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ARMENIAN RELIEF SOCIETY, INC.
80 Bigelow Avenue
Watertown, MA 02472
Telephone: 617-926-5892
E-Mail: ARS1910@aol.com
Website:
Contact Person: Hamesd Beugekian
ARS, Inc. Participates in United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, 8-10
September, with a Large Delegation from US and Canada
More than 27 members of the Armenian Relief Society, Inc. from the
United States, Canada and Lebanon participated in the 57th Annual
Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organizations
Conference, entitled MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS: CIVIL SOCIETY TAKES
ACTION, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, from Wednesday
to Friday, 8 to 10 September, 2004.
The three-day gathering attracted more than 2,700 representatives
from 90 countries around the world to discuss issues relating to
MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS. Secretary-General Kofi Annan opened
the Conference in the General Assembly Hall. In addition to five
plenary panels and 30 Midday NGO Interactive Workshops, the Conference
featured speakers such as Eveline Herfkins, Executive Coordinator,
United Nations Millennium Development Goals Campaign, Jeffrey Sachs,
Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on the Millennium Development
Goals, and Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator of the United Nations
Development Program (UNDP), among others.
At the Millennium Summit in 2000, 189 Member States adopted a
Declaration that synthesized the priorities of the international agenda
and reflected the commitments that had been painstakingly negotiated
during the previous decade of world conferences. The Millennium
Declaration, and the eight goals it identified, have become a road
map for tackling poverty, instability, HIV/AIDS, gender inequality
and violence in virtually all parts of the world.
The Armenian Relief Society, Inc. sponsored a Midday NGO Interactive
Workshop entitled â^ÜIV/AIDS Education, Prevention and Care; an
Emphasis on Engaging Boys and Men as Full Partners of Women and
Childrenâ^Ý with 2 other NGOâ^Ù: the NGO Committee on Childâ^Ù
Rights and the NGO Committee on HIV/AIDS. The Midday Workshop took
place on Thursday, 9 September 2004, in the Dag Hammarskjold Library
Auditorium. The workshop gathered more than 160 people to discuss
successful HIV/AIDS education models and ways to address obstacles such
as denial, stigmatization and the undue burden on women and children
in most societies. Carol Bova, Assistant Professor, Graduate School
of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, spoke of the AIDS crisis
in Armenia and her work educating the population about the disease.
ARS, Inc. sponsors and assists Dr. Bova in her endeavors.
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Starting November 1, 2004 the ARS Inc. Office’s email addresses will
change to the following:
Central Executive Board: ceb@ars1910.org
Office Manager : manager@ars1910.org
Executive Secretary : secretary@ars1910.org
ARS Orphans Program : orphans@ars1910.org
ARS Publications : publications@ars1910.org