Author: Andres-Papazian

TELETHON 2012 LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES TONIGHT

armradio.am
13:47 22.11.2012

The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s 15th annual Telethon will be televised
live from Los Angeles on Thanksgiving Day, November 22, from 8 pm. to
8 a.m. Yerevan time. The event will be simulcast across the globe
through cable, satellite, and the Internet (armeniafund.org).

The Telethon will also be carried live in Armenia, on the local
networks H1, Armenia, Shant, and Yerkir Media.

To be held under the slogan “Our Village,” Telethon 2012 aims to raise
support for constructing community centers in villages throughout
Artsakh as well as providing urgent relief to the Syrian-Armenian
community.

In addition to the Telethon, the organization holds various fundraisers
in Armenian communities across the world. These events, which
include phoneathons and gala dinners, are designed and administered
by the fund’s affiliates worldwide, in accordance with the wishes
and objectives of local Armenian communities. This year, fundraisers
have been held in the United States, Canada (Montreal and Toronto),
France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Greece, Sweden,
Great Britain, Austria, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, and Russia
(Moscow). Funds raised through all 2012 events will be added to the
proceeds of the Telethon, and the grand total will be announced prior
to the conclusion of the event.

From: A. Papazian

A NUMBER OF AZERBAIJANI AND TURKISH CITIZENS ARE INVOLVED IN THE LIST OF FOREIGN MERCENARIES KILLED IN SYRIA, ISSUED BY THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT

12:28, 22 November, 2012

YEREVAN, NOVERMBER 22, ARMENPRESS. Damascus has handed over to the UN
Security Council a list of 143 foreign nationals, which in accordance
with the Syrian authorities were killed while fighting on the side
of the country’s armed opposition. There is a number of Azerbaijani
and Turkish citizens involved in the aforementioned list. As reports
“Armenpress” this was announced in Inner City Press news agency. It
is stated that all those mercenaries had been fighting on the side
of the armed rebels. Alongside with the citizens of Qatar, Tunisia,
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Afghanistan, Jordan, Turkey, Yemen,
Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Algeria, Chad and Pakistan there are terrorists
from Azerbaijan, Chechnya, and Palestine as well.

The independent expert information has been introduced to the UN
before, in accordance with which there are militants from 11 countries
fighting on the side of the opposition of Syria.

On October 19, 2012 Syrian SANA news agency stated that Azerbaijani
citizen Hasin Ghazl was killed by the governmental forces in Aleppo.

The investigation discovered that Azerbaijani terrorist appeared in
Syria via the Turkish border. In frames of the anti-terrorist action
the governmental forces killed another Azerbaijani citizen on November
9. His name was Zaur Islamov.

The President of Syria Bashar Asad blamed the Turkish government
for the disorder in the country. He announced that “Turkey bears
responsibility for the bloodshed in Syria.”

From: A. Papazian

ANY ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO THE PAST IS DOOMED TO FAILURE, NKR PRESIDENT TELLS MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS

armradio.am
13:30 22.11.2012

On 22 November President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako
Sahakyan received co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Robert Bradtke
(USA), Igor Popov (Russia) and Jacques Faure (France), who arrived
in Stepanakert the day before, Central Information Department of the
Office of the NKR President reported.

Issues related to the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict settlement and
the latest regional developments were discussed during the meeting.

Bako Sahakyan said the glorification of the criminal who perfidiously
decapitated the Armenian officer, politicization of humanitarian
issues, militaristic and terrorist rhetoric of Azerbaijan is
unacceptable, adding that it was one of the most serious blows to
the negotiation process.

Within this context the President urged the mediators to take
appropriate measures to bring Azerbaijan to a constructive path.

President Sahakyan once again underlined that official Stepanakert
favors peaceful settlement of the conflict, restoration of the full
format of the negotiation process under the auspices of the OSCE
Minsk Group.

Bako Sahakyan reiterated that the conflict settlement will be possible
only when the reality is taken into consideration, when efforts are
concentrated on the causes rather than consequences, noting that any
attempt to return to the past is doomed to failure.

NKR Foreign Minister Karen Mirzoyan, Personal Representative of the
OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, other officials
were present at the meeting.

From: A. Papazian

A DISCUSSION ENTITLED “RESPECT TOWARDS THE VICTIMS OF THE GENOCIDE” WILL BE HELD IN BERLIN

09:21, 22 November, 2012

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 22, ARMENPRESS. The German committee of the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide will organize a discussion
entitled “Respect towards the Victims of the Genocide”, which will
be held in Berlin on November 23.

Renowned German human rights defender and the Head of “the Committee of
Genocide Recognition” Tessa Hofmann informed “Armenpress” that their
working staff will introduce a many sided discussion particularly
dedicated to the topic of the continuous “worship” of those political
figures and statesmen, who are in charge for the genocide of the
Armenian people and Greeks from Pontus during World War I and after
its end.

Among other things the organizers are considering the representation
of a number of reports in Turkish language.

From: A. Papazian

LES VENTES DE YEREVAN BRANDY COMPANY EN HAUSSE DE 33 POUR CENT
Stephane

armenews.com
jeudi 22 novembre 2012

La Societe Yerevan Brandy Company (YBC) a au cours de l’exercice
2011/2012 augmente ses ventes de 33 % a 3,4 millions de litres a
annonce le directeur de YBC Ara Grigoryan.

” L’exercice a ete tout a fait couronne de succès pour nous. La societe
a reussi a augmenter ses exportations de 30 %, doubler ses benefices
et augmenter les ventes du brandy Ararat dans les duty free de la CEI
” a-t-il dit.

Selon lui, les ventes interieures se sont elevees a 1,5 milliard de
drams contre 1,06 milliard de drams au cours de l’exercice 2010/2011
et le benefice net est en hausse de 2,4 milliards de drams a 5,01
milliards de drams.

Ara Grigoryan a dit que la dynamique des ventes au cours des deux
premiers mois du nouvel exercice (Juillet – août) (de 240 000 litres
a 638 000 litres) suggère une tendance ascendante et que les ventes
continuent.

YBC a ete fonde en 1887. En juin 1998 elle a ete acquise par le
francais Pernod Ricard pour 30 millions de $.

jeudi 22 novembre 2012, Stephane ©armenews.com

From: A. Papazian

AMBASSADOR TO AZERBAIJAN FINDS DEMOCRACY WHERE NONE EXISTS
By Michael Rubin

AzeriReport
Nov 21 2012

WASHINGTON, DC. November 21, 2012: Azerbaijan is an important
American ally for a number of reasons. Unlike Turkey, it remains
true to its secular principles. Unlike neighboring Armenia-a country
which continues to occupy one-third of Azerbaijan-it remains firmly
oriented to the West and does not readily do Russia’s and Iran’s
bidding. And unlike Iran to its south, its majority Shi’ite Muslim
population realizes that empty religious rhetoric is no panacea.

Azerbaijan does have its flaws, however. Chief among them is its
leadership’s reticence to reform and failure to make much if any
progress in the Azeri peoples’ demands to move toward democracy.

Freedom House ranks Azerbaijan firmly in the “Not Free” camp.

Reporters Without Frontiers ranks Azerbaijani press freedom even below
that of Turkey and Russia, a depth which censors and security forces
must go out of their way to achieve.

How unfortunate, then, that Richard Morningstar, the U.S. ambassador
to Azerbaijan, has according to the Azeri press recently praised the
“democracy” which has taken root in Azerbaijan’s autonomous Nakhchivan
province. More from the Azeri Report. Morningstar last came to notice
last spring when, upon first traveling to Azerbaijan as ambassador,
he apparently bowed before the statue of modern Azerbaijan’s
less-than-democratic former leader.

It diminishes the achievement of democracies to pretend that democratic
systems exist where they clearly don’t, and it undercuts the reputation
of the United States among broad swaths of the Azerbaijani electorate
when our professional Foreign Service officers offer such empty and
demonstrably false platitudes (Commentary Magazine).

From: A. Papazian

UN MISSILE S’ECRASE A UNE CENTAINE DE METRES DE LA BASILIQUE DE LA NATIVITE
Jean Eckian

armenews.com
mercredi 21 novembre 2012

Hier, 20 novembre, peu après l’arrivee du secretaire general de
l’ONU Ban Ki-moon a Jerusalem, un missile lance de Gaza a explose
a une centaine de mètres de la basilique de la nativite a Bethleem,
eglise co-administree par l’Eglise apostolique armenienne qui possède
le transept gauche et l’autel. Et, occasionnellement, l’autel de la
Nativite dans la grotte.

mercredi 21 novembre 2012, Jean Eckian ©armenews.com

From: A. Papazian

AZERBAIJANI DEPUTY SPEAKER: ARMENIA STALLS TALKS ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT

Trend
Nov 20 2012
Azerbaijan

Armenia is exerting efforts to persuade foreign countries to recognise
a puppet regime in Nagorno-Karabakh, but these efforts will not
bring any results, deputy speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament Bahar
Muradova said today.

The talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have stalled because of
Armenia, Muradova told media.

Regarding the visit of the chairman of the House of Representatives of
Uruguay’s parliament to Nagorno-Karabakh, she said that she supports
the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s position in this regard.

“Uruguay’s attitude to this issue is also known,” she said. “They
tried to explain their actions. Anyway, we see the contradictions and
inconsistencies between their official position and real actions. We
believe that Uruguay will try to regulate its activity in accordance
with international laws and inter-state relations.”

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France, and the U.S. –
are currently holding peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council’s four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding
regions.

From: A. Papazian

UAE, ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS SIGN ASA

WAM – Emirates News Agency
Nov 20 2012
UAE

WAM Abu Dhabi, 20 Nov. 2012 (WAM) — The UAE has signed an Air Services
Agreement (ASA) with the Republic of Armenia.

The ASA, signed by Foreign Minister H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed
Al Nahyan, and his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandianduring
an audience today, provides the legal framework for regulation and
cooperation in air services.

The two countries agreed that any number of designated airlines of
both parties will have the right to perform scheduled air services
between the two countries, including the exercise of fifth freedom
traffic rights.

The two ministers tackled a host of issues of mutual interest and
latest regional developments.

WAM/TF

From: A. Papazian

IN MEMORY OF UNGEROUHI TAKOUHI (QUEENIE) BAGIAN

November 20, 2012

The Armenian Relief Society (ARS) Eastern United States Board of
Directors wishes to extend its deepest condolences and heartfelt
sympathy on the passing of UngerouhiTakouhi (Queenie) Bagian,
a lifelong ARS leader, a recipient of the ARS Agnouni Award for
outstanding service and dedication award, and a teacher, mentor,
and role model.

The legacy you leave us will endure for generations of Armenians and
ARS members. Your legacy is a foundation, an inspiration. We will
all miss you.

Ungh. Queenie was a member of the ARS Eastern USA ~SArtemis~T Chapter
for more than 60 years. She served on the ARS Central Executive
Board and Regional Executive Board, and was chairwoman of the ARS
~SArtemis~T Chapter of Philadelphia. She was involved in every aspect
of organizational life, from the grassroots to the podium.

Ungh. Queenie was a true, dedicated role model for many Ungerouis
throughout the region. In the toughest of times, she was ready to
work with a smile~Wand never expected praise in return.

Ungh. Queenie, and her husband, Unger Albert, spent their lives
promoting the ARS cause. They gave their blood, sweat, and tears to
the Armenian Relief Society. As they always said, the ~SARS is the
organization that has distinguished itself on every continent.~T

Ungh. Takouhi Bagian long sought to brighten the Armenian cultural,
educational and social life in Philadelphia through selfless dedication
to the goals of the Armenian Relief Society. In 1970, she established
the ARS Junior Auxiliary, comprised of young university students
who supported the ARS Summer Studies Program (currently the Youth
Connect Program).

She also served as a full-time volunteer Armenian school teacher
for language, song, dance, and history, while serving as an ARS
representative to the Armenian National Educational Council (ANEC).

She prepared a practical Armenian lesson book for Armenian-American
youngsters, and continued to develop her life long love of Armenian
music and poetry. She organized, developed, and promoted theatrical
productions, concerts, and other cultural programs.

Both Ung. Albert and Ungh. Takouhi made countless contribution to
the Armenian Relief Society~Rs projects and programs in the United
States and in Armenia.

Together, they were champion donors of the ARS Mother-Child Clinic
in Yerevan and served as benefactors to several other charities. Ungh.

Queenie~Rs love and attachment to the ARS was endless. Just last
September, she sponsored the ~SArtemis~T Chapter~Rs 102nd anniversary
celebration.

Her tireless devotion, dedication, and lifelong efforts on behalf of
the Armenian people will be missed.

~SVartzhket gadar,~T Ungerouhi. ~S Hoghe tetev ella.~T

The legacy you leave us will endure for generations of Armenians and
ARS members. Your legacy is a foundation, an inspiration. We will all
miss you. May you rest well. Your beloved Armenian Relief Society will
prosper and continue your legacy of providing humanitarian assistance
to Armenians throughout the world.

From: A. Papazian