President of Armenia, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund Armen Sarkissian participated in the 39th extraordinary session of the Board of Trustees.
Issues related to the management and activities of the Fund were discussed during the session held remotely.
At the outset of the session, upon the proposal of President Sarkissian, the participants respected the memory of those who fell in the war unleashed by Azerbaijan against Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) on September 27, 2020 with a moment of silence.
Afterwards, President Sarkissian delivered his opening speech in which he talked about the conditions in which the session is being held, the war that Azerbaijan unleashed against Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and the consequences and proposed to restore trust in the Fund since the transfer of donations to Armenia’s state budget had sparked concerns among compatriots and friends of the Fund.
Sarkissian said the Fund is in need of major changes and added that not only the charter, but also the strategy and tactics of the Fund need to be changed. He reiterated the idea that Hayastan All-Armenian Fund needs to be an institution that nobody suspects or speculates and has to target the Armenians of Armenia, Artsakh and the Diaspora. Sarkissian said he still believes that there is a need for a new vision and action plan that will be in line with the present and future because people in Armenia, Artsakh and the rest of the world are living in a new and changing world.
The chairman of the Board of Trustees also called on everyone to set aside all political, personal and other interests and issues and set the goal to make balanced decisions that will help restore trust in the Fund and really turn the Fund into the locomotive that will lead other Armenian benevolent organizations.