Harut Sassounian
Harut Sassounian is the Publisher of The California Courier, founded in 1958. His weekly editorials, translated into several languages, are reprinted in scores of U.S. and overseas publications and posted on countless websites.<p>
He is the author of “The Armenian Genocide: The World Speaks Out, 1915-2005, Documents and Declarations.”
As President of the Armenia Artsakh Fund, he has administered the procurement and delivery of $970 million of humanitarian assistance to Armenia and Artsakh during the past 34 years. As Senior Vice President of Kirk Kerkorian’s Lincy Foundation, he oversaw $240 million of infrastructure projects in Armenia.
From 1978 to 1982, Mr. Sassounian worked as an international marketing executive for Procter & Gamble in Geneva, Switzerland. He was a human rights delegate at the United Nations for 10 years. He played a leading role in the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the U.N. Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities in 1985.
Mr. Sassounian has a Master’s Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University, and a Master’s in Business Administration from Pepperdine University.
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Sassounian’s column of July 1, 2010
Turkish Propaganda Campaign, Part II: Exploiting Akhtamar Church Once Again Readers may recall that the Turkish government embarked on a worldwide publicity stunt in 2007 […]
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Sassounian’s column of June 27, 2010
Armenians Must Take Bold, Pre-emptive Measures to Counter all Hostile Acts By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Having been victimized by many conquerors throughout […]
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Sassounian’s column of June 17, 2010
Growing Turkish Influence in Middle East Leads to Restrictions in Armenian Rights Turkey’s growing influence in the Middle East, even before the naval confrontation with […]
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Sassounian’s column of June 10, 2010
Erdogan Deserves Medal As Fake Friend of Palestinians In the past week the world witnessed an amazing performance by a government leader that even the […]
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Sassounian’s column of June 3, 2010
Cancellation of Erdogan’s Argentina Trip Is the Price Turkey Pays for Genocide Not satisfied with its neo-Ottoman policies of regional domination, Turkey has decided to […]
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Sassounian’s column of May 27, 2010
Senate Should Scrutinize Bryza Before Confirming him as Ambassador to Baku After a lengthy delay, Azerbaijan consented last week to the appointment of Matthew Bryza […]