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Envoy Vague On Reported U.S. Push For Karabakh Peace
By Hrach Melkumian and Karine Kalantarian 18/06/2004 11:14
Radio Free Europe, Czech Republic
June 18 2004
U.S. Ambassador John Ordway stopped short Thursday of explicitly
confirming or refuting reports that the United States is pushing for
a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that would require an
Armenian pullout from occupied Azerbaijani lands before agreement on
the disputed region’s status.
Armenian opposition leaders and some media have claimed over the past
week that Washington has suggested that Azerbaijan lift its economic
blockade of Armenia in exchange for getting back three of its seven
districts surrounding Karabakh which were occupied by Armenian forces
during the 1991-94 war. They said the plan was put forward by Steven
Mann, the U.S. co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, during a visit to
Yerevan late last month.
The speculation was heightened by Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian’s
talks in Washington this week with U.S. Secretary of State Colin
Powell and President George W. Bush’s top national security adviser,
Condoleeza Rice. The U.S. State Department said Karabakh topped the
agenda of the talks.
Asked by RFE/RL to comment on the claims, Ordway said: “The [U.S.,
French and Russian] co-chairs have not made any specific proposals in
this most recent round of discussions and negotiations. Normally it’s
not my role or responsibility to comment on the work of the co-chairs.
So I think that’s the best answer I can provide to you and still
not start going into the details of the negotiations, which is not
appropriate for me to do.”
“But if [my interpreter] has done his job and you look at it very
carefully, I think you will find the answer to your question,” he
added without elaborating.
Azerbaijani officials had said earlier that the conflicting parties and
the international mediators are discussing the possibility of reverting
to the so-called “step-by-step” strategy of conflict resolution,
preferred by Baku. Armenian officials have not explicitly denied this,
while making it clear that they still stand for a “package” peace
accord on all contentious issues, including Karabakh’s status. Oskanian
and his Azerbaijani counterpart, Elmar Mamedyarov, are scheduled to
meet in Prague on June 21 for the third time this year.
Ordway said it is up to the conflicting parties to choose between
the package and phased formulas. “Either variant would be fine with
us if it produced a settlement,” he said.
The Prague talks will take place against the backdrop of an escalation
of tension on the westernmost section of the heavily militarized border
between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Armenian military has reported
that one of its officers was shot dead in a clash with Azerbaijani
forces last week. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry admitted on Wednesday
that its troops also sustained casualties.
“But the enemy suffered more,” the ministry spokesman, Ramiz Melikov,
told RFE/RL. “We don’t want to talk about numbers. They are not
important.” Melikov denied Armenian claims that the Azerbaijani army
violated the regime of ceasefire in the area by occupying a hill
in a no-man’s land overlooking a major water reservoir in Armenia’s
northeastern Tavush region.
But Colonel-General Mikael Harutiunian, chief of the Armenian army
staff, insisted on Yerevan’s version of events according to which
Armenian units had to dig in closer to the Azerbaijani positions to
forestall any damage to a facility which pumps irrigation water to
nearby villages. Harutiunian was due to visit Tavush later on Thursday.
Ordway described the fighting as “very worrisome” and urged both
sides to exercise “restraint.”

Turkish Ambassador Dismisses Reports on Opening Borders with Armenia
Baku Today
June 18 2004
Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan, Ahmed Unal Chevikoz, on Thursday
dismissed reports that his country is planning to open its gates
to Armenia.
Chevikoz said a report by Turkey’s independent NTV television
on alleged preparations to open the Turkish-Armenian borders is
groundless.
“NTV’s report is not accurate and there have been no change in the
official statements by the Turkish president, prime minister and
foreign minister on opening of the borders,” the ambassador told
reporters.
Chevikoz reiterated the preconditions his country has put forth on the
border issue; Armenians have to stop their propaganda on the so-called
Armenian genocide by Ottoman Turkey, give up territorial claims
against Ankara and withdraw from Azerbaijan’s occupied territories.

Interview: Journalists and Writers Foundation acts in Accordance with Turkey’s Interests
Zaman, Turkey
June 18 2004
The Journalists and Writers Foundation has celebrated its 10th
anniversary. The foundation, established in January 1994, by a group
of journalists and writers, including Fethullah Gülen, has realized
many national and international activities in accordance with its
mission, that is, to promote communal consensus and global peace.
The foundation, introducing itself with the tolerance awards it gives
to people from different sectors, under the framework of the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Tolerance Year, has also started ‘dialogue iftars’ (evening meals
during Ramadan),’ that many civil and official institutions support.
At a time when nobody considered making dialogue with Jews and
Christians, the foundation took important steps in this regard. It
also backed world peace efforts. The Abant meetings are the most
conspicuous activities of the foundation. Apart from the Abant
Platform, that conducted its activities in Turkey for six years and
then expanded abroad, the Eurasia Dialogue Platform and Intercultural
Dialogue Platform are also organizations being closely watched by the
whole world. While the former is a meeting point of Eurasian
intellectuals, the latter focuses on intercultural dialogue.
Naturally, some questions arise about the foundation realizing
international activities with such great costs. We asked President
Harun Tokak about the foundation’s 10-year process:
You have carried out activities not seen in the branches of
Journalism and Authorship. Why such a choice?
Job institutions such as, the Journalists’ Association of Turkey
(TGC), dealing with job applications and the problems encountered on
that issue, is already in existence. We considered it unnecessary to
do the same thing. I say this here to explain what triggered us to
establish such a foundation, not meaning that we will not be tackling
the problems and the projects of the employees.
What was the deficiency in you opinion?
The journalists and authors are from the intellectual section of
society. To a certain extent, they present this intellectual
accumulation through the media. However, looking at the process the
world is going through, we see that what countries like us need is
not only thousands of years of accumulation, but also other factors
contributing to the process. The presentation of views by the media
was not enough for us. We felt that people with different views and
different beliefs reflect the richness of our country and should
unite physically. We wanted to stress the importance of talking face
to face and sharing the same places.
Have you reached your goals?
At the opening session of the foundation’s establishment, our
honorary President Fethullah Gülen said: “Turkey will not give up on
democracy,” and this remark gained unexpected publicity. This not
only showed the need for democracy in Turkey but also elucidated the
fact that religious sects do not consider democracy as a hurdle
before Islam. We need to recognize and embrace each other. On the
11th of February, 1995, during the iftar we gave at the Polat
Renaissance Hotel, people from different sects constitued a colorful
picture. On January 4, 1996, our foundation gave ‘Tolerance Awards’
on the occasion of the ‘Tolerance Year.’ The corroboration was such
that the whole Turkey was excited. For instance we organized a World
XI versus Turkey XI match to draw attention to the tragedy in
Bosnia-Herzegovina. The proceeds from that game were sent to three
Turkish schools in Bosnia. Children from Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia
are now being educated at these Turkish schools. We are sure that
these children will not make the mistakes their fathers made.
The foundation generates anti-theses against the clash of
civilizations and organizes meetings on civilization dialogues. Why
do you focus on these issues? Is it because you feel a possible clash
may also happen in Turkey?
Yes, during that period the study thesis was very intense. On one
hand there was the clash of civilizations thesis, and on the other
hand, the polarizations in Turkey. For this reason we organized the
first international meeting under the name, “From Clash of
Civilizations to Dialogue.” Both native and foreign, so many
scientists delivered messages of global peace and consensus. But the
main issue we focused on was the problems our country was
encountering. There were issues that would cause tension in Turkey as
our people took different sides in the Turk-Kurd, Alevi-Sunni,
secular-anti secular conflicts. Fortunately, these problems no longer
exist in that dimension. During those years, the differences between
cultures were exaggerated on purpose. This communal psychology made
the Abant meetings known publicly. The need to discuss our country’s
problems emerged. A great many people, from atheists to theologians,
from liberals to nationalists, participated in the first Abant
Meeting that was held in 1998. The meetings lasted for six years, and
this year it expanded abroad. The intitution’s founding president is
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Aydin, currently a state minister. Carrying the
meetings to the international level was proposed at the last Abant
Meeting. The Advisory Board then made a decision in accordance with
this proposal. We held the first meeting abroad in Washington, the
second will be held in Brussels in December, before Turkey gets a
[negotiation] date from the European Union (EU).
Your interregional activities have been widely supported by a
substantial part of the society. Why do you give so much importance
to these relations?
There may naturally be people criticizing, not appreciating and even
considering the activities not enough. The important point here is
that if we are to attain global peace, we should not overlook the
religion fact. If peace and consensus among religions are ensured,
international relations will also improve. We invited the Armenian
patriarch to our iftar dinner; now every year the esteemed Patriarch
Mesrob II invites Muslims to iftar meals himself. In 2000, we held
the “Forefather Abraham Symposium.” in Harran and representatives
from the three Abrahamic religions came together at this symposium.
These meetings are of paramount importance, since they also play a
lobby role in the EU. Even Mesrob went to the EU and drew attention
to the importance of Turkey being a member of the Union. Global peace
and Turkey’s interests are closely related with dialogue and
consensus among religions. Turkey wants to compete with the modern
world, but before that, it must structure the bridges between the
sects in society. Our ultimate goal is to make contributions so that
Turkey achieves its targets.
Many institutions, after a while, have supported some of your
activities. Now everybody gives iftar meals. What do you think about
this? Do you feel disturbed?
No, we certainly do not feel disturbed. Anyway, we do all these
things in order to make our culture known. This is our aim , and the
process shows that we are following a correct procedure. The dialogue
efforts should be supported. These activities should be more
widespread through conscientious efforts.
You have made Abant Platform known internationally by carrying it
abroad for the first time. Did the Abant meeting in Washington catch
up with the same level as that of Turkey?
World-renowned academicians, Esposito and Fukuyama took part in the
meetings. The academicians from the United States know Turkey and
Middle East very well and speak Turkish fluently. Apart from Kemal
Dervis, (former Turkish economy minister), the permanent Abant
participants came to the meeting on behalf of Turkey. I observed that
the culture of dialogue and consensus that we call ‘Abant Soil’ was
spreading in Washington.
Some commentators say the US hosted these meetings in order to
realize its dreams of a Greater Middle East Project. Did Washington
Abant serve the aims of the United States in the Middle East?
We never accept claims of this sort. Because by the time we made a
decision to hold the Washington Abant Meeting, there was no such
issue as the Greater Middle East Project. State Minister Mehmet Aydin
gave an important lecture at that meeting. Aydin, evaluating the
Greater Middle East Project, said more or less the following: “If
this a project to unify the Middle Eastern countries, the democracy
tree cannot be planted by force. Democracy will come to the Middle
East through will power.” I personally agree with Aydin on this
point. Another participant, Mithat Melen, said: “Turkish
intellectuals paid their own money to tell the Americans something.
Since the Americans and Europeans invited us, we went to talk.” This
comment is important as it explains the aim of the meeting. In all
our activities, the interests of our country and nation come first.
As an international organization, we have a say on the issue of the
Greater Middle East Project, and we are for the interests of Turkey.
You work on a line extending from the US to the Middle East and send
many people abroad. How can you finance these activities?
This is a question asked frequently. This was a topical issue
especially when the last Abant Meeting was held. Comments that we
were financed by a U.S.foundation and about our honorary President
Fethullah Gülen were made. It is true that we stage big
organizations, but our main financial support comes from the
sponsors. We find sponsors for all the organizations we make. The
official institutions also contribute sometimes. For example during
the tenure of esteemed Istemihan Talay, we received support from the
Culture Ministry. We have also applied to the present ministry, and
expect a reply from them. And about the incomes of our fund. We
organized the Washington Abant and Mardin meetings with our own
incomes. Anyway, the Anatolian people’s generosity saves you from
many expenses. This is our cultural richness. It is not true that we
pay the people we take there. These claims are false. For instance,
the journalists who send their news reports pay from their own
pockets. Besides, the university students of John Hopkins themselves
paid for the conference room. The total amount we paid for the
meetings was US$50,000. We could afford this through our foundation’s
incomes. In addition, the budget of the meeting held in Mardin was
US$100,000 in all. Apart from the sponsors’ assistance, we make up
the rest from the foundation’s incomes.
Fethullah Gulen is being talked about frequently. What is the
relation between Gulen and your foundation?
Our relations with Gulen is always a discussion issue. The esteemed
Gulen was among the founders in the early years. Then he became the
honorary president. All the relations with him are as such. We run
our work as platforms, as intercultural platforms, the Abant Platform
and the Dialogue Platforms. These platforms work independently.
Namely, the decision mechanism is not Gulen, but the board of
presidents. It decides on the time and place of the meetings. People
with different kinds of beliefs take part in the Advisory Board.
The foundation gives importance to unifying people from different
origins and different beliefs. Do the opposing views disturb you?
Let alone disturbing, they are good for us. This is the very positive
side of the meetings. Our aim is to make people of different beliefs
come together and talk. This was not possible 10 years ago, but today
it is considered natural and an ‘Abant Soil’ has come to Turkey.
It is interesting that different cultures come together and talk
about country issues. What is the reason that makes you reach a
consensus so easily?
Of course, consensus does not come easily. Many problems exist. For
example, in the first Abant meetings the debates were very tense.
People were even offended. Some of them even left the meetings, there
was a war of words. However, in the end we saw that it difficult to
be in the same atmosphere and maintain our differences, but it is not
impossible! We witnessed that every section can come around a table
and discuss at high intellectual level. The first Abants and the ones
that followed were different because of this. In my opinion, the
barriers between people collapsed. We have learned to live together.
All the enterprise and efforts are for the furtherance of our
country.
06.18.2004
ZAFER OZCAN

Armenian Troops Move Positions Closer to Azeri Village in Qazakh, Residents Say
Baku Today 18/06/2004 13:37
Baku Today, Azerbaijan
June 18 2004
Residents of Mazam village in Azerbaijan’s western Qazakh District,
which borders Armenia, have started resettling their minor children
to inner villages as Armenian troops are moving their positions closer
to the village, ANS reported on Thursday.
Residents said Armenians have moved their positions towards a road
connecting the village with the rest of the district. They also
said the road has come under intensive attacks by Armenians over the
last week.
Meanwhile, Chief of Staff of the Armenian army, Michael Arutunian,
said on Wednesday that an Armenian officer was killed in a clash
with Azerbaijani forces along the country’s northeastern frontier,
France Press Agency reported.
Arutunian reportedly blamed Azeri forces on clashes that occurred in
the border, saying that the latter attempted to take control over
a position on a hilltop east of Idzhevan, an important road and
rail center.
The Armenian Chief of Staff also claimed that several troops on the
Azeri side were killed in the clashes.
The press office of Azerbaijan’s ministry of defense dismissed the
claims about an attack by the Azeri army. Ilqar Verdiyev, a press
officer, told the Baku Today that Azerbaijan’s army positions in
the Qazakh District have been attacked by Armenians on a regular
base lately.
Verdiyev said the Azeri troops have answered the enemy fittingly.
“There have been no casualties on our side,” he added.

Parents told no new Melkonian class this year
By Jean Christou
Cyprus Mail
June 18 2004
PARENTS who believed they had registered their children for the
first year at the Melkonian Educational Institute (MEI) were shocked
yesterday when they were told no such class would be operated from
September this year.
Troupia Samonian told the Cyprus Mail yesterday that she had enrolled
her primary school-age daughter for the first year of secondary school
at the Armenian school weeks ago but when she went yesterday with
another parent, they were told that no children were being registered
for the new school year.
Parents were also told that entrance exam dates for graduates from
the Armenian Elementary Nareg in Nicosia, Larnaca, Limassol, scheduled
for yesterday and today had been cancelled.
The New York-based Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU), which
plans to close the 78-year old school in June 2005, despite fierce
opposition, had invited parents to enroll their children for day school
in September. The advertisement in early May said registration would
take place from May 19. Those who recently contacted the school were
told their children could not be registered because they had missed
the deadline. However, no deadline was specified in the advertisement.
Samonian was one of the parents who registered early, but she said
when she went to MEI yesterday she was told there would be no class
for her daughter to attend.
“I registered three weeks ago and I sat back thinking my daughter
would be attending school in September,’ she told the Mail yesterday.
“I was totally surprised that they had changed their minds again.”
She said that she was not even informed of the situation until she
visited the school yesterday.
Samonian said that when she asked to see the principal, she was
instead directed to Gordon Anderson, the representative of the AGBU
in Cyprus. He told her there would be no registrations for the school
year but recalled that there had been an advertisement telling parents
they could enroll their children for the new school year.
“He remembered but it was all changed,” she said. “I asked why
parents were not informed and why no one had bothered to call about
the changed decision. This concerns our children`s futures and we
didn’t know about it.”
Samonian said all she managed to get out of them was a lot of “blah
blah blah”. ‘The only conclusion we can draw is that they plan to
close down the school at all costs,” she said.
Anderson told the Cyprus Mail that they had decided not to run the
first-year class from September because so few parents had applied
to register their children. Asked why parents had not been informed
that the class would not be run, he said: “It’s not my responsibility.”
However sources told the Mail that the teachers were also in the dark
about what was going on so they could not have informed the parents
there would be no class.
“They have backtracked and now are not accepting anyone,” said a
member of the school’s alumni, who are trying to fight the closure
decision. The alumni believe the AGBU wants to get its hands on the
property, worth £40 million and sell it to developers.
“It was a nice little trick,” said the alumni member. “They are also
in the process of shutting down the school’s website and plan to fire
the local board over the summer. Verbally they are saying one thing
but they are doing another.”
Yesterday, seven parents from the Armenian primary school in Larnaca
wrote to the Education Minister asking for his intervention and
enclosing a letter to the AGBU asking why their children were being
denied an Armenian education.

A MONKEY TO EACH OFFICIAL?
A1 Plus | 14:34:20 | 17-06-2004 | Social |
The protest action held for defense of the political prisoners
near the General Office of Prosecutor has today ended in the unique
awards. Eleonora Manandyan, Chair of “New Armenia” social organization
introduced 3 statues of monkeys – the prizes set for attitude towards
the political prisoners. {BR}
The statue of the monkey closing its eyes with own hands, “I see
nothing”, was given to Armenian Ombudsman Larissa Alaverdyan.
The monkey with closed ears, “I hear nothing” was awarded to Pargev
Ohanyan, Judge of the First Instance Court of Kentron-Norq Marash
Communes, for the trial of Edgar Araqelyan.
“I say nothing”, the monkey closing its mouth, was given to Public
TV Company of Armenia. Other representatives of Mass Media as well,
“H2”, “Armenia”, “Arm News”, “Yerevan” TV Companies could win the
latter prize. But Public TV Company was preferred.
“The pickets proved that one can achieve his purposes just by
overcoming the sense of fear. We will keep fighting and will carry
it through”, Manandyan says.
Opposition representatives were present for the award. Albert Bazeyan
thinks a Grand Prix was to be handed to Robert Kocharyan.
All the prizes will be sent to the “winners” after the protest action.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Azer News, Azerbaijan
June 17 2004
Iranian journalists unwilling to visit Armenia until Azerbaijani
lands liberated
Jalal Mahammad, head of the Iranian group of journalists visiting
Baku, told a news conference at the International Press Center on
Thursday that the goal of the visit was to expand relations between
the two countries’ journalists and to inform the Iranian people of
the real political, economic and cultural situation in Azerbaijan.
He said that over the past 10 days spent in Baku, the Iranian
journalists met with employees of both pro-government and opposition
newspapers. The Iranian journalists said that if they were invited to
visit Armenia, they would not do so until the occupied Azerbaijani
lands are liberated.
Asked about the way the Upper Garabagh conflict is covered in Iranian
media, they said they referred to Upper Garabagh as Azerbaijan’s
territory. Touching upon the Iranian-Armenian relations, Iranian
reporters said Armenia has been overstating the issue in an effort to
hurt the relations between Iran and Azerbaijan.

HARRISON HITS BACK AT ABELYAN
SkySports, UK
June 17 2004
Scott Harrison has hit back at William Abelyan as the rivalry between
the two boxers heats up ahead of their showdown on Saturday, live on
sky sports.
The Scottish fighter puts his WBO featherweight title on the line
against the Armenian after regaining the belt from Manuel Medina at
the end of last year.
The Armenian has been quick to taunt Harrison for his problems in
overcoming the veteran Mexican at the second attempt and is confident
he can take the title.
However the current champion has dismissed his opponents comments and
believes he has the experience to come out victorious at the weekend.
“I put Medina down about seven times and he could have been stopped
in the first round,” said Harrison.
“He’s going to say that anyway but that’s good. He’s going to be
ready for the fight and so it’s going to be good for the fans.”
His sentiments were echoed by his father, and trainer, Peter who
questioned Abelyan’s abilities and suggested he was a ‘spoiler’.
“The guys not a Medina and he’ll never be a Medina,” he stated. “They
can talk him up and do what they want but he’s just an awkward guy,
that’s all he is.
“I don’t see him as a fighter, I see him as a runner who’s more
interested in defence. The guy’s a spoiler.”
He added: “People just talk about Scott’s size and strength but he’s
got everything and can be ready for any tactic during the fight.”

FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS NATO DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL
[June 17, 2004, 16:23:11]
Azer Tag, Azerbaijan State Info Agency
June 17 2004
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Azerbaijan Republic Elmar
Mammadyarov met Deputy Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization Jean Fournet, Jun 16.
Having greeted the guest, Minister Elmar Mammadyarov expressed
satisfaction with conducting NATO Summer School Week in Azerbaijan.
He stressed the country attaches great importance to further
development of cooperation with the Alliance in the framework of the
Partnership For Peace Program in all spheres including science.
NATO Deputy Secretary General Jean Fournet thanked the Foreign Minister
for the warm meeting and noted that opening of the NATO Summer School
Week would have a positive impact on the all sided development of
relationship between Azerbaijan and NATO. Mr. Fournet also informed
the Minister on the meeting of the NATO Science Committee held in
Baku on June 13-15.
During the meeting, Minister Elmar Mammadyarov was speaking of
significance of the Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev’s visits to
the Kingdom of Belgium in May and to Georgia in June 14-15, situation
in the region, economic reforms implemented in the country, as well
as development of oil sector, including Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil and
Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipelines construction, insuring their
security etc. He also touched upon the work being carried out at
resolution of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh,
activities of the OSCE Minsk Group and hard living conditions of the
Azerbaijani refugees.
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and NATO Deputy Secretary General
Jean Fournet discussed a number of other issues of mutual interest,
as well.

Business Wire (press release), CA
June 17 2004
Tech Museum Awards Applicants Reach Record Number; From Armenia to
Zimbabwe, Global Program Honors Those Benefiting Humanity Through
Technology
SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 17, 2004–The Tech Museum
Awards, which honors individuals and groups around the world who
leverage technology to benefit humanity, received its highest ever
volume of applicants for the 2004 season from a record number of
countries. This year, 321 applications were sent from representatives
in 60 countries, a 5% and 20% jump from 2003 in number of applicants
and represented countries, respectively. Select wide-ranging
countries represented include developing countries like Armenia,
Malawi, Moldova, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe and industrialized countries
like China, Hong Kong, India, Russia, and the United Kingdom.
Applicants are currently under independent review by Santa Clara
University’s Center for Science, Technology, and Society, a global
network of academic and industry experts dedicated to understanding
and influencing how science and technology impact society. Worldwide,
the center assembles panels of judges for each category, recruited
from research institutions, industry and the public sector.
“We couldn’t be more pleased with the tremendous response The Tech
Museum Awards is receiving from the international community,” said
The Tech’s President and CEO Peter Giles. “The Tech Awards celebrates
the creation of technologies for the sake of humanity rather than
just for the sake of technology, and the increased interest from an
even wider range of countries this year underscores that growing
trend.”
Five laureates in each of five categories – Equality, Environment,
Economic Development, Education, and Health – will be announced in
early September 2004. Subsequently, one laureate in each of the five
categories will be granted a $50,000 cash prize at the November 10,
2004 awards gala to further their work. Annually, twenty-five Tech
Award laureates are recognized for their pioneering use of technology
to improve the quality of life for people around the world.
Presented in partnership with Applied Materials, Inc., The Tech
Awards give primary recognition to technologies with a high potential
of yielding lasting, beneficial impact. In addition to Applied
Materials’ presenting sponsorship, award category sponsors include:
Intel, Accenture, Microsoft, and Agilent.
About The Tech Museum Awards
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of the American Council for the United Nations University, which
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have since recognized 75 Laureates for their pioneering work to
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