PRESS RELEASE
ARPA Institute
18106 Miranda St. Tarzana, CA 91356
Contact: Hagop Panossian
Tel: (818) 586-9660
E-mail: hpanossian@hotmail.com
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ARPA Institute presents the Lecture/Seminar: "Genocide
Recognition, Turkey-Armenia Relations and the Role of
the Diaspora," by Mr. Harout Sassounian, on Thursday,
January 25, 2007 at the Merdinian School auditorium.

The Address is 13330 Riverside Dr., Sherman Oaks, CA
91403. Directions: on the 101 FWY exit on Woodman, go
north and turn right on Riverside Dr.

Abstract: Mr. Sassounian’s lecture will cover several
topics, followed by an exchange of views with the
audience:

— Genocide recognition, is it really necessary?
— Should Armenians support or oppose the application
of Turkey for EU Membership?
— Turkey-Armenia relations
— Diaspora-Armenia relations
— How best to organize the Diaspora?
— The firing of U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Evans
— The hold on the nomination of Ambassador-designate
Richard Hoagland
— UAF’s assistance to Armenia and Lebanon
— Lincy Foundation’s infrastructure projects in
Armenia and Artsakh

Harut Sassounian, the publisher of The California
Courier newspaper, is the President of the United
Armenian Fund which has shipped $460 million worth of
humanitarian assistance to Armenia since 1989. He is
also the Vice Chairman of The Lincy Foundation which
has funded $230 million worth of infrastructure
projects in Armenia and Artsakh. He worked for Procter
and Gamble in Geneva, Switzerland, as an international
marketing executive from 1978 to 1982. He served for
10 years as a non-governmental delegate on human
rights at the United Nations in Geneva, playing a key
role in the UN recognition of the Armenian Genocide in
1985. He has a Master’s degree in International
Affairs from Columbia University (NY) and an MBA from
Pepperdine University. His book, `The Armenian
Genocide: The World Speaks Out, 1915-2005, Documents
and Declarations,’ published in 2005, was republished
in Arabic translation in Lebanon in 2006. He has been
awarded the `Anania Shiragatsi’ medal of honor by the
President of Armenia and has received numerous other
awards for his leadership and community activities.

For more Information Please call Dr. Hagop Panossian
at (818)586-9660