CONGRESS OF CANADIAN ARMENIANS HOLDS A SPECIAL EVENING IN HONOUR OF JOHN EVANS
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04.04.2008 16:13
The Congress of Canadian Armenians and its participating organizations
invite will organize a special evening on Saturday April 19 in honour
of John Evans, Former Ambassador of the United States to Armenia.
He sacrificed his diplomatic career by publicly acknowledging the
Armenian Genocide, an action that resulted in his being recalled from
Yerevan in 2006. He is truly a friend of the Armenian community and
of all those who believe that genocides should be recognized in order
to help prevent similar events.
A native of Williamsburg, Virginia, Ambassador Evans studied
Russian history at Yale (B.A.) and Columbia, where he began a
Ph.D. before joining the United States Foreign Service. He had a
long and distinguished career serving in many foreign postings. As
Deputy Director of the Soviet Desk, he coordinated the American
response to the earthquake of 1988 in Armenia, which earned him a
medal and statement of appreciation from the Armenian government
at that time. He speaks English, Russian, French, Czech and Farsi,
and is currently studying Armenian.