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MELKONIAN ALUMNI CYPRUS

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Founders’ nephew joins Melkonian campaign

Cyprus Weekly – Friday, September 10, 2004

THE worldwide campaign to save the Melkonian School in Nicosia took
a new turn this week as Jack R. Melkonian, a nephew of the founders,
joined the campaign at a crucial meeting in London with delegates of
the alumni and friends.

The London meeting decided to take joint action to challenge and
prevent a decision if the US-based central board of the AGBU (Armenian
General Benevolent Union) to close down the Melkonian next year.

Taking part in the meeting were alumni representatives from Cyprus,
the UK, the USA, Canada and Lebanon, while Jack Melkonian represented
the family of the brothers who founded the shool 80 years ago.

An announcement by the alumni said: “It was a most interesting meeting,
Mr Melkonian is fully in agreement with the joint strategic and legal
action to be taken, on the advice of legal counsel presented by law
experts in Cyprus and overseas.”

The meeting expressed its gratitude to the government of Cyprus for
its support and the warm hospitality it continues to provide the
Melkonian Educational Institute and the welfare and education of the
Armenian community.