The Armenian Assembly of America welcomes the Armenia Partnership Security Act, led by Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), along with Representatives Dave Min (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), David Valadao (R-CA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Chris Smith (R-NJ), and Gabe Amo (D-RI).

As the United Nations this week marks both the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and the Prevention of This Crime (December 9) and Human Rights Day (December 10), the Armenian Assembly of America reaffirms the urgent responsibility of the international community to uphold human rights and ensure accountability for violations wherever they occur. 

Then-Armenian Assembly Board Chairman Hirair Hovnanian leading a delegation bringing humanitarian relief to Armenia after the 1988 earthquake WASHINGTON, D.C. – On this solemn anniversary of the 1988 Spitak Earthquake, the Armenian Assembly of America remembers the thousands of lives lost and the communities forever changed by one of the most devastating tragedies in Armenia’s modern history. 1988 Earthquake aftermath We honor the incredible resilience of the Armenian peop

The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) welcomed a congressional letter led by Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) calling on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to demand that Azerbaijan immediately release all Armenian political prisoners and prisoners of war, allow international monitoring of their ongoing trials in Baku, and impose sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act on Azerbaijani officials responsible for gross human r

Washington, D.C. –  Last month during the 28th General Assembly of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations, the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) was elected to serve on its Board.     Founded in 1948, the year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (C o NGO) is an independent, international membership