On Monday, 11 and Tuesday, 12 October, 2010, ARF-D Bureau member and Co-Chair of the SI Committee Mario Nalbandian (Nalpatian) and Director of the ARF-D Bureau’s International Secretariat Giro Manoyan took part in the meeting of the Socialist International Committee for the CIS, the Caucasus and the Black Sea, in Baku, Azerbaijan hosted by SI…
By and large, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs’ latest statement is not different from the previous one. The only difference is the wording “occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh” – the Co-Chairs had not used this phrase in their written statements regarding this field mission, Giro Manoyan, international secretary of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) Bureau, told…
“We can become a country with its own voice in this region and to achieve that we must properly evaluate the issue of our country’s competitiveness. We are committing a big mistake when we compare our state’s competitiveness with the republics of the South Caucasus, something which is leading us to an impasse and preventing…
LOS ANGELES—Scholars from across the world are set to discuss the Armenian Genocide during a conference hosted by the International Human Rights Law Association at UCLA entitled “Genocide and Then What? The Law, Ethics, and Politics of Making Amends.” The event will take place at UCLA’s Dodd Hall Auditorium on Sat., Oct. 23 from 10:30…
Download the PDF file (3.7 MB) Towards a Fair and Just Resolution: The Mountainous (Nagorno) Karabakh Conflict The political conflict between Mountainous (Nagorno or Upper) Karabakh and Azerbaijan dates back to 1918, when for the first time in history a state named Azerbaijan was founded with the break-up of the Russian Empire. Never in its…
The parliamentary faction of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) will support a proposed bill to recognize the Mountainous Karabakh Republic (MKR). Vahan Hovhannesyan, leader of the ARF-D parliamentary faction, made this announcement on October 5, during discussion of the bill in parliament. “If the bill on recognition of the Mountainous Karabakh Republic is put to…
With no cross atop its dome, no belfry or tolling bells and a makeshift altar, the much-touted and controversial Mass took place Sunday, September 19, at Holy Cross Church on the island of Akhtamar in Van, officiated by the Istanbul Patriarchate’s Archbishop Aram Ateshyan. Thousands of Armenians who had planned a pilgrimage stayed away from…
Lilit Galstyan: Yerevan must be more proactive In a September 10 interview with www.news.am ARF-D parliamentary faction member Lilit Galstyan said the fact that Azerbaijan withdrew its proposed draft resolution, “The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan: Observance of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan” from…
Speech by Vahan Hovhanessyan, leader of the ARF-D parliamentary faction and member of the ARF-D Bureau, at a panel discussion during the 20th Economic Forum for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in Krynica, Poland, September 9, 2010 Ladies and Gentlemen, In one week, the last preparatory meeting of the Enlarged Bureau of the Euronest Parliamentary…
In an interview with RFE/RL, Armen Rustamyan, the chair of the ARF-D Supreme Council in Armenia said that the Dashnkatsutyun is in favor of the international recognition of the Nagorno (Mountainous) Karabakh Republic and in principle, is not opposed that Armenia be the first to recognize its independence. In response to the question that would…
