The ARF-D 15th Supreme Assembly of Armenia was convened in Aghveran, 4-6 June 2010. The biennial Supreme Assembly was concluded following the election of the ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia. The new executive body is composed of: 1. Hrach Tadevosyan 2. Armen Rustamyan 3. Michael Manukyan 4.Hayrapet Babayan 5. Simon Simonian 6. Arsen Hambardzumyan 7.…
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Implications for Armenia of the new Russian-Turkish partnership
ARF-D Political Affiars Director Giro Manoyan explains YEREVAN (ArmInfo)–As Russian and Turkish leaders express their readiness to develop a strategic partnership, Armenian leaders are considering what the implications of such a partnership would mean to the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh. ARF Bureau Political Affairs Director Giro Manoyan says Russia is…
Mountainous Karabakh, News, Policy
Ensuring the security of Mountainous Karabakh and the living conditions of its population are a priority for the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun
While campaigning for the upcoming parliamentary elections in the Republic of Mountainous (Nagorno) Karabakh (MKR), ARF-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) leaders Armen Sargsyan and Vahram Balayan met with students and administration at the University of Artsakh. The leaders stated that ensuring the security of Nagorno Karabakh and the living conditions of its population are a priority for the…
Culture-Education-Sciences, News, Policy
ARF-D submits draft law, which would provide opportunities for free university education
Rusanne Arakelyan, a member of the ARF-D parliamentary faction has submitted a draft law to the National Assembly, which calls for amendments to the law about education, postgraduate education and undergraduate education. During a meeting with journalists, Ms. Arakelyan stated that her proposed draft law has received a positive opinion from the government, the corresponding…
Foreign Affairs, News
ARF-D will boycott Cavusoglu Meetings
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun announced Tuesday that it will boycott all meetings and events related to Wedenesday’s visit by Mevlut Cavusoglu, the president of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe, citing the leader’s expressed refusal to visit the Genocide Memorial Monument. “Our parliamentary faction has learned that Mevlüt Çavusoglu, President of the Parliamentary Assembly…
Foreign Affairs, News
Conference of ARF-D “Hay Daht” committees held in Yerevan and Stepanakert
A conference of the “Hay Daht” (Armenian Cause) committees of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun was held May 6-9, 2010, in Yerevan and Stepanakert. The conference kicked off at the Erebouni business center, with the participation of “Hay Daht” committee representatives from throughout the world, as well as representatives of Armenian political parties, NGOs and public…
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ARF Dashnaktsutyun Bureau’s plenary session
In recent days the Bureau of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun held its regular plenary session. The activities of the past three months were summarized and evaluated. With regard to future activities, the fundamental items on the agenda were the difficult social and economic situation in Armenia, the unresolved issues of the country’s democratization and its ethical atmosphere,…
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Socialist Approaches to Armenia’s Challenges: Global Perspectives and Local Realities
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (Armenian socialist party) held a two-day international conference in Yerevan, on March 25-26, 2010. The conference had two main objectives: first, to discuss socialism today in its ideological and practical aspects; and, second, to consider the social and economic challenges facing Armenia and the adequate socialist responses. To that aim, the…
Democracy & Human Rights, Economics & Finance, Labour & Social Welfare
Social democracy in Armenia:
State of play
Levon Mkrtchyan (Member of the ARF Dashnaktutiun Bureau, Armenia) S O C I A L D E M O C R A C Y I N S O U T H C A U C A S U S Conference co-organised by the European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity, the S&D Group in the European…
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U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Adopts Armenian Genocide Resolution 23 to 22
Ignoring stern warnings from Ankara, a key committee of the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly approved on March 4 a resolution that recognizes the 1915 mass killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as genocide and urges President Barack Obama to do the same. Turkey condemned the committee vote and recalled its ambassador to Washington “for…
