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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Azeri-Israeli Propagandist Throws Stones at Armenia from Glass House
The JNS.org website (Jewish and Israel news) posted a venomous, anti-Armenian article by Arye Gut with a bombastic headline: “Anti-Semitism in Armenia: A Clear and […]
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Azeri-Israeli Propagandist Throws Stones at Armenia from Glass House
The JNS.org website (Jewish and Israel news) posted a venomous, anti-Armenian article by Arye Gut with a bombastic headline: “Anti-Semitism in Armenia: A Clear and […]
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Sweeping Reforms Needed to Resolve Critical Pan-Armenian Issues
I delve this week into a thorny subject that has distressed much of the Armenian world: The uproar generated by the highly critical and harshly-worded […]
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Turkish Parliament Will Hide the Truth Should it Block the Genocide Resolution
Last week, a Turkish Parliamentarian submitted a proposal to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, seeking condemnation of the Armenian Genocide, a series of atrocities, […]
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Turkish Scholar Affirms: Turkey has Lost Battle for the Truth
In recent years, a growing number of Turkish intellectuals, scholars, journalists and human rights activists have taken bold positions on the Armenian Genocide, in opposition […]
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Countries Selling Weapons to Azerbaijan Are Just as Guilty for Attacks on Artsakh
Azerbaijan’s armed forces committed a criminal act on November 12, shooting down an unarmed Armenian helicopter inside Artsakh’s borders and killing three military officers. This […]
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Azeri-Israeli Propagandist Throws Stones at Armenia from Glass House
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Azeri-Israeli Propagandist Throws Stones at Armenia from Glass House
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Sweeping Reforms Needed to Resolve Critical Pan-Armenian Issues
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Turkish Parliament Will Hide the Truth Should it Block the Genocide Resolution
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Turkish Scholar Affirms: Turkey has Lost Battle for the Truth
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Countries Selling Weapons to Azerbaijan Are Just as Guilty for Attacks on Artsakh