World Jewish Congress reelects Ronald Lauder as presidentMay 7, 2013 - 21:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The World Jewish Congress elected Ronald S. Lauder as president of the organization for another four-year term, The Times of Israel reported. “I see this as the top assignment for the Jewish people and I am excited to serve as president of the World Jewish Congress for another four years,” Lauder said. In addition, the WJC Assembly chose Chella Safra as the new treasurer, David de Rothschild as chairman of the Governing Board, Moshe Kantor as Policy Council chairman, and Mervyn Smith as policy co-chair. Lauder has been president of the WJC since 2007. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |