some 4,000 people are taking part
in the rally in Freedom Square in the heart of Yerevan.

From: A. Papazian

TANGIBLE FOLLOW-UP IS NEEDED

Mediamax

Oct 31 2011
Armenia

by Tevan Poghosyan , Executive Director of International Center for
Human Development (ICHD)

It seems that in the Armenian context Track Two Diplomacy (T2D)
projects tend to address the Armenian-Turkish relations, and rarely the
Nagorno Karabakh issue. However, on October 15-17 a very interesting
event was organized in Washington, DC with the aim to discuss the
possibilities that T2D projects can open up for the settlement of
the Nagorno Karabakh issue.

I have participated only in part of the program, and have followed
the rest of the event on media. The first day it was open for a wider
audience. The organizers had invited speakers from Armenia and the
Armenian Diaspora, Azerbaijan and the international community.

Unfortunately, no one was invited from the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh
(NKR). Almost all the speakers from Armenia emphasized this deliberate
negligence, and it seems that the message was quite clear to the
organizers: without an NKR representative any discussion of the NK
issue would become merely a nice intellectual exercise and would
totally lack any practical implications. Obviously, we were able to
communicate it to the organizers successfully, as an NKR representative
was invited to the next event at Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace. I think we have to be thankful to the organizers for their
efforts, and responsiveness to our feedback.

Organizing such meetings of experts to brainstorm on the possibilities
of various T2D projects is always very welcome, but after all , what
really matters is the follow-up to these discussions. Whether there
will be a tangible follow-up and an actual implementation of a T2D
project in the conflict region, or whether the event will become yet
another one-time show will be clear in a few months.

Meanwhile, perhaps one of the most interesting phenomenon during the
whole event was the role of media on the formation of public opinion.

I was curious to see how media would influence public perceptions. I
should confess that it was quite amusing to read the Azerbaijani
media coverage on the event. For instance, my words were twisted to
an unrecognizable extent. A number of other presentations shared the
same fate as well. Many names were misspelled. Another interesting
finding was the fact that many Azerbaijani speakers tried to present
their perspectives in quite moderate terms, whereas what you read
in Azerbaijani media reminds you of more belligerent rhetoric. Both
during and after the event, almost every day I would get an email from
one or the other international expert expressing their disbelief on
how the Azerbaijani media had distorted their messages. There were
even cases of absolute falsification.

I hope that the School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George
Mason University together with the Imagine project do actually plan
for real long term work in T2D, and that the lessons learned from the
first event will be taken into account. I also want to believe that all
issues discussed and all the good ideas expressed will be implemented
with a common effort from Nagorno Karabakh, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.

Tevan Poghosyan is the Executive Director of International Center
for Human Development (ICHD). These views are his own.

From: A. Papazian