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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Met with Israel’s President, and Spoke at Armenian Genocide Conference
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Armenians Should Counter Azerbaijan’s Pressure on Israel to Deny the Genocide
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Hastert to Plead Guilty of Sexual Abuse, Yet US Still Covers up Turkish Blackmail
This week, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert is expected to plead guilty to the charge of making secret payments to buy the silence of boys […]
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Armenians Should Counter Azerbaijan’s Pressure on Israel to Deny the Genocide
, As relations between Israel and Turkey have become increasinly strained in recent years, shifting from strategic alliance to outright hostility, many analysts began to […]
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To Ban Genocide Denial, Court Incites Armenians to Commit Violence
Posted in: Column, Harut Sassounian In the case of Dogu Perincek vs. Switzerland, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) […]
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Who Should Demand Armenian Territories from Turkey?
www.TheCaliforiaCourier.com I just became aware of an important interview Pres. Serzh Sargsyan had given to Turkish journalist Cansu Camlibel of Hurriyet newspaper on April 24, […]
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Met with Israel’s President, and Spoke at Armenian Genocide Conference
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Armenians Should Counter Azerbaijan’s Pressure on Israel to Deny the Genocide
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Hastert to Plead Guilty of Sexual Abuse, Yet US Still Covers up Turkish Blackmail
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Armenians Should Counter Azerbaijan’s Pressure on Israel to Deny the Genocide
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To Ban Genocide Denial, Court Incites Armenians to Commit Violence
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Who Should Demand Armenian Territories from Turkey?