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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Pashinyan Should not Follow Sargsyan’s Mistaken Policy on Relations with Turkey
Here we go again. Back in 2009, Pres. Serzh Sargsyan engaged in a misguided effort to sign an agreement with Turkey ostensibly to open the […]
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Armenian Parliamentarians Brawl While the Barbarians are the Gates
Another appropriate title would have been, “Parliamentarians fiddle while Armenia burns,” which is my version of the well-known historic phrase, “Nero fiddles while Rome burns,” […]
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Sassounian’s column of Aug. 26, 2021
Candidate for Governor of Virginia,A Turkish Lobbyist, Should be Defeated The Washington Free Beacon online newspaper published on Aug. 20, 2021 an article by Chuck […]
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Turkey Banned Armenian Overflights; Why Didn’t Armenia Reciprocate?
I just became aware that the Government of Turkey banned Armenian aircraft from overflying its air space as of a year ago. This was disclosed […]
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Greek Foreign Minister Makes Excuses for Ambassador’s Propaganda Tour of Shushi
The Armenian National Committee of Greece sent a letter to the Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias complaining about the Greek Ambassador’s propaganda tour of occupied […]
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Erdogan’s Huge Mosque Near WashingtonIs a Trojan Horse for Turkey’s Interests
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated one of the largest mosques in the United States in April 2016. It is officially called the Diyanet Center […]
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Pashinyan Should not Follow Sargsyan’s Mistaken Policy on Relations with Turkey
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Armenian Parliamentarians Brawl While the Barbarians are the Gates
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Sassounian’s column of Aug. 26, 2021
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Turkey Banned Armenian Overflights; Why Didn’t Armenia Reciprocate?
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Greek Foreign Minister Makes Excuses for Ambassador’s Propaganda Tour of Shushi
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Erdogan’s Huge Mosque Near WashingtonIs a Trojan Horse for Turkey’s Interests