FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 29, 2004
Contact: Linda Yepoyan

Tel/Fax: 610-642-6633
[email protected]

BIRTHRIGHT ARMENIA PROMOTES VOLUNTEERISM IN ARMENIA DURING EUROPEAN TOUR

The Armenian communities of London, Paris, Lyon, Marseilles, and Geneva
will soon be learning more about U.S. based Birthright Armenia, the
international non-profit organization created to assist young diasporans
worldwide in their efforts to travel to Armenia.

Birthright Armenia’s founder, Edele Hovnanian, and executive director
Linda Yepoyan are preparing for an outreach tour of Western European
cities with large Armenian populations in an effort to inform and
recruit young diasporans interested in traveling to Armenia for study
and work purposes. The attendees of these European outreach events may
be a bit surprised to hear about the comprehensive incentives that
Birthright Armenia provides. These include free air travel to the
homeland, as well as a whole host of in-country support services
including Armenian language instruction, homestay and volunteer job
placements, in-country orientation, forums with local experts, and
tie-in gatherings with other young diasporans carrying out community
service work in Armenia. As a package, Birthright Armenia’s services
are designed to help make the most of the volunteers’ experiences in
Armenia. As an organization, Birthright Armenia’s approach is very
unique and forward thinking.

When it comes to experiencing the Homeland, Hovnanian and Yepoyan have
enough firsthand experience between the two of them to write a volume or
two. Both women were students in Yerevan, Armenia prior to Armenia’s
independence, having gone there to study the language and to experience
life there the local way. “There weren’t too many programs in place that
offered opportunities for young diasporans to live in Armenia back then”
said Yepoyan. “Today, however, a young diasporan has many options from
which to choose, and calling attention to those choices will be the key
purpose of our outreach European tour this December.”

This past summer Birthright Armenia intentionally started out with a
manageable number of sponsored volunteers knowing the quality of
services provided would be the litmus test for future years of much
larger groups of youths. Therefore, for its first year, Birthright
Armenia supported 40 volunteers from North America and Great Britain,
who represented seven different diasporan organizations.

With a hugely successful inaugural year complete, Birthright Armenia is
now preparing to sponsor a group three times the size of its maiden
group in 2005. The goal for the upcoming summer is to have a balanced
mix of young diasporans from North America, Western Europe and beyond so
the group can really experience the multi-diversity our community
affords. In that way, young volunteers and students from different
backgrounds are even more challenged to stretch their definition of what
it is to be an Armenian and how it relates to their own time and place.

Birthright Armenia’s mission is to strengthen ties between the homeland
and diasporan youth by affording them an opportunity to be a part of
Armenia’s daily life and to contribute to Armenia’s development through
work, study and volunteer experiences, while developing a renewed sense
of Armenian identity. This is accomplished by supporting and
complementing the initiatives of existing diasporan organizations that
offer youth programs in Armenia, and encouraging them to expand their
offerings in depth and breath. Birthright Armenia assists with travel
fellowships, language instruction, in-country seminars, orientation and
excursions in exchange for community service in Armenia.

2nd Iran-Armenia electricity line to be launched

IRNA News Agency (Tehran)
29/11/2004

Tehran, Nov 29, IRNA — A second line of the Iran-Armenia electricity
network with a capacity of 230 kw is due to be inaugurated tomorrow.
Iranian Energy Minister Habibollah Bitaraf and his Armenian counterpart,
Armen Movsisian, will be attending the inaugural ceremony.
“Electricity exchanges between the two countries will reach a total of 450
megawatts through this project,” the managing director of the Iranian SANIR
Electricity Company said on Monday.
Alireza Kadkhodaei said that the project costs 8.4 million dollars.
He also announced that the two countries’ energy ministers are scheduled to
sign an agreement for construction of a third line of the the two
countries’
electricity network.
Meanwhile, Iran and Armenia on May 13 signed an agreement to construct a
42-km gas pipeline between the Armenian cities of Megri and Kajaran.
The project is to be inaugurated during an upcoming visit of Energy
Minister
Bitaraf in Armenia.
The Iran-Armenia trade volume is expected to reach 10 billion dollars in
the
next 20 years with implementation of the above-stated project.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

RIA OREANDA
Economic Press Review
November 29, 2004 Monday

New Kalmykia Senator Promises Economic Prosperity for his Republic

Elista. Appeared in Russian in Moscow’s NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA. At its
eighth session on November 26, the People’s Parliament of the
Republic of Kalmykia elected Levon Chakhmachian as the senator to the
Council of the Federation of Russia’s Federal Assembly from Kalmykia.
Levon Chakhmachian is the leader of the political party Russian Party
of Self-government of the Working People, first vice president of the
Association for Russo-Armenian Business Partnership, and cochairman
of the Patriots of Russia political coalition. In his speech,
Kalmykia’s Parliament Speaker Viacheslav Bembetov emphasized that the
party he chairs is not only consistent in supporting the constructive
policy pursued by the republic’s leadership, but is also unraveling
an economic program to develop and support small and medium
businesses by creating public enterprises whose stock will belong to
the personnel. The decision to elect Levon Chakhmachian senator to
the Council of the Federation was approved by secret ballot: 19 ayes
versus 5 nays with one abstention. In his activity the new senator
will pay special attention to the federal targeted programs on
Kalmykia’s, funding of republican projects aimed at developing cattle
breeding, meet processing, gasification, and water supply to
villages, creating jobs, expanding oil and gas prospecting projects,
upgrading the key sectors of industry, and addressing social
problems. Copyright (c) 1997-2004 RIA “OREANDA”

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Agency WPS
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
November 29, 2004, Monday

AZERBAIJAN REMAINS THE KEY TERRITORY FOR TRANSIT OF DRUGS FROM
AFGHANISTAN, THE INTERIOR MINISTER STATES

Measures aimed at prevention of phenomena which may disturb stability
are being successfully conducted in Azerbaijan, Interior Minister
Ramil Usubov said taking the floor on Security in the South Caucasus
seminar of the NATO parliamentary assembly. In his words, the law
enforcement agencies are taking joint measures to combat
international terror, organized crime and separatism.

According to Usubov, over the past decade above 25,000 pieces of
firearms have been confiscated, while 33,000 people have been brought
to trial for committing 14,000 crimes.

The minister announced success of combating drug trafficking but
admitted that only 10% of drugs are detained. He mentioned three
routes of delivering drugs: Afghanistan – Turkmenistan – Caspian Sea
– Azerbaijan – Georgia – Turkey; Afghanistan – Iran – occupied
territories of Azerbaijan (Nagorny Karabakh)- Armenia – Georgia –
Europe; Afghanistan – Iran – Azerbaijan – Georgia – Turkey – Europe.

The minister also said that over past several years the National
Security Ministry of Azerbaijan detained some 30 persons involved in
various Islamic terrorist groups; ascertained and deported to Russia
14 persons involved in terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus;
closed 6 branches of humanitarian organizations, involved in
financing terrorists and deported 43 agents of them from Azerbaijan.

Usubov said that jointly with separatists of Nagorny Karabakh the
Armenian special services have held 32 terrorist attacks in
Azerbaijan.

The Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan is concerned for cooperation with
NATO in the sphere of security and implementation of joint programs,
the minister noted.

Source: Turan news agency (Baku), November 25, 2004

Translated by Andrei Ryabochkin

RIA OREANDA
Economic News
November 29, 2004 Monday

Yerevan K.S. Stanislavsky Russian Dramatic Theatre season opens in
Moscow

Moscow. On November 26 and 27, season of the Yerevan K.S.
Stanisklavsky Russian Dramatic Theatre, established in 1937 will be
held in Moscow. The shows are directed by Alexander Gigorian.

The Broken Chain play will be presented, directed on the basis of
American screenplay Bound by One Chain by N. Douglas and G. Smith.
The events take place at the end of the 20th century in Siberia. When
transporting from one jail to another, two prisoners manage to
escape. An Armenian and an Azeri are free, bounded by one chain. Far
from people, one on one, filled with hate and contempt for each
other, the heroes encounter different situations, in which only
mutual help will help them to survive.

The events of Pominalnaya Molitva unfold in a small Ukrainian village
Anatovka in the beginning of the 20th century on the eve of the
Revolution. In Antatovka, Russians, Ukrainians, and Jews lived
peacefully side by side for centuries. They lived happily, shared
their joys and sorrows, but each followed their own customs and
traditions, but this did not stand in the way of understanding and
respect for each other. But suddenly pogroms befall the village. Life
is turned upside down. People are forced to live the area.

The Hindu, India
November 29, 2004

WORLD STILL LOOKING FOR UNDISPUTED KING

by Stan Rayan

Chess will have a new junior World champion in a couple of days in
Kochi. And a few of the stars here, like India’s P. Harikrishna, a
strong favourite for the boys World title, and the aggressive
Armenian Tigran Petrosian, could threaten the big guns in the men’s
World in a few years time.

But unfortunately, while the junior scene appears very promising, the
world of men’s champions is ridden with chaos.

The sport does not even have a proper men’s World champion, a king
who could be accepted by everybody. While Uzbekistan’s Rustam
Kashimdzhanov is the FIDE World champion, Russian Vladimir Kramnik
was crowned as the non-FIDE World champion a few weeks ago.

Attempts to unify the World title, to produce an undisputed champion,
also look absurd.

For the unification match, which has the backing of the world chess
federation FIDE and which is likely to be held in Dubai some time
next year, will have the planet’s No.1 player Garry Kasparov playing
Kasimdzhanov, who is currently ranked No. 47 in the latest FIDE list.

Sadly, since the series will be without some of the sport’s biggest
stars, like Indian Viswanathan Anand and Kramnik, the World number
two and three respectively, the disputes are likely to continue,
throwing the sport into a bigger chaos.

But the world chess federation is keen on going ahead with the
Kasparov-Kasimdzhanov match, said the FIDE vice-president P.T. Ummer
Koya.

“The issue was discussed at the recent FIDE general assembly held
during the Olympiad in Calvia (in Spain). Dubai will be the venue of
the match and there is no change. But we have not finalised the new
dates,” said Mr Koya.

After retaining his classical chess World title recently in
Switzerland, Kramnik came up with a proposal to unite the crown.

“Instead of the Kasimdzhanov-Kasparov match, we could hold a
tournament with the participation of Kasparov, Kasimdzhanov, Anand
and Ruslan Ponomariov with the winner playing against me for the
world title,” said Kramnik in a recent interview.

Both Anand and Ponomariov are former FIDE world champions.

“Kramnik’s proposal sounds good. Unfortunately, such a thing working
out is very remote,” said Mr Koya. “And FIDE did not discuss
Kramnik’s proposal at the Calvia general assembly,” he said.

The non-FIDE title came into existence when Kasparov, the then World
champion, broke from FIDE in 1993 to create the now defunct
Professional Chess Association (PCA).

Kasparov beat Nigel Short of England in 1993 and Viswanathan Anand of
India in 1995, before losing to Kramnik in 2000.

The recent match Switzerland with Hungarian Peter Leko was Kramnik’s
first defense of the title.

Kramnik’s proposal has a strong supporter in Poland’s Radoslaw
Wojtaszek, the lone current world champion at the Kochi Junior Worlds
that resumes on Monday after today’s rest day.

“The title will have value only if the world’s top four or five
players figure in it. And Anand is currently the world’s best player.
He’s just fantastic,” said Wojtaszek who won the under-18 World title
a few days in Greece.

“But we should not give in to the players,” asserts Koya.

“If the association does not assert its supremacy, the game suffers,”
he said.

ARKA News Agency
Nov 29 2004

International Red Cross Committee conducts in Yerevan round table on
antipersonnel mines problem

Sitting of commission on preparation to celebration of 1600th
anniversary of creation of Armenian written language takes place in
Yerevan

Trade turnover between Armenia and Korea makes $6,5 mln in 4 years

Iran-Armenia gas pipeline construction to start on November 30

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INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS COMMITTEE CONDUCTS IN YEREVAN ROUND TABLE ON
ANTIPERSONNEL MINES PROBLEM

YEREVAN, November 29. /ARKA/. International Red Cross Committee
conducted in Yerevan round table on antipersonnel mines problem.
Round table is dedicated to first summit `World without Mines’ that
will take place in Nov 29 – Dec 3 in Nairobi the capital of Kenia.
During round table the participants discussed issues of effect of
mines on citizens in risk area and role of mass media in covering the
problem of mines.
According to IRCC Advisor to Caucasus Region at the Line of Mines
Becky Thomson, joining of Armenia to Convention on prohibition of use
and production of antipersonnel mines adopted in 1997 in Ottawa will
become important step of Armenian Government. Thomson informed that
at present the convention is ratified by 143 states, including four
CIS countries – Belarus, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Moldova. At
this, more than 37 million mines were terminated.
The Head of IRCC Delegation to Armenia Peter Krakoling stated that
IRCC can only lobby the adoption of the convention, but does not
conduct special negotiations with RA Government in this direction.
L.D. –0–

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SITTING OF COMMISSION ON PREPARATION TO CELEBRATION OF 1600TH
ANNIVERSARY OF CREATION OF ARMENIAN WRITTEN LANGUAGE TAKES PLACE IN
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, November 29. /ARKA/. Sitting of commission on preparation to
celebration of 1600th anniversary of creation of Armenian written
language took place in Yerevan, RA Government press office told ARKA.
It was noted during the sitting that the holiday activities should be
all-national. The parties stressed the necessity of conduction of
activities during the whole anniversary year. Celebration will be
finished in Oct 2005.
Working group on development of complex program of activities must
represent it by Dec 15, 2004. L.D. –0–

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TRADE TURNOVER BETWEEN ARMENIA AND KOREA MAKES $6,5 MLN IN 4 YEARS

YEREVAN, November 29. /ARKA/. The trade turnover between Armenia and
Korea made $6,5 mln in 4 years, of which $1 mln fell to export from
Armenia and $5,5 – to import, as stated Vahagn Movsisyan, the Head of
Armenian Development Agency. He said that the export mainly includes
paper and aluminum, as well as optical and photo equipment. The
imported products are tobacco, non-organic chemical compounds,
nuclear reactors and equipment, electric machinery, pharmaceutical
and plastic production.
In his turn, Lee Kwang-Hee, the Director of the Trade department of
Korean Embassy in RF, the President of Korean Trade Center in Moscow
noted that, trade turnover between Armenia and Korea made $2,7 mln in
11993, and in 2003 – $3,7 mln, thus demonstrating the tendencies of
growth.
However, according to the data of 9 months 2004, the trade turnover
decreased up to $2 mln, due to almost 50% reduction tobacco and
textile production to Armenia. He noted that the main share of the
export from Korea to Armenia falls to boilers and conditioners, at
that only in 2004 the volume of boiler deliveries grew by 400% as
compared to the same period of 2003. At that, he mentioned that the
import from Armenia to Korea is focused on three types of products –
transistor, components of biocurrent optical equipment and electric
medical equipment. L.V.–0–

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IRAN-ARMENIA GAS PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION TO START ON NOVEMBER 30

YEREVAN, November 29. /ARKA/. Iran-Armenian gas pipeline construction
will start on November 30, 2004, according to the Information and
Public Relations Department of RA Government. On November 29, the
delegation headed by Andranik Margaryan, the RA Prime Minister will
leave for Syunik Marz to participate in arrangements on this event.
According to the press release, The Head of the Armenian Government
will also take part in opening of the second Iran-Armenia power
transmission line on November 30.
This event, very significant for the two countries will be also
attended by the delegation of Islamic Republic of Iran, headed by
Habibola Bitaraf, the Iranian Minister of Energy.
On December 1, the Ministers of Energy of Armenia and Iran will
discuss issues of bilateral cooperation in Yerevan. L.V. – 0–

Transitions Online, Czech Republic
Nov 29 2004

A Crack Emerges

by Emil Danielyan
29 November 2004

Armenia’s government begins to crack in a dispute that highlights the
role of wealth in making a political career. From Eurasianet.

YEREVAN, Armenia–An increasingly bitter dispute over election rules
for future parliamentary elections could cause a split within
Armenia’s governing coalition.

The Republican Party (HHK) of Prime Minister Andranik Markarian is at
loggerheads with its two subordinate coalition partners, the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation (ARF) and the Orinats Yerkir (Country of
Law) party. The dispute centers on the composition of parliament, or,
more specifically, how deputies are elected.

According to the existing law, 75 of the 131 members of the National
Assembly are elected under the proportional system, with voters
choosing a list of candidates fielded by a party or bloc. The
remaining 56 seats are distributed in single-mandate constituencies
under the first-past-the-post, or “majoritarian” system prevalent in
the United States and Britain.

The vast majority of the Armenian lawmakers elected under the
majoritarian system are wealthy government-connected individuals. In
the overwhelming number of instances, these individuals wield immense
economic influence within their respective constituencies, and are
widely believed to have secured victory at the polls through bribery
and manipulation. Many of them are affiliated with, or backed by the
HHK–a key reason why Markarian’s party has the largest parliament
faction and controls most local governments. The HHK is certainly
Kocharian’s most influential supporter.

The junior coalition members would prefer to do away with
first-past-the-post constituencies, and base future elections
entirely on the proportional system. At the very least, they want to
reduce the number of majoritarian seats in the legislature. The ARF,
also known as Dashnaktsutiun, has warned that it could quit the
coalition if the HHK continues to oppose a move to increase the
number of parliamentary seats determined under the proportional
system.

“Dashnaktsutiun reserves the right to reconsider its participation in
the coalition government in the event of a breach of the goals
spelled out in the [June 2003] memorandum on its [the coalition’s]
creation,” warned Armen Rustamian, one of its leaders. He said
expansion of the proportional system was one of the key terms of the
coalition’s power-sharing accord.

The coalition cabinet has been beset by internal wrangling ever since
its creation following the May 2003 parliamentary elections, which
were marked by widespread accusations of fraud. The ARF has regularly
expressed its dissatisfaction with the slow pace of economic
improvement, persisting government corruption and what its leaders
characterize as the “power of money” in the impoverished country. The
influential nationalist party, which has branches in Armenia’s
worldwide diaspora, toughened its rhetoric in early November after
the HHK torpedoed its efforts at electoral reform.

The two sides have tried unsuccessfully in recent weeks to bridge
their differences. Tigran Torosian, a deputy parliament speaker and
an HHK leader, said on November 23 that the Republicans will make a
final attempt to strike a compromise deal later this week. Their
failure to reach agreement would set the stage for Kocharian’s
personal intervention in the row, which has already proven
debilitating for the governing coalition. Keeping all of his major
allies happy will be a difficult task, observers in Yerevan say.

Despite the recent rise in heated rhetoric, HHK leaders have been
quick to shrug off the threat of an ARF departure. “Let nobody think
that we become very concerned and nervous every time they talk about
leaving [the coalition],” Markarian said in a recent newspaper
interview.

Of all the other Armenian parties only Orinats Yerkir, which is led
by parliament speaker Artur Baghdasarian, did reasonably well in
individual races in the 2003 parliament elections. Yet it too wants a
greater share for the party-list seats. Proponents of the
proportional system say that it would spur the development of
political parties. Increased political competition, in turn, would
make it more difficult for one party to get away with voting
irregularities.

In a bid to prevail in the dispute, the rival camps have turned to
other political groups for support. The Republicans are strongly
backed on the issue by the People’s Deputy group of non-partisan
lawmakers. Orinats Yerkir and the ARF, meanwhile, have enlisted the
support of the United Labor Party (MAK), a small pro-Kocharian group
also represented in the current legislature.

MAK leader Gurgen Arsenian claimed on 18 November that “new
realignments” could occur both inside the parliament and the
government. He said opponents of the majoritarian system are prepared
to take “drastic steps,” which he declined to specify. “Time will
tell whether or not there will be a change in the coalition format,”
Arsenian told reporters. “I don’t rule that out.”

The existing balance of forces in parliament favors the HHK, the most
powerful government faction. Together with the People’s Deputy group,
they hold about 60 parliament seats compared to fewer than 40 seats
controlled by their pro-presidential opponents. However, the junior
coalition members could end up winning the electoral rules debate if
they gain the support of the 23 lawmakers representing Armenia’s two
main opposition groups, the Artarutiun (Justice) alliance and the
National Unity Party (AMK).

Whether the opposition parties are willing to join forces with the
junior coalition members on the electoral rules issue is uncertain at
this point. Artarutiun and the AMK are both known to be strong
advocates of proportional representation, but they have boycotted
parliament sessions since February 2004. The boycott is linked to the
pro-presidential parliament majority’s refusal to consider a
“referendum of confidence” in Kocharian.

The opposition refuses to recognize the legitimacy of Kocharian’s
victory in the 2003 presidential vote. For more than a year after the
election, the opposition pursued a popular protest strategy against
Kocharian. That effort, however, failed to attract a sufficient
following that could exert pressure on the president to either change
political course, or step down.

Since abandoning the protest strategy, opposition leaders have kept a
low profile, waiting for an opportunity to capitalize on the renewed
government infighting. They may now believe such an opportunity is at
hand and try to stoke the intra-governmental tensions by openly
backing the electoral reform championed by the ARF. All of which
makes the fast resolution of the coalition dispute even more urgent
for Kocharian.

Emil Danielyan, a Yerevan-based journalist and political analyst,
wrote this article for Eurasianet.

PRESS RELEASE
Joint Committee
90th Anniversary Commemoration of Genocide
Contact: Iris Papazian (212-689-7810)
Chris Zakian (212-686-0710)

November 29, 2004

JOINT COMMITTEE OF ARMENIAN AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS FORMED
TO COMMEMORATE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF GENOCIDE

NEW YORK, NY-Under the auspices of Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of
the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, and Archbishop Oshagan
Choloyan, Prelate of the Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of
America, a committee has been formed to organize a pan-Armenian American
commemoration of the Armenian Genocide’s 90th anniversary. As currently
planned, the commemoration will take place in New York City on Sunday, April
24, 2005.

The joint commemorative committee convened its first meeting on October
21st. Roy Stepanian of St. Mary’s Armenian Church, Livingston, NJ and Ken
Sarajian of Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Apostolic Church, Ridgefield, NJ have
been appointed by the Diocese and the Prelacy to serve as co-chairs. With
the attendance and support of major Armenian-American groups, the committee
began its work.

“The commemoration of the Armenian Genocide presents us the opportunity to
remind the world and re-educate our community of not only the Genocide, but
its aftermath that is felt today,” said Archbishop Barsamian.

“We need to bring the Armenian community in the eastern United States
together in New York City on April 24, 2005, to bear witness to this crime
that continues today,” said Archbishop Choloyan.

The committee’s next tasks will be the formation of subcommittees to plan
specific events, prepare educational and press materials, and begin
fundraising to underwrite the commemoration.

Armenian National Committee – Glendale
721 S. Glendale Ave
Glendale, CA 91205
Tel: (818) 243-3444
Fax: (818) 243-3009
E-mail: [email protected]

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release ~ November 23, 2004
Contact: George Garikian ~ 818.243.3444

ANC – GLENDALE CHAPTER ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Glendale native Alina Azizian brings strong grassroots organizing and
advocacy skills to new position

Glendale, CA- The Armenian National Committee – Glendale Chapter announced
today the appointment of Alina Azizian as its new Executive Director. The
decision comes after a month-long search to augment its office staff, which
serves the interests of over 70,000 Armenians living in Glendale.

“We are excited to have Alina as a part of our team,” commented Board
Chairman, Pierre Chraghchian. “Her experience in grassroots organizing as
well as her knowledge of local issues makes her a strong asset to our
organization. We are confident in her commitment to this community.”

Alina Azizian was born and raised in Glendale, California. She attended the
University of California, Berkeley, earning her Bachelor of Arts in
Political Science with honors. Most recently, she served as the Campaign
Manager for the Democratic Party in San Mateo County. She supervised over
500 volunteers throughout the 3 month campaign. Overall, the campaign had a
high success rate with a 74% county-wide voter turnout and 81% of endorsed
candidates winning seats. Aside from her experience campaigning, Azizian is
a former ANCA Leo Sarkissian Intern and a former summer intern with the ANC
– SF/Bay Area chapter. On campus, Azizian was a dedicated member of the
U.C. Berkeley Senate and Co-President of the Armenian Students Association.
At home, she has worked on outreach at Glendale High School and has always
remained an active member of the community.

The offices of the Armenian National Committee – Glendale are located at 721
S. Glendale Ave. Community leaders will be invited to meet Ms. Azizian
along with the new 2004-2005 ANC Board Members at a local mixer in early
December. For more information please call the ANC – Glendale at
818.243.3444.