PRESS RELEASE
UAAS board
Uppsala, March 22, 2005
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The Swedish-Armenian community is united unanimous as ever.

The Union of Armenian Associations in Sweden (UAAS) has close
cooperation with the Assembly of Armenians of Europe (AAE).

On March 12, the annual general meeting of the Union of Armenian
Associations in Sweden (UAAS) was convened in the city of Uppsala.
Representatives of the member associations and organizations who had
come from different cities participated in the meeting.
After the presentation of activities and financial reports, the
following subjects were examined in detail: the expansion of the future
activity of the centre within member organizations, organizing and
uniting of all capable forces and the further democratization of the
centre’s structures.

The meeting approved the renewed version of the more than ten-years-old
statutes of UAAS. The revision was necessary to meet the requirements of
the new contitions and situations.

The meeting examined a whole list of commemorating events dedicated to
the 90th anniversary of the Genocide and took corresponding decisions.
The participating representatives stressed the importance of the
Armenian language and culture and its development. Also the education of
the young generation as conscious Armenians was a topic of discussion.
The representatives of the youth organizations expressed their
viewpoints and expounded the problems encountered by the Armenian youth.

As an active member of the Assembly of Armenians Europe (AAE), the UAAS
in its annual meeting, reaffirmed its full support of the AAE and its
cooperation with it in efforts directed towards the recognition of the
Armenian Genocide, ever strengthening of the statehood of the Republic
of Armenia and towards the just resolution of the Question of Karabakh.
The representative of the Norwegian-Armenian Association thanked the
Swedish-Armenians for their assistance and emphasized the need for
cooperation between all European-Armenian communities and for the
strengthening of mutual ties between those communities.

For the months of April and May, a number of events dedicated to
Genocide such as exhibitions, lectures, conferences etc have been
organized in many cities with large Armenian communities. The 24th April
committee consist of Armenian organizations and Armenian church
representatives in Stockholm invites On 23th and 24th of April, in
Stockholm, the whole Swedish-Armenian community to commemorate the
Genocide with a joint event and demonstration. In September, a number of
events will be organized in the European level, directed against
Turkey’s membership of the European Union.

The general meeting of the Union of Armenian Associations in Sweden
(UAAS) approved the program of activities presented by the directorate
for the years 2005-2007 and endorsed their general course and direction
accordingly.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress