Armenian Genocide 93rd anniversary to be marked in New YorkMarch 26, 2008 - 15:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian National Committee of New York will host the 93rd Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide at City Hall Chambers on April 25th at 5:30 P.M. The evening will feature Professor Henry Theriault of Worcester State College as the main speaker and Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan, who will address the community and give the invocation, reported the ANC-NYC."While causing New York's Armenian community to reflect thoughtfully on the horrible catastrophe that befell our people, Dr. Theriault will also connect the Armenian Cause to the broader struggle for advancing international human rights," said Doug Geogerian of the Armenian National Committee of New York. Elected official at the local, state and federal levels will attend and pay tribute to the systematic murder of 1.5 million Armenians, a genocide, which the perpetrator, the Turkish government, continues to deny to this day. The commemoration will also include musical work performed in memory of the crime committed against the Armenian nation. The evening's main speaker will be Dr. Henry Theriault, who has written extensively on the subject of genocide and the dispossession of indigenous peoples. While he has dealt at length with the Armenian case, which concerns his own ancestry, Theriault's work is broad and examines the impact of genocide against Africans, Native Americans and other victim groups. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. 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". Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |