Author: Jagharian Tania

The Library of Congress
H.RES.106
Title: Calling upon the President to ensure that the foreign policy of the
United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning
issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in
the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide, and for other
purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] (introduced 1/30/2007) Cosponsors
(198)
Related Bills: S.RES.106
Latest Major Action: 1/30/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred
to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

COSPONSORS(198), BY DATE [order is left to right]: (Sort: alphabetical
order)
Rep Radanovich, George [CA-19] – 1/30/2007Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] –
1/30/2007
Rep Knollenberg, Joe [MI-9] – 1/30/2007Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] – 1/30/2007
Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] – 1/30/2007Rep McNulty, Michael R.
[NY-21] – 1/31/2007
Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-5] – 1/31/2007Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] –
1/31/2007
Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] – 1/31/2007Rep Costello, Jerry F. [IL-12] –
1/31/2007
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] – 1/31/2007Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] –
1/31/2007
Rep Lipinski, Daniel [IL-3] – 1/31/2007Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] –
1/31/2007
Rep Dreier, David [CA-26] – 1/31/2007Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] –
1/31/2007
Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y. [PA-13] – 1/31/2007Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2] –
1/31/2007
Rep McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [WA-5] – 1/31/2007Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] –
1/31/2007
Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] – 1/31/2007Rep Royce, Edward R. [CA-40] –
1/31/2007
Rep Neal, Richard E. [MA-2] – 1/31/2007Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] –
1/31/2007
Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] – 1/31/2007Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10] –
1/31/2007
Rep Nunes, Devin [CA-21] – 1/31/2007Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] –
1/31/2007
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] – 1/31/2007Rep Berry, Marion [AR-1] –
1/31/2007
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] – 1/31/2007Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [MA-9] –
1/31/2007
Rep Doolittle, John T. [CA-4] – 1/31/2007Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] –
1/31/2007
Rep Matsui, Doris O. [CA-5] – 1/31/2007Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] –
1/31/2007
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] – 1/31/2007Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] –
1/31/2007
Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] – 1/31/2007Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] –
1/31/2007
Rep Allen, Thomas H. [ME-1] – 1/31/2007Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] – 1/31/2007
Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [FL-21] – 1/31/2007Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] –
1/31/2007
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] – 1/31/2007Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] –
1/31/2007
Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] – 1/31/2007Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] – 1/31/2007
Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] – 1/31/2007Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] –
1/31/2007
Rep Wilson, Joe [SC-2] – 1/31/2007Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] – 1/31/2007
Rep Rogers, Mike J. [MI-8] – 1/31/2007Rep Cantor, Eric [VA-7] – 1/31/2007
Rep Souder, Mark E. [IN-3] – 1/31/2007Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] –
1/31/2007
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] – 1/31/2007Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] –
1/31/2007
Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39] – 1/31/2007Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] –
1/31/2007
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] – 1/31/2007Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] – 1/31/2007
Rep Dingell, John D. [MI-15] – 1/31/2007Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] –
1/31/2007
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] – 1/31/2007Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] – 1/31/2007
Rep Garrett, Scott [NJ-5] – 1/31/2007Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] –
1/31/2007
Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] – 1/31/2007Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille
[CA-34] – 1/31/2007
Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] – 1/31/2007Rep Diaz-Balart, Mario [FL-25] –
1/31/2007
Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46] – 1/31/2007Rep Campbell, John [CA-48] –
1/31/2007
Rep Walz, Timothy J. [MN-1] – 1/31/2007Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] –
1/31/2007
Rep Porter, Jon C. [NV-3] – 1/31/2007Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43] – 1/31/2007
Rep Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5] – 1/31/2007Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13] –
1/31/2007
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] – 1/31/2007Rep Frelinghuysen, Rodney P.
[NJ-11] – 1/31/2007
Rep Visclosky, Peter J. [IN-1] – 1/31/2007Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] –
1/31/2007
Rep English, Phil [PA-3] – 1/31/2007(withdrawn – 3/15/2007)Rep Cardoza,
Dennis A. [CA-18] – 1/31/2007
Rep Wolf, Frank R. [VA-10] – 1/31/2007Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20] –
1/31/2007
Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] – 1/31/2007Rep Jindal, Bobby [LA-1] –
1/31/2007(withdrawn – 1/31/2007)
Rep Sarbanes, John P. [MD-3] – 1/31/2007Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] – 1/31/2007
Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] – 1/31/2007Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] –
1/31/2007
Rep Holden, Tim [PA-17] – 1/31/2007Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] – 1/31/2007
Rep Levin, Sander M. [MI-12] – 1/31/2007Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] –
1/31/2007
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] – 1/31/2007Rep Calvert, Ken [CA-44] – 1/31/2007
Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] – 1/31/2007Rep Hare, Phil [IL-17] – 1/31/2007
Rep Costa, Jim [CA-20] – 1/31/2007Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] –
1/31/2007
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] – 1/31/2007Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] –
1/31/2007
Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] – 1/31/2007Rep Ryan, Paul [WI-1] – 1/31/2007
Rep Miller, George [CA-7] – 1/31/2007Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] – 1/31/2007
Rep Becerra, Xavier [CA-31] – 1/31/2007Rep Sanchez, Loretta [CA-47] –
1/31/2007
Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [GA-2] – 1/31/2007Rep Schakowsky, Janice D.
[IL-9] – 1/31/2007
Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] – 1/31/2007Rep Bilirakis, Gus M. [FL-9] –
1/31/2007
Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. [NJ-2] – 1/31/2007Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] –
1/31/2007
Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] – 1/31/2007Rep Ferguson, Mike [NJ-7] – 1/31/2007
Rep Bono, Mary [CA-45] – 1/31/2007Rep Miller, Candice S. [MI-10] – 1/31/2007
Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] – 1/31/2007Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] – 1/31/2007
Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-5] – 1/31/2007Rep Musgrave, Marilyn N.
[CO-4] – 1/31/2007
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] – 1/31/2007Rep McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [CA-25] –
1/31/2007
Rep Herseth, Stephanie [SD] – 1/31/2007Rep Bean, Melissa L. [IL-8] –
1/31/2007
Rep Wamp, Zach [TN-3] – 1/31/2007Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1] – 1/31/2007
Rep Renzi, Rick [AZ-1] – 1/31/2007Rep Weller, Jerry [IL-11] – 1/31/2007
Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] – 1/31/2007Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] – 1/31/2007
Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] – 1/31/2007Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] –
1/31/2007
Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] – 1/31/2007Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] –
1/31/2007
Rep Carnahan, Russ [MO-3] – 1/31/2007Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] – 1/31/2007
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] – 1/31/2007Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs
[OH-11] – 1/31/2007
Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] – 1/31/2007Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita
[CA-37] – 1/31/2007
Rep Shimkus, John [IL-19] – 1/31/2007Rep Dent, Charles W. [PA-15] –
1/31/2007
Rep McCaul, Michael T. [TX-10] – 1/31/2007Rep Boren, Dan [OK-2] –
1/31/2007(withdrawn – 5/2/2007)
Rep Davis, Lincoln [TN-4] – 1/31/2007Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] – 1/31/2007
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] – 1/31/2007Rep Kind, Ron [WI-3] – 1/31/2007
Rep Matheson, Jim [UT-2] – 1/31/2007Rep Melancon, Charlie [LA-3] – 1/31/2007
Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] – 1/31/2007(withdrawn – 3/13/2007)Rep Ross, Mike
[AR-4] – 1/31/2007
Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17] – 1/31/2007Rep Scott, David [GA-13] –
1/31/2007(withdrawn – 4/18/2007)
Rep Thompson, Mike [CA-1] – 1/31/2007Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] – 1/31/2007
Rep Lungren, Daniel E. [CA-3] – 1/31/2007Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] –
1/31/2007
Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] – 2/5/2007Rep McNerney, Jerry [CA-11] – 2/5/2007
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] – 2/5/2007Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] –
2/5/2007
Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] – 2/5/2007Rep McCarthy, Kevin [CA-22] – 2/5/2007
Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] – 2/8/2007Rep Lamborn, Doug
[CO-5] – 2/8/2007
Rep Walsh, James T. [NY-25] – 2/8/2007Rep Wu, David [OR-1] – 2/8/2007
Rep Marchant, Kenny [TX-24] – 2/8/2007Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] – 2/8/2007
Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] – 2/8/2007Rep Green, Al [TX-9] – 3/1/2007
Rep Bachmann, Michele [MN-6] – 3/1/2007Rep LaTourette, Steven C. [OH-14] –
3/1/2007
Rep Space, Zachary T. [OH-18] – 3/12/2007Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] –
3/12/2007
Rep Baird, Brian [WA-3] – 3/12/2007Rep Bilbray, Brian P. [CA-50] – 3/12/2007
Rep Perlmutter, Ed [CO-7] – 3/29/2007Rep Sutton, Betty [OH-13] – 3/29/2007
Rep Miller, Gary G. [CA-42] – 3/29/2007Rep Salazar, John T. [CO-3] –
4/16/2007
Rep Hunter, Duncan [CA-52] – 4/16/2007Rep Reichert, David G. [WA-8] –
4/16/2007
Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] – 4/16/2007Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] –
4/19/2007
Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. [CO-6] – 4/19/2007Rep Braley, Bruce L. [IA-1] –
4/19/2007
Rep Hodes, Paul W. [NH-2] – 5/9/2007Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2] – 5/14/2007
Rep Udall, Tom [NM-3] – 5/14/2007Rep Roskam, Peter J. [IL-6] – 5/21/2007
Rep Murphy, Christopher S. [CT-5] – 5/21/2007Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1] –
5/24/2007
Rep Camp, Dave [MI-4] – 6/7/2007Rep Walberg, Timothy [MI-7] – 6/7/2007
Rep Pitts, Joseph R. [PA-16] – 6/7/2007

BH RECEIVES 3 MINISTER PORTFOLIOS

Noyan Tapan
Jun 07 2007

YEREVAN, JUNE 7, NOYAN TAPAN. Bargavach Hayastan Party will have
three Minister posts in the government. Chairman of BH faction
Gagik Tsarukian informed journalists about it during the break of
first sitting of NA of fourth convocation on June 7. In his words,
BH members will be Ministers of Health, Urban Development, Sport
and Youth Affairs. According to some rumors, Ministry of Culture,
Sport and Youth Affairs is reorganized into two Ministries, one of
which will be engaged in sport and youth affairs.

Tsarukian said that the party will offer the candidature of its
member, Director General of Erebuni medical center Artyom Kushkian
for the post of Health Minister. Current Deputy Minister of Transport
and Communication Vardan Vardanian will take the post of Minister of
Urban Development and the Ministry of Youth and Sport will be headed by
Vice-Minister of National Olympic Committee of Armenia Armen Gevorgian
(Chairman is Gagik Tsarukian).

BH Chairman assured that the Ministers offered by the party will
do their work well to justify the hopes of the people and party. In
his words, if someone works badly, he will be immediately dismissed
according to his application. Gagik Tsarukian assured the journalists
that he will also punctually come to the parliament and will take an
active part in the legislative work.

To recap, BH has received as much portfolios as ARFD, which does not
make part of the ruling coalition.

ARMENIAN PRO-GOVERNMENT PARTIES GET POSTS OF DEPUTY SPEAKERS IN PARLIAMENT

Mediamax news agency
7 Jun 07

Yerevan, 7 June: Vahan Hovhannisyan of the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation – Dashnaktsutyun and Ishkhan Zakaryan of the Prosperous
Armenia Party have been elected deputy speakers of the Armenian
parliament today.

Mediamax reported that 110 people voted in favour of Vahan Hovhannisyan
with two people voting against his candidacy, and 102 MPs voted for
Ishkhan Zakaryan with nine votes cast against him.

Hovhannisyan was the deputy speaker of the previous parliament.

Zakaryan headed the committee on physical training in the Armenian
government.

ERDOGHAN’S JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY’S POPULARITY INCREASES IN TURKEY
By Hakob Chakrian

AZG Armenian Daily
06/06/2007

It’s a pledge of success in the coming parliamentary elections
in Turkey

According to the Gallup poll of Seljuk University in Konya Erdoghan’s
Justice and Development party’s popularity increases in Turkey. The
Gallup poll was conducted in 40 states of Turkey, among 10.951 people.

As the presidential elections of Turkey are to hold on June 22 together
with the premature parliamentary elections, the Gallup poll contains
statistics of both of them.

According to "Vatan" daily 70 % of questioned agreed to elect the
president by popular vote, 22,5 % found appropriate for "Mejlis"
to elect the President, and 6,8 % were not oriented.

36.8 % of questioned gave preference to Erdoghan’s Justice and
Development party (AKP), 21 % – to the Republican People’s party
(CHP), 10,1 % to the alliance of Democrat Party formerly the True
Path Party and Motherland Party (ANAVATAN)" and 10,1% to Nationalist
Movement Party (MHP).

Abdullah Gul’s nomination as candidate for the presidency and
as a result of it the crisis in Turkey contribute to Justice and
Development party’s increasing popularity and recruitment of new
members, i.e. on May 30 ten popular political figures recruited to
the party, one of them was the former General Secretary of Republican
People’s party. And the efforts of President Sezer to unite the
parties of the same ideological trend became in vain.

The elections in Turkey gained the former US Ambassador in Turkey
Morton Abramovich’s attraction and he published his article titled
"The secular part of Turkey is divided up".

Though Abramovich warned about the results of the interference of
the army, which would end the process of the membership of Turkey to
European Union and would deepen the public polarization in Turkey,
he, anyhow, for the seculars considered preferable the army but not
Erdoghan’s party. "Will the army let Justice and Development party
control the parliament and elect a president in Turkey?"

With this equivocal sentence Abramovich shows the attitudes of the
Jewish institutions of USA and "The New Conservatives" of Israel. The
Department of State also prefers Turkish army, as McCormack has
announced that the army of Turkey is the US ally.

Time will show if it is an invitation card to Turkish Army or not.

But Abramovich’s concern about the probable victory of Erdoghan’s
Justice and Development party confirm the probability of it.

Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region
104 North Belmont Street, Suite 200
Glendale, California 91206
Phone: 818.500.1918
Fax: 818.246.7353
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:

PRESS RELEASE
June 4, 2007

Contact: Haig Hovsepian

Tel: (818) 500-1918

ANCA Communications Director Reconnects with a Decade of ANCA Interns

— Evening with Regional and Local Leaders Focuses
on ANCA’s Commitment to Expanding Youth Advocacy

Los Angeles, CA – Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)
Communications Director Elizabeth Chouldjian joined with regional and local
leaders and former ANCA Interns for an evening celebrating over two decades
of Leo Sarkisian Internship Program successes.

During an evening gathering, hosted by community activists and former ANCA
intern John and Pattyl Kasparian, Chouldjian provided an executive summary
of the ANCA’s work in support of U.S. foreign aid to Armenia, the Armenian
Genocide resolution and efforts to promote security issues in
Nagorno-Karabagh. She placed special focus on the key role that the ANCA
Leo Sarkisian Internship Program and the expanded Capital Gateway Program
play in ensuring increased youth participation in the American political
process.

"As a former ANCA intern in 1991, it was a pleasure catching up with Leo
Sarkisian interns from throughout the Southern California area," stated
Chouldjian, who directed the Washington component of the internship program
for some 10 years. "Whether serving in our Regional Board or active with
our local chapters, the internship program has been a critical factor in
training the Armenian American political advocates of tomorrow."

Now in its 23rd year, the Leo Sarkisian Summer Internship has brought
together interns from across the nation and Canada, providing them an
opportunity to hone their grassroots activism skills by attending seminars,
participating in an intensive lecture series and working on specifically
designated projects. The eight-week program is geared to provide proven
student leaders with the skills they need to effectively advance Armenian
American concerns in their hometowns and campuses around the country.

"After returning from Washington, DC in 2000, I felt reenergized and ready
to hit the ground running with our local efforts," stated former Leo
Sarkisian Intern Sevana Zetlian. "My experience in Washington provided me
with the right tools and also helped me realized that what we are doing
locally makes an enormous difference in the Armenian Cause," she added.

The Leo Sarkisian Internship Program is an integral part of the ANCA Capital
Gateway Program, which provides Armenian Americans greater opportunities to
explore careers on Capitol Hill, in the U.S. Foreign Service and key
Washington, DC foreign policy think tanks. Now reaching the end of its
fourth year, the year-round program is designed to help university students
and graduates find internships and permanent positions in Congressional
offices, government agencies and policy groups by providing temporary
housing and assistance in transitioning from student to professional. To
date, the ANCA Capital Gateway Program has placed over 40 individuals in
jobs on Capitol Hill and in think tanks in the nation’s capital.

"My invaluable experience as a Leo Sarkisian intern equipped me with the
knowledge and experience needed to be active within my community and to
serve Cong. Pallone on Capitol Hill. I will always be grateful to Elizabeth
and the ANCA for providing me with the tools necessary to be successful and
make a difference," stated Angineh Babooian.

The Capital Gateway Program has been funded through the generosity of the
Cafesdjian Family Foundation, the Hovig Apo Saghdejian Fellowship, Armenian
American Veterans Post of Milford, Massachusetts (AAVO), longtime ANCA
benefactors Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Barbara Hekimian and Armenian American
activists from across the U.S.

The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) is the largest and most
influential Armenian American grassroots political organization. Working in
coordination with a network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout
the United States and affiliated organizations around the world, the ANCA
actively advances the concerns of the Armenian American community on a broad
range of issues.

ARMENIA IN SECOND PLAYS IN TERMS OF WORK HOURS

Panorama.am
18:35 04/06/2007

Armenia is in the second place among 32 countries in terms of weekly
work hours, Yerevan.ru cites a study conducted by Grant Thornton
International, an international audit organization. Weekly work hours
in Armenia, Australia and Botswana are 56.

More work hours were reported in India and Argentina – 57. In some
European countries this indicator is 50.

In Russia and United Kingdom the weekly work hour is 49 whereas in
Italy it is 47.

GOVERNMENT COMPOSITION TO BE KNOWN IN 2 DAYS

Panorama.am
19:01 04/06/2007

Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan does not exclude structural changes in
the government. Sargsyan told reporters today people who have nothing
to do with Armenian Republican Party (HHK), Prosperous Armenia (BHK)
and Dashkaksutiun will happen to appear in the government. Sargsyan
said the composition of the government will be clear in two days.

Reminder: The current government will put its authorities down on
June 7, after the first session of the newly elected parliament of
Armenia. In following 10 days, the new parliament must elect a prime
minister to be approved by a president decree. A government will be
formed in 20 days time. The government will submit a program in the
following 20 days, which the parliament must approve in the course
of 5 days.

IN DPA CHAIRMAN’S WORDS, KOCHARIAN WILL HAVE TO REFUSE TO SIGN ANY DOCUMENT ON PRINCIPLES OF NAGORNO KARABAKH SETTLEMENT

Noyan Tapan
Jun 04 2007

YEREVAN, JUNE 4, NOYAN TAPAN. At the meeting of Armenian and
Azerbaijani Presidents scheduled for June 10 Robert Kocharian will
have to refuse to sign any document on settlement principles, as this
will be "a mortal blow for the current authorities." Aram Sargsian,
Chairman of Democratic Party of Armenia, gave assurance at the June
4 press conference.

In his words, Ilham Aliyev had refused to sign any document on Nagorno
Karabakh settlement principles so far, while, this time the Armenian
side will have to assume the fault of protracting the negotiations.

In A. Sargsian’s words, so far the Armenian authorities through RA
President’s Spokesperson had named not serious I. Aliyev’s statements
about ceding all liberated territories, while they cannot say the
same about similar statements made by Minsk Group Co-chairs.

Touching upon statements of western observers about parliamentary
elections, A. Sargsian expressed apprehension that their being
positive is directly connected with the mechanism of Nagorno Karabakh
settlement. He considered possible an agreement reached between
U.S. and Armenia, according to which by placing peacekeepers in Nagorno
Karabakh conflict zone Armenia de jure remaining as member of CSTO,
de facto will join NATO.

INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT OF PRIZES OF OLYMPIC CHAMPION LEVON JULFALAKIAN TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN

Noyan Tapan
May 31 2007

YEREVAN, MAY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. International tournament of prizes
of Olympic champion Levon Julfalakian will be held on June 2-4 at
Yerevan’s Dinamo training ground. Young Greco-Roman wrestlers of
Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Iran and France will perform during the
tournament.

REGISTRATION OF PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES STARTED IN NKR

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
May 31 2007

The Presidential nominees’ registration will be held in the NKR May
30-June 19, 2007.

According to the Nagorno-Karabagh Central Electoral Commission
Head Sergey Nasibian, in that period the Presidential nominees and
persons presenting them will be given certificates, the schedule of
the nominees’ meetings with the voters will be worked out and the
nominees will present their election programs.

Pre-election agitation will be held June 20-July 17. Current
Presidential elections will be held in the Nagorno-Karabagh July 19.

Four initiative groups of the Presidential nominees have been
registered at the NKR CEC – Bako Sahakian (Head of the NKR National
Security Service), Masis Mailian (NKR Deputy FM), Armen Abgarian
(a deputy of the NKR National Assembly) and Vania Avanesian (a
lecturer at the Artsakh State University); the NKR Communist party
plenum has decided to propose the party leader Hrant Melkoumian as
a Presidential nominee.