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PRESS RELEASE
May 3, 2007
Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian
Tel: (202) 775-1918

REPS. PALLONE, KNOLLENBERG AND CROWLEY URGE STATE DEPARTMENT
TO CLARIFY MISREPRESENTATION OF NAGORNO KARABAGH

— State Department Report Reverts Back to
Incorrect Language Following Azerbaijani Pressure

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairs Frank
Pallone (D-NJ) and Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) were joined by House
Foreign Affairs Committee Member Joe Crowley (D-NY) this week in
urging the State Department to clarify inaccurate language in its
2006 human rights report that dramatically mischaracterizes the
fundamental realities of the Nagorno Karabagh conflict, reported
the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

"Armenian Americans appreciate the leadership of Armenian Caucus
Co-Chairmen Joe Knollenberg and Frank Pallone and Congressman Joe
Crowley in seeking clarification from the Department of State
concerning its patently inaccurate and entirely unprecedented
misrepresentation of Armenia as an occupier of Nagorno Karabagh and
Azerbaijani territory," said ANCA Executive Director Aram
Hamparian. "We look forward to the State Department’s timely
response to their questions and to learning of the steps that the
Secretary intends to take to rectify the damage that this ill-
advised and destructive misrepresentation has already caused to the
peace process."

The controversy began earlier this year with the inclusion, for the
first time, of language in the Armenia and Azerbaijan sections of
the State Department’s 2006 Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices, which asserted that Armenia is occupying Nagorno
Karabagh and Azerbaijani territory. While the State Department
initially made a correction to this text, albeit not a fully
accurate one, it later reverted to its original wording following
public threats by Azerbaijan to cancel bilateral security talks in
Washington, DC.

During a May 2nd House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing on the
human rights report, Congressman Crowley, a senior and well-
respected member of the panel, submitted the following question to
the State Department’s witness, Assistant Secretary for Human
Rights Barry Lowenkron: "The statement that ‘Armenia continues to
occupy the Azerbaijani territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven
surrounding Azerbaijani territories’ in the 2006 State Department
Human Rights report on Armenia has created significant controversy
among the U.S., Azerbaijan, Armenia and NK. Can you confirm that
the references to Armenia’s forces and NK’s status do not reflect
the facts on the ground and are contrary to current U.S. policy?"

Rep. Crowley went on to "urge that this factually incorrect
statement be removed forthwith" from the report in an effort to
preserve its integrity.

In a separate letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, issued
on Thursday, May 3rd, Reps. Pallone and Knollenberg expressed
"strong concerns regarding inaccuracies in the recent series of
changes to the Armenia section of the 2006 Country Reports on Human
Rights Practices." They argued that, "in addition to the troubling
precedent set by allowing a foreign state to shape the assessments
of our human rights report, we are deeply disturbed that the State
Department’s mischaracterization of the Nagorno Karabagh conflict
is inaccurate, unprecedented, and counter-productive to our
government’s goal of actively promoting constructive engagement in
the peace negotiations in the region."

The Armenian Caucus Co-Chairs specifically called on Secretary Rice
to publicly clarify that:

1) The report’s language describing Armenia as an occupier of
Azerbaijani territory and Nagorno Karabagh is inaccurate and does
not reflect US foreign policy;

2) The United States views the Nagorno Karabagh conflict as
fundamentally about the self-determination of the people of Nagorno
Karabagh; and

3) This misrepresentation would not appear in future reports or
other official documents.

The text of the complete letter is provided below.

ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian, in an April 3, 2007 letter to
Secretary Rice, expressed the Armenian American community’s
profound concern that, "such statements fundamentally misrepresent
the well-documented reality in the region, contradict the
Department’s previous human rights reports, and undermine the
credibility of the United States as an impartial arbiter destined
to a leadership role in the OSCE Minsk Group peace process." He
added that, "These unprecedented assertions are both factually
inaccurate and counter-productive to our government’s aim of
reaching a durable resolution to the Nagorno Karabagh conflict. To
say that Nagorno Karabagh is an Azerbaijani territory and that
Armenia occupies Nagorno Karabagh and other territories is to
ignore the very fundamentals of this conflict. These statements
only serve to send the wrong message to the Azerbaijani side and
further complicate the peace negotiations."

The Armenia report can be viewed online at:
9.htm

The Azerbaijan report can be viewed online at:
1.htm

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Text of Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Letter
to Secretary Rice Regarding Erroneous Statements in the
2006 State Department Human Rights Report

The Honorable Condoleezza Rice
Secretary
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520

Dear Secretary Rice:

We are writing to express our strong concerns regarding
inaccuracies in the recent series of changes to the Armenia section
of the 2006 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.

Over the course of the past several weeks, the Department of State
has issued erroneous language about Armenia being an occupier of
Azerbaijani territory and Nagorno Karabagh. The report was
subsequently revised with more balanced, although still not fully
accurate, wording and then revised again to restore the original
language. These changes were made following widely reported
threats and pressure by the Azerbaijani government, including its
public declaration that it had postponed planned bilateral security
talks in Washington, DC.

In addition to the troubling precedent set by allowing a foreign
state to shape the assessments of our human rights report, we are
deeply disturbed that the State Department’s mischaracterization of
the Nagorno Karabagh conflict is inaccurate, unprecedented, and
counter-productive to our government’s goal of actively promoting
constructive engagement in the peace negotiations in the region.

It is simply wrong to assert that Nagorno Karabagh is Azerbaijani
territory or that Armenia occupies Nagorno Karabagh and other
territories. This formulation frames the conflict solely in terms
of land, ignoring the reality that the current conflict is about
the self-determination of the people of Nagorno Karabagh.
Furthermore, the State Department has never made similar assertions
in previous reports.

We are concerned that such misrepresentations, rather than bringing
the parties together, will undermine our nation’s credibility as an
impartial mediator and jeopardize prospects for successful
negotiations. It could also have an impact on US-Armenia
relations.

Therefore, we call upon you to publicly clarify that:

1) the report’s language describing Armenia as an occupier of
Azerbaijani territory and Nagorno Karabagh is inaccurate and does
not reflect US foreign policy;

2) the United States views the Nagorno Karabagh conflict as
fundamentally about the self-determination of the people of Nagorno
Karabagh; and

3) this misrepresentation would not appear in future reports or
other official documents.

Our common aim should be to focus on workable diplomacy that brings
the parties together in the spirit of conflict resolution, not to
cause additional tension by introducing new and controversial
elements into an already complex negotiating process.

Thank you for your consideration of this important matter. We look
forward to your prompt response.

Sincerely,

FRANK PALLONE, JR.
Member of Congress

JOE KNOLLENBERG
Member of Congress

GEGHAMIAN REVERTS TO PRO-RUSSIAN RHETORIC
By Ruzanna Khachatrian

Radio Liberty, Czech Republic
May 2 2007

Artashes Geghamian, a top opposition leader, signaled a radical
re-orientation of his economic and foreign policy agendas towards
Russia as he visited eastern Armenia on an election trip on Wednesday.

"Unfortunately, some of my colleagues keep saying, ‘Let’s go to Europe,
let’s go to America,’ whereas I say ‘Russia,’" Geghamian said, meeting
with opposition supporters in Martuni, a small near the eastern coast
of Lake Sevan.

The outspoken leader of the National Unity Party (AMK) did not
elaborate on the remark. Visiting the northwestern city of Gyumri on a
similar campaign trip late last month, he said Armenia should integrate
its economy into Russia’s in order to achieve sustainable development.

The statement harked back to Geghamian’s past reputation of a
staunchly pro-Russian politician. As recently as during the 2003
presidential election campaign, he called for Armenia’s accession to
the Russia-Belarus union and replacement of the Armenian dram with
the Russian ruble.

Geghamian radically revised his pro-Russian discourse following the
success of Western-backed revolutions in neighboring Georgia and other
former Soviet republics, which raised hopes for similar regime change
in Armenia among local opposition leaders. Addressing an AMK congress
in February 2005, he described the United States as the "main pillar of
the democratization and strengthening of the Republic of Armenia." The
dramatic U-turn did not earn him much support in the West, though.

GEORGIAN TROOPS TO GUARD IRAQ-IRAN BORDER

Interfax, Russia
April 30 2007

TBILISI. April 30 (Interfax) – The Georgian military contingent in
Iraq is to be the third largest military force in the Arab country
soon and will guard the Iraqi-Iranian border from June 2007, the
Georgian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

On Monday, the third day of his current visit to Iraq, Georgian Defense
Minister David Kezerashvili inspected the surroundings of Alkuta,
a town 60 kilometers from the Iranian border that will be the base
of a 2,000-strong Georgian brigade, the ministry told Interfax.

The brigade will guard the Iraqi-Iranian border.

"Until now, a Polish contingent has been carrying out this mission,
but from June the border will be guarded by Georgian troops. An
Armenian, Ukrainian, Salvadoran, and Kazakh units will be under
Georgian command," the ministry said.

The chief of the Georgian military general staff, Col. Zaza Gogava,
and the commander of the Georgian land forces, Lt. Col. Alexander
Osepaishvili, are accompanying the minister on his visit.

"Kezerashvili also familiarized himself with the service conditions
of the 33rd Battalion of the Georgian Defense Ministry, which is
deployed in Baghdad, and visited Baqubah, where the 31st Battalion
of the Defense Ministry is deployed," the ministry said.

It said that, in terms of numbers and the nature of tasks, the Georgian
contingent will rank third after the U.S. and British forces from
the summer as foreign armed forces in Iraq go.

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A GATHERING IN BIKFAYA COMMEMORATED THE 92ND ANNIVERSARY
OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

The Saint Mary’s Monastery in Bikfaya was flooded with the Armenian youth
on the evening of Monday April 23, the eve of the Armenian Genocide
commemoration day. Primate of the Diocese of Lebanon, Bishop Kegham
Khatcherian presided over the event organized by the joint committee on
commemorating the Genocide. The members and supporters of all
Lebanese-Armenian political organizations, sports’ unions and youth
movements gathered around the Armenian Genocide monument to pay their
respect to the Genocide’s one and a half million victims.

The Seminary students participated in the event by carrying out the requiem
service.

Vazken Jamgotchian delivered the opening remarks of the event saying that
once more Armenians come to bow before the memory of their victims and
reaffirm its pledge to remain loyal to their legacy. Jamgotchian underlined
that Armenians should not wait for April 24 to pursue its cause and
commemorate its martyrs. Rather, they should lead lives where national
struggle, loyalty to national values and demanding accountability from
Turkey are everyday concerns.

The main speaker of the event, Benjamin Betchakdjian, pointed out that
events dedicated to the victims of the Genocide not only commemorate the
memory of the martyrs, but remind everyone that the Armenian cause remains
unresolved and the struggle for justice continues. He stressed that April 24
is also a day of contemplation to think about committed deeds, achievements
and mistakes and to correct them.

Two videos were screened after the speeches. The first depicted the horror
of the Armenian Genocide, included accounts by foreign historians and
information on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by European
countries. The second video portrayed the recent pilgrimage to Deir Zor of
370 Armenian students from Lebanon.

A march from Antelias to Bikfaya by the members of the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation’s Youth association preceded the event.

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ARTUR BAGHDASARIAN’S INERT POSITION IS UNINTELLIGIBLE FOR ARAM
KARAPETIAN

YEREVAN, APRIL 28, NOYAN TAPAN. At the April 28 press conference
Chairman of Nor Zhamanakner (New Times) Party Aram Karapetian confirmed
the fact that the recording of overheard talk of former RA NA Speaker,
Orinats Yerkir Party leader Artur Baghdasarian with the Vice-Ambassador
of Great Britain, the shorthand report of which was lately published
by the Golos Armenii newspaper, was put near the entrance of his
apartment by an unknown person before. At the same time, he said that
for him it is not clear yet who overheard that talk in February.

A. Karapetian stated that he does not understand OYP Chairman Artur
Baghdasarian’s inert position in connection with the publication in
press. "If such thing was done towards me, I would apply to the court
to try to find out the reality," he said. Besides, the statement of
employees of National Security Service that they learnt about that
meeting from press is also surprising.

The NZP Chairman said that he constantly receives facts about illegal
activity of this or that state official from unknown persons: "They
bring to the office, throw into the car." In A. Karapetian’s words,
these people are "patriots: they understand that such non-competent
political state cannot continue."

Today, Azerbaijan
April 28, 2007

Yuri Merzlyakov:"Meeting on June 10 in St. Petersburg depends on
Robert Kocharian and Ilham Aliyev"

28 April 2007 [12:18] – Today.Az

"There are some variants concerning the meeting of Azerbaijani and
Armenian Presidents. One of them is organizing the presidents’
meeting on June 10, 2007 in St. Petersburg. But much depends on Ilham
Aliyev and Robert Kocharian," said Yuri Merzlyakov, OSCE Minsk Group
Russian co-chair.

He underlined that the meeting will take place on June 10 in St.
Petersburg if the presidents agree.

OSCE Minsk Group French co-chair Bernard Fassier told the APA that
the Presidents will not possibly meet before parliamentary elections
in Armenia.

"We said in our latest statement that we will try to arrange a
meeting between Ilham Aliyev and Robert Kocharian after parliamentary
elections in Armenia. We are making arrangements for the meeting at
present. I hope that the presidents will meet on June 10 in St.
Petersburg," he staid.

Armenian president Robert Kocharian said at Yerevan State University
that he will meet with Azerbaijani President on June 10 in St.
Petersburg.

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CO-CHAIRS PROPOSE AZERBAIJANI AND ARMENIAN PRESIDENTS TO MEET IN ST PETERSBURG

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
April 27 2007

OSCE Minsk Group’s co-chairs have proposed Azerbaijani and Armenian
Presidents to meet in the framework of the economic summit scheduled
for June 10 in St Petersburg, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov told journalists, APA reports.

The Minister confirming that the President will attend the summit
stated that the head of state will decide whether or not to accept
the proposal.

Mr.Mammadyarov said that co-chairs will visit the region after the
parliamentary elections in Armenia. He said that he will possibly meet
with his Armenian counterpart Vardan Oskanyan before the elections. The
meeting will be held during NATO’s meeting on "26+1" formula, scheduled
in Brussels on May 2.

Mammadyarov will make an official visit to Morocco after Brussels,
then will visit Egypt together with Azerbaijani President.

THE DIVERSE SOUNDS OF TIGRAN MANSURIAN
By Mark Swed, Times Staff Writer

Los Angeles Times
Calendar Live
April 25 2007

A program of his work traces its roots to Armenia as well as
Modernism. The packed Zipper Hall listens.

Tigran Mansurian’s time may not have quite arrived, but it’s getting
very close. The Colburn School’s Zipper Hall was full Monday for the
chamber music component of "A Mansurian Triptych," three concerts
sponsored by the Lark Musical Society. Friday night had been devoted
to choral works. Tonight at the Alex Theatre in Glendale two big
concertos are scheduled, including one for violin that premiered in
Sweden this year.

Zipper was full because the concerts were programmed to coincide with
the anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915 and because Mansurian
is, for Armenians – of whom there are many in Southern California –
a legendary musical figure. The rare presence of the composer onstage
to accompany violist Kim Kashkashian in arrangements of "Four Hayrens"
– short pieces of profound beauty from 1967, originally written for
voice and piano – was the kind of thing you take your children to so
they can tell their grandchildren about it.

In fact, it probably doesn’t make much sense to try to separate
Mansurian’s works from what they represent to a people who have had
more than their share of cultural and political struggles in modern
history. Yet though his music is Armenian to the core, it also shares
many of the spiritual concerns of other Eastern European composers of
his post-Shostakovich generation, including the Estonian Arvo Part,
the Pole Henryk Gorecki, the Georgian Giya Kancheli, the Russian
Alfred Schnittke, the Ukrainian Valentin Silvestrov and the Tartar
Sofia Gubaidulina.

Like them, Mansurian, who was born in 1939, is a former musical
dissident who as a young man adopted forbidden Western Modernist
techniques but later reconciled them with more traditional music of
deep religious conviction.

The six chamber works Monday covered nearly 40 years, yet the
kinship between "Four Hayrens" and the Agnus Dei for clarinet,
violin, cello and piano, written last year, was evident. In both,
Mansurian displayed melodic restraint. Lyricism is ever present as is
a gentleness of spirit. Expression comes in small, intense moments,
in tiny tremblings of tone.

In the Agnus Dei, which lasted 15 mesmerizing minutes, the clarinet
(exquisitely played by Gary Bovyer) reached such a degree of quiet
tenderness that the ending felt more like a mystical breeze lightly
touching the skin than sound waves striking the ear.

The String Quartet No. 3 begins in a harsher, almost Bartokian
fashion, but it too ends somewhere beyond, with an Adagio full of
strange outbursts and ethereal violin solos. The gripping, expert
performance was by violinists Movses Pogossian and Searmi Park,
violist Alma Fernandez and cellist Armen Ksajikian. If they haven’t
thought of forming a quartet, they should.

Madrigal II from 1976 is an attempt to wed Armenian music and
Monteverdi for soprano, flute, cello and piano. Soloist Shoushik
Barsoumian’s nervousness was part hers, part the music’s, though both
score and soprano eventually quieted down.

"Lamento" for solo violin, written in 2002, begins wrathfully but also
gradually calms to a state of sad resignation. The violin writing is
virtuosic, and Pogossian, one of the tribute’s organizers, played it
very well.

After "Four Hayrens," in which Mansurian proved downright haunting in
the intensity of his piano playing, Kashkashian joined Lynn Vartan in
Duet for viola and percussion, written for the violist in 1998. The
work, given its West Coast premiere last week at the University of
Judaism, is, like its title, abstract, a study in the raw expression
of sound.

Here, it was Kashkashian who cast a spell with every tone she played.

Vartan supported her with a rainbow of shimmering effects on marimba
and gongs. The score seemed both very old and very modern, very
sophisticated and very elemental, all at the same moment.

PALLONE COMMEMORATES 92ND ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

States News Service
April 24, 2007 Tuesday
Washington

The following information was released by the office of New Jersey
Rep. Frank Pallone Jr.:

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-chairman of the Congressional
Caucus on Armenian Issues, gave the following statement last night on
the House floor to commemorate the 92nd Anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide.

"Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to commemorate the 92nd anniversary
of the Armenian genocide. As the first genocide of the 20th century, it
is morally imperative that we remember this atrocity and collectively
demand reaffirmation of this crime against humanity.

"On April 24, 1915, 92 years ago tomorrow, that day marked the
beginning of the systematic and deliberate campaign of genocide
perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire. Over the following eight years,
1.5 million Armenians were tortured and murdered, and more than
one-half million were forced from their homeland into exile. These
facts are indisputable, but to this day the U.S. Congress has never
properly recognized the Armenian genocide.

"The historical record, Mr. Speaker, on the Armenian genocide is
unambiguous and well-documented with overwhelming evidence. The U.S.
Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire at the time, Henry Morgenthau,
protested the slaughter of the Armenians to the Ottoman leaders. In
a cable to the U.S. State Department on July 16, 1915, Ambassador
Morgenthau stated that, ‘A campaign of race extermination is in
progress.’

"Mr. Speaker, if America is going to live up to the standards we set
for ourselves, and continue to lead the world in affirming human
rights everywhere, we need to finally stand up and recognize the
tragic events that began in 1915 for what they were: the systematic
elimination of a people.

"Despite pleas by Members of Congress and the Armenian-American
community and recognition by much of the international community,
President Bush continues to avoid any clear references to the Armenian
genocide, while consistently opposing legislation marking this crime
against humanity. Instead, he has chosen to succumb to shameless
threats by the Government of Turkey.

"I strongly believe that Turkey’s policy of denying the Armenian
genocide gives warrant to those who perpetrate genocide everywhere,
because denial is the last stage of genocide. If the cycle is to end,
there must be accountability. And just as we would not permit denying
the Holocaust, we cannot accept Turkey’s falsification of the facts
of 1915.

"Mr. Speaker, I must say that in the last few months the Turkish
Government has made every effort to try to prevent the Armenian
genocide resolution from coming to the floor of the House of
Representatives. But I just want to show why denial is such a bad
thing in a sense.

"Last week, I came to the floor and I pointed out that when the U.N.
wanted to do a project or an exhibit at the United Nations headquarters
talking about the genocide in Rwanda, because the Turkish Government
protested the inclusion of the Armenian genocide, the Rwandan genocide
never took place. There again, if you deny one genocide, you end up
denying or impacting the other.

"And the fact of the matter is that when some of my colleagues say
to me, ‘Well, why do you need to bring up something that occurred 92
years ago,’ I say, ‘Because by denying this, the Turkish Government
continues to perpetrate genocide or oppression of its minorities.

"Just a few weeks ago, there was something in the New York Times
about how the Turkish Government continues to persecute the Kurdish
minority. Many Kurds have been killed, driven from their homelands in
the same way Armenians were. The Kurds happen to be a Muslim people,
not a Christian people. That doesn’t matter. The Turkish Government
consistently oppresses minorities. They refuse also to open their
borders with Armenia. They have actually had a blockade of Armenia in
placed for several years, which contributes to the economic instability
of Armenia.

"So this is something that must be done. It must be accomplished,
that we recognize this genocide if it continues in various ways in
Turkey today.

"The second thing I would point out is that the Turkish Government
has been basically hiring lobbyists for millions of dollars to go
around and tell Members of Congress that if they pass the genocide
resolution, there will be dire consequences: Turkey will not allow
supplies to go to U.S. troops in Iraq.

"They have actually taken to having Members of Congress called and
told that their own soldiers in Iraq might be threatened if they pass
the genocide resolution.

"Well, again, this is the type of bullying that we, as a free
government, should not allow because bullying is essentially the same
thing that takes place when genocide takes place. Why should we give
in to the threats of a country that tries to bully our country over
such an important issue as the genocide?

"Now, let me just mention, Mr. Speaker, to wrap up, that tomorrow
evening at 6:30 the Armenian Caucus, which I co-chair, will host
an Armenian genocide commemoration event with the Armenian embassy,
and I hope that many of the Members will attend this."

ILS AIDENT DES ENFANTS ET ETUDIANTS A RENOVER UNE ECOLE EN ARMENIE
par Bertrand GILET

La Nouvelle Republique du Centre Ouest
23 avril 2007 lundi
Edition INDRE ET LOIRE

Basee a Saint-Avertin, Ararat Developpement 37 a deja parraine
cinquante-deux enfants et six etudiants.

N ous ne pouvons pas rester les bras croises, ne rien faire. Quand
on a ete en Armenie et vu le denuement dans lequel les gens vivent,
on se dit qu’on ne peut pas les laisser tomber. Patricia Audenet
a donc decide d’agir. Après plusieurs voyages dans le pays, dont le
premier trois ans après l’independance (en 1991), elle a fonde en 1998
Ararat Developpement 37, une association basee a Saint-Avertin. Elle
compte une cinquantaine d’adherents dont quelques Armeniens de
l’agglomeration. " Très tôt nous avons fait le choix de parrainer
des enfants. Nous pensons que l’education, ils y ont droit. Nous
avons aide des ecoles a s’equiper, fait de l’aide medicale, aide a
financer les etudes d’etudiants. Et depuis 2003, nous participons a
la rehabilitation d’une ecole dans le village de Haïkachen. "

Ararat Developpement 37 veut de la transparence : " A Erevan, quatre
personnes de l’association recherchent et choisissent les enfants et
etudiants, en fonction de critères precis. Et un de nos membres se
rend chaque annee la-bas pour s’assurer du bon fonctionnement et du
suivi des actions. Quant a l’argent verse, nous tenons a ce qu’il le
soit integralement : 15 collectes, c’est 15 directement pour l’enfant
ou l’etudiant. Tous les frais de fonctionnement sont finances par
nos actions en Touraine et en France. "

C’etait le cas, samedi soir, au domicile de Patricia Audenet : une
trentaine de membres d’Ararat Developpement etaient invites, chacun
donnant son obole pour la poursuite de l’objectif. " Le parrainage va
bien au-dela de l’aspect financier. Le parrain peut etablir une vraie
relation avec son filleul. Ararat a parraine cinquante-deux enfants
et six etudiants. Sans faire de bruit, l’association de Patricia
Audenet et de Jean Tateossain continue son travail : " L’Armenie
a besoin d’aide. Le salaire moyen est la-bas de 20 par mois et le
besoin vital d’une personne est estime a 35 . "

Ararat Developpement 37 : 141, rue des Ormeaux a Saint-Avertin. Tel.
02.47.39.54.5.

Patricia.audenetwanadoo.fr

G RAPHIQUE: Une soiree de soutien a eu lieu samedi soir au domicile
de Patricia Audenet. Avec, dans le rôle de l’animateur de la soiree,
le chanteur Robert Counioux (membre de l’association). Les fonds
collectes lors de cette soiree iront a l’association.

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