THE ADL WORLD COUNCIL WAS FOUNDED

AZG DAILY
03-12-2009

General Announcement

ARMENIAN DEMOCRATIC LIBERAL PARTY WORLD COUNCIL, 24 November 2009

ADL became a traditional party centered in Armenia

As informed by mass media reports, on 2-8 October 2009 the
ADL-Armenagan unifying assembly was convened in Yerevan with the
participation of 56 delegates representing 16 chapters of the reformed
Armenagan-ADL and of Diasporan ADL chapters. Thus, present were party
delegates from Armenia: various districts of Yerevan, as well as
from the provinces Arakadzodn, Armavir, Shirak, Lori, Vayots Dzor,
Zangezur and Davoush, and from the Diaspora: US Eastern and Western
coasts, Canada, London, Paris, Geneva, Beirut, Baghdad, as well as,
for the first time, two representatives from Teheran as observers.

Several party members had sent letters from different districts
regretting that they could not attend the assembly for reasons beyond
their control.

Prior to the opening of the assembly, a delegation representing various
districts, including three noted past chairmen of the party’s Central
Committee, were received by the president of the Republic of Armenia
Serj Sarkisyan, president of the National Assembly (Parliament)
Hovig Aprahamyan, Prime Minister Dikran Sarkisyan and Catholicos of
All Armenians HH Karekin II, and discussed the party’s activities in
the motherland and abroad, issues related to Armenia-Turkey relations,
and efforts for economic development of Armenia.

The formal inauguration of the party was held on the morning of
November 3rd in the Arno Babajanian Hall of Philharmony of Armenia
with the participation of close to 300 members of ADL and Armenagan
as well as representatives of political parties of Armenia and many
journalists. On the same afternoon the assembly continued in the main
hall of the Tekeyan Center, restricted only to party members. The
session was chaired by Armen Manuelian and dealt with a previously
prepared agenda. The delegates from the Diaspora were impressed by the
youthful practicality and maturity of the Armenagan-ADL leadership
and expressed confidence that the party presents a promising future
in Armenia, and pledged to help the strengthening of Armenagan-ADL
by all means.

Dr. Arshavir Gundjian presented in a concise manner the current sad
situation created by a group of irresponsible people in the party
driven by vanity, vengeance and adventurism. Without mentioning
names not to glorify the said clique, Dr. Gundjian and other
participants talked about the wasted efforts spent in the US and
Canada particularly in February 2009 to bring about a consensus or
cooperation with the said group for the sake of and to the benefit
of the party. Unfortunately, all attempts of consultation, counsel,
advice, admonition were to no avail. The group that considered
itself above the law, along with their profane representative in
Armenia, merited to be declared persona non grata. Faced with this
situation, said Dr. Gundjian, we have come not simply to attend the
assembly of Armenagan-ADL, but also to seek a consensual outcome of
reorganization of the party, to give her a new vigor and impetus,
especially in these days when the Armenian people and the homeland
are facing crucial issues.

In a separate address, Hagop Avedikian reported on the party’s
activities in Armenia and projected the challenges it faces in the
necessity to prepare for participating in the 2012 parliamentary
elections on a background of total inactivity of the ADL during the
last three state elections.

After four consecutive sessions, consultations and discussions spread
over two days, by a majority decision the assembly adopted a resolution
to establish the ADL World Council, which would comprise all levels
of districts, chapters, and individual party members in Armenia and
in the Diaspora. The Council will have an Executive Committee, which
will be charged with the preparation of a set of bylaws, purposes
and span of activities. It was also decided that the headquarters
of the party will be in Yerevan, considering the proximity of state
structures for immediate relations and the availability of specialists
in corresponding activities, as well as financial matters. After all,
ADL had originally aspired to be established in the homeland and to
become a party centered in Armenia.

It was decided:

1 – The current assembly to be considered the founding assembly of
the ADL World Council,

2 – To form the Executive Committee, which is the ruling body of
the ADL World Council, comprised of six members from the Diaspora
and five members from Armenia, who are: Armen Manuelian (Yerevan),
Papken Megerian (Philadelphia), Varoujan Sirapian (Paris), Nar
Khatchaturian (Beirut), Hagop Avedikian (Yerevan), Edmond Azadian
(Detroit), Hagop Vartivarian (New York), Vartan Nazirian (Los Angeles),
Souren Sarkissyan (Yerevan), Kayane Mouradyan (Yerevan), Siregan
Kevorkyan(Yerevan). The officers (Divan) of the Executive Committee
were also elected as follows: Chairman Hagop Avedikian; Vice Chairman
Edmond Azadian; Secretary Kayane Mouradyan; Treasurer Papken Megerian;
Press Director Hagop Vartivarian. By acclamation Dr. Nubar Berberian
(Boston) was elected emeritus president,

3 – To charge the Executive Committee to prepare within the next six
months the Bylaws of ADL World Council and an annual budget,

4 – To set up the headquarters of ADL World Council in Yerevan, and
to consider existing offices in Boston and Montreal as branch-offices,

5 – To appeal to all ADL districts, chapters, individual party members
and affiliates to join the World Council,

6 – To set up a website that will be maintained by the party’s
headquarters in Yerevan,

7 – A year later, in October 2010, to call for an assembly to discuss
and to approve the new Bylaws, to discuss the activities of the
current year and to plan activities that will involve the youth.

We hereby call upon all members of the Armenian Democratic Liberal
Party and affiliates to enroll in the ranks of the ADL World Council
so that the party, the affiliated and concordant circles will become
a reformed power in Armenia and in the Diaspora, to equilibrate the
Armenian life in the world, and to modernize and to perfect the ways
and means of facing the modern-day challenges of our people.

All party members can apply through the following e-mail to become
part of ADL World Council: office_rak@armenakan.am, azg2@arminco.com

To all party and national organizations: the official addresses of
the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party are:

Yerevan: Koryuni 19 A, Yerevan 37025 – Republic of Armenia

United States: 755 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, MA, 024725 – USA

Canada: 825 Rue Manoogian, St-Laurent, QC. H4N 1Z5, Canada