(UN) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Movses Abelian, born in Armenia and a national of Georgia, as Assistant Secretary-General of the Department of General Assembly and Conference Management.  He will succeed Catherine Pollard of Guyana, whom the Secretary-General has appointed as the Under-Secretary-General of the Department of General Assembly and Conference Management. Mr. Abelian brings with him over 25 years of experience

Next Lecture to take place at George Mason University on February 26, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – As previously reported, the Knights of Vartan-Ani Lodge in Washington, DC has begun a three-part academic series of lectures touching upon different aspects of the Armenian Genocide. The first lecture, “Oil, Politics, and the Genocide in Armenia: The First World War Retrospect,” featured Professor Christopher Simpson, a professor of Journalism from the School of Communications at Ame

March 29, 2014 By Taniel Koushakjian Yesterday, Marie Harf, Deputy Spokesperson at the U.S. Department of State, made the following statement during the daily press briefing: We are deeply troubled by recent fighting and violence that is endangering the Armenian community in Kessab, Syria, and has forced many to flee.  There are far too many innocent civilians suffering as a result of the war.  All civilians, as well as their places of worship, must be protected.  As we have