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Tsarukyan to fund Olympic center project in Armenian resort

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President of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia Gagik Tsarukyan has announced a plan for funding an Olympic center development project in a sporting resort.

A new, superpowerful and ultramodern sporting complex will be constructed in Tsaghkadzor (Kotayk region) based on a local branch of the Yerevan State Sports College of Olympic Reserve.

The Committee’s secretary general, Hrachya Rostomyan, had earlier invited specialists to hear also their proposals. The new complex will be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, sporting grounds and gyms adjusted to different trainings and sporting events.

It will also have a recreation and leisure zone with vast parks, a cinema hall, and special rooms for rest.

The entire center will have a total area of 3 hectares.

Tsarukyan has promised invest 25-30 billion Armenian Drams (approx $500,000-$600,000) in the project.

All-Armenian fund raises $12,505,456 in 2017 telethon

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Hayastan All-Armenian fund raised $12,505,456 in its annual 2017 telethon aired live for 24 hours from November 23 to 24.

The money transfers received from this year’s fund-raising event entitled “Fruitful Artsakh” will be directed to the implementation of two major projects: drilling of deep-water wells and development of a new irrigation networks, and launch of solar power stations.The telethon is held annually in Los Aneles, United States.

 

Since its inception in 1992, the fund has implemented over 50,000 projects in Armenia and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) thanks to the total of $350 million worth donations received from about 700,000 benefactors.

 

The 2016 telethon, entitled My Artsakh, raised $ 15,428. The money was directed to the rebuilding of cities and towns affected in military operations, security and defense strengthening programs and the construction of houses for families with many children.

Agency: in cooperation with the ‘the Turkish National Intelligence (MIT) leaders of the ISIS with its funds are in Turkey

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A number of the ISIS Terrorist leaders managed to escape from Syria, after repeated defeats by the Syrian Democratic forces in Raqqa and Rural area of Deir al-Zour, arrived in Turkey after taking their money with them, and the suspicions about the role of Turkish intelligence “MIT” in this process.
According to informed sources, the leaders fleeing the fighting have entered the Turkish territory, through the crossings controlled by terrorists “Euphrates shield” in the countryside of Aleppo eastern and north-east, backed by the Turkish occupation state.
For his part, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the health of this information and the director of the Observatory, Rami Abdulrahman said that the fugitives were able to enter Turkey by paying bribes to the leaders of the mercenaries of the so-called “Euphrates Shield”, ranging from 20-30 thousand US dollars per person , And the mercenaries entrusted coordination between them and the Turkish intelligence to cross the border.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented during the past months the escape of hundreds of “Supporters” elements of the ISIS organization, including local leaders to the province of Hasaka-Syria, and then disappeared there and some of them were seen inside Turkish territory. The Syrian Observatory also documented the escape of elements and leaders of the terrorist organization from the eastern Homs To the control areas of the mercenaries operating in the process of “shield Euphrates” forces backed by the Turkey in the countryside of Aleppo north-east, and then move to Turkish territory by coordination between the Turkish dead and smugglers.
Arabic Sources
وكالة : بالتعاون مع “الميت التركي” قيادات من داعش تصل الى تركيا مع أموالها

 

UCLA law school to receive $20 million for human rights institute to study the Armenian genocide and other atrocities

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The Promise

Eric Esrailian, lead producer of The Promise, and Co-Chief of the Division of Digestive Diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA poses with Jennifer L. Mnookin, Dean of the UCLA School of Law. (Todd Cheney/ UCLA Law)

By Teresa Watanabe,

In a unique blend of Hollywood and human rights, the UCLA law school will receive $20 million in pledged proceeds from a new film on the Armenian genocide to expand its research and teaching of persecution, the university announced Monday.

The donation by a film company founded by the late Kerkor “Kirk” Kerkorian, an Armenian American philanthropist and businessman, will help establish the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law.

The institute, which also will receive other donations and support from UCLA, will help the Westwood campus expand its research and advocacy on genocide awareness and prevention as well as the intersections between human rights and health, refugees, immigration and civil rights, said law school Dean Jennifer L. Mnookin.

She said the gift will help UCLA hire more faculty, sponsor guest speakers, host human rights symposia and support students through fellowships. UCLA law students and faculty currently work with human rights organizations in countries including Bangladesh, Honduras, India and South Africa, and with the United Nations and the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

“What we’d like to become is the West Coast powerhouse for the study and practice of human rights,” Mnookin said.

Eric Esrailian, a UCLA doctor and great-grandson of genocide survivors, helped Kerkorian launch the film company Survival Pictures in 2012, to expand awareness of human rights atrocities. Kerkorian, who owned the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio and is credited with helping develop Las Vegas with such hotels as the MGM Grand, donated more than $1 billion to charitable causes during his lifetime. He died in 2015 at age 98.

Survival Pictures’ debut production, “The Promise,” is set to open Friday as the first major film on the Armenian genocide. Historians estimate that 1.5 million Armenians and other ethnic and religious minorities perished at the hands of the Ottoman Turks beginning in 1915, although the Turkish government denies there was any official policy of ethnic cleansing.

The film is directed by Terry George — who directed and co-wrote “Hotel Rwanda” about genocide in that African nation — and stars Christian Bale, Charlotte Le Bon and Oscar Isaac. Co-producers are Esrailian, Phoenix Pictures chairman Mike Medavoy and veteran film producer William Horberg.

The company also has produced a documentary, “Intent to Destroy,” about the Armenian genocide that is set for release April 25 at the Tribeca Film Festival.

“As horrible as the Armenian genocide was, there are other ethnic and religious groups that have suffered persecution as well,” Esrailian said, adding that human rights crises exist right now in Syria, the Congo and South Sudan.

Both the feature film and the UCLA institute bear the word “promise” to reflect a commitment not to forget atrocities of the past and to fight against intolerance and persecution today, he said.

He said his team was inspired by the USC Shoah Foundation, which was launched by filmmaker Steven Spielberg to preserve the memory of the Holocaust and educate the public about it and has since expanded its work to other genocides. With genocide awareness and human rights work underway at the city’s two premier universities, Los Angeles is set to become a national hub of research and activism on the issue, Esrailian said.

The center is expected to open this fall.

Source: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ucla-armenian-human-rights-20170417-story.html

Armenia, Russia launch joint investment fund

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The joint Russian-Armenian investment fund opened in Yerevan on Saturday in an official ceremony attended by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan and several dozen Armenian businessmen from the Russian Federation.
The initiative to create the Armenian Investors’ Club was proposed by major Russian-Armenian entrepreneurs back in February, who justified the idea by the need to assist in the reforms process in the country and back the government-proposed joint initiatives and business plans.
“I know each and every member of the club as I maintain friendly relations with most. This club, as a matter of fact, will mark a groundbreaking moment for us not only because it promises healthy and long-lasting investments but also because it is expected to develop a new corporate culture,” he said, highlighting the need of active capacity-building to impart a new quality to the business atmosphere in Armenia.

 

The Armenian Investors’ Club is the first non-public contractual investment fund in Armenia registered by the Central Bank. Its mission is to address key sectors of economy (energy, including alternative power production, energy and tourism infrastructures, mining, minerals’ re-procession, food and light industries) through attracting internal and external financial means.

Armenian -Russian investment fund to be established within months, Suren Karayan says

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YEREVAN, January 26. /ARKA/. The Armenian-Russian investment fund will be established in the coming months, the economic development and investment minister Suren Karayan said today.

It was Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan who proposed that an Armenian-Russian investment fund to be set up with a view to funding Armenia’s priority economic sectors. According to the Armenian government, the Russian side positively assessed the proposal. During Karapetyan’s official visit to Moscow earlier this week the parties looked at the possibility of Russian companies’ involvement in the free economic zone to be established near the Armenian-Iranian border. Appreciating the proposal, Russian Premier Dmitry Medvedev expressed the opinion that Russian companies will show interest in this issue.

Speaking to local reporters today, Suren Karayan said the main purpose of the fund is financing and investment in sectors that will lead to growth of trade turnover between the countries, substitution of imported goods, development of industrial cooperation and growth of exports.

He said that during prime minister’s visit to the Russian capital numerous meetings and discussions were held with representatives of the Russian government and Russian businessmen of Armenian origin, who expressed their willingness to make investments in Armenia.

According to Karayan, the Russian side is interested in Armenia’s energy sector, renewable energy, agricultural products and mining industry. The minister noted that similar negotiations are being held not only with Russia but other countries as well.

The idea was discussed also by Karayan and Russian industry and trade minister Denis Manturov on January 23

Tom Hanks invites you to join Children of Armenia Fund Gala

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tom-hanks-invitesAmerican actor, comedian and filmmaker Tom Hanks has made a special video for inviting everyone to join Children of Armenia Fund Gala. The charity event will take place on December 9 in Cipriani 42nd Street, New York. 60-year-old artist calls to be part of COAF 13th annual Holiday Gala and support children of Armenia.

“I am inviting you to join Children of Armenia Fund Gala, which will be held in Cipriani on December 9. I can’t be there which makes me a fool. Please join, please help out, explore your Armenian roots. And if you are not Armenian, just enjoy night in Cipriani. God bless and thank you”,- Hanks says in the one-minute-video.

Armenia Fund Telethon Raised $15,428,777 donations and pledges

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armenian-fundYEREVAN—The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s 19th annual International Telethon raised $15.428.777 in donations and pledges. Proceeds from the pan-national event, which took place on November 24 under the slogan “My Artsakh,” will benefit the rebuilding of war-ravaged communities in Artsakh, emergency and disaster preparedness for Artsakh, and the construction of homes for Artsakh families with multiple children. In addition to these initiatives, donor-specified projects as well as projects within the framework of the fund’s core development programs will continue to be implemented in Armenia and Artsakh.

The total dollar amount announced at the conclusion of the Telethon includes proceeds from various fundraising campaigns and events carried out by the fund’s worldwide affiliates and Executive Board during 2016. Three more events will round out the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s 2016 fundraising campaigns. They include the phoneathon of the organization’s Brazilian affiliate, on November 26 and 27; the radiothon of the Lebanese affiliate, on December 7; and the phoneathon and benefit walk of the British affiliate, on December 11.

The Telethon major donors include Antranig and Seta Baghdassarian (USA) – $5 million; Samvel Karapetyan (Russia) – $1 million; Zangezur Copper-Molybdenium Combine CJSC (Armenia) – $350.000; Ray Hartoonian (USA) – $200.000; Samvel Aleksanyan (Armenia) – $200.000; Varuzhan Grigoryan (Armenia) – $100.000; Flash LTD (Armenia) – $100.000; Hakob Baghdassarian (USA) – $100.000; Gagik Tsarukyan (Armenia) – 100 million AMD; Grand Holding (Armenia) – 60 million AMD; and Plant of Pure Iron OJSC (Armenia) – 20 million AMD.

The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund continues to accept donations and pledges.

ARF Western US to Raise Funds to Rebuild Artsakh Villages and Support Soldiers

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with-artsakh-logoGLENDALE—In a statement issued Friday, the ARF Dashnaktutyun Western US Central Committee appealed to the community to raise much-needed funds to help rebuild areas of Artsakh most hard-hit by recent Azerbaijani attacks, as well as to provide support to families of fallen soldiers.

Below is the complete text of the announcement.

The heroic people of Artsakh have once again spilled blood defending our homeland. As a clarion call, a mother, while burying her son, expressed the sentiment of the courageous people of Artsakh, “We lost precious lives defending our land. We will not give up one inch of that land to the aggressors.”

The savage attacks by Azerbaijani forces beginning on April 2, along the Nagorno-Karabakh-Azerbaijan border has not only destabilized the region, but also rekindled the possibility of full-scale war threatening the existence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and its people. Although the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army withstood the attacks and delivered a strong response, several villages have been left in ruins, especially the regions of Talish, Mardakert, and Madaghis. The unprovoked aggression has resulted in the loss of civilian and military lives and has taken its toll on the injured soldiers.

We reiterate our solidarity with the government and people of Artsakh, as well as the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army, as they confront yet another breech of the cease fire by Azerbaijan.

The ARF Dashnaktutyun Western US Central Committee, heeding the call from our brethren in Artsakh, has pledged to play a central role in the effort to rebuild the devastated areas as quickly as possible so that the residents may return to their normal lives, and to send a decisive message to Azerbaijan that its military threats will not deter the spirit of the Armenian people and the development of Artsakh.

We call upon all Armenians to join the ACF “With Artsakh” and AYF “With Our Soldiers” efforts in order to actively bring their financial and moral support to free and independent Artsakh.

The National Liberation Struggle for Artsakh began in 1988 and war threatened its existence in the 1990’s. The ARF Western US, with its members, supporters and the vast and diverse affiliate organizations has continually stood with Artsakh and spared nothing to ensure its survival. The time has come to recommit to assisting our brave brothers and sisters in the homeland.