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.
-
Malta Bank Employee Reveals Documents Linking Aliyevs to Bank Accounts
Continuing the series of articles we published in the last two weeks about corruption in Azerbaijan, we wish now to reveal additional scandalous details […]
-
Aliyev Family Plunders Azerbaijan’s Oil Revenue
The government of Azerbaijan allocates its multi-billion dollar oil and gas revenue in four ways: 1) Bribery; 2) Theft by Pres. Aliyev’s family and […]
-
Azerbaijan Accused of Giving Millions in Bribes to Council of Europe
For years, the government of Azerbaijan has been showering politicians and dignitaries from around the world with expensive gifts, such as silk carpets, gold, silver, […]
-
Pres. Trump Succumbs to Turkish Pressures By not Recognizing the Armenian Genocide
Armenians and Turks around the world wait with bated breath each year to see if the President of the United States would use in his […]
-
Trump’s Attack on Syria: Wrong for so Many Reasons
Many Americans and people around the world followed with great concern the off-the-cuff and zany ideas Donald Trump voiced during the presidential campaign and […]
-
Pro-Azeri and Pro-Turkish Writers Denigrate Armenia and Diaspora
Turkish and Azeri circles were displeased with my latest column where I had analyzed Vice President-elect Mike Pence’s phone call to Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan. […]
-
Malta Bank Employee Reveals Documents Linking Aliyevs to Bank Accounts
-
Aliyev Family Plunders Azerbaijan’s Oil Revenue
-
Azerbaijan Accused of Giving Millions in Bribes to Council of Europe
-
Pres. Trump Succumbs to Turkish Pressures By not Recognizing the Armenian Genocide
-
Trump’s Attack on Syria: Wrong for so Many Reasons
-
Pro-Azeri and Pro-Turkish Writers Denigrate Armenia and Diaspora