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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Turkish Denialists Fail to Block Genocide Speech at Australian Parliament
The Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of Australia had invited this writer to speak at commemorative events in Sydney and Melbourne, and deliver a formal address […]
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Turkey and United States Conspire to Issue April 24 Statements
While it is not surprising to learn that Turkey and the United States have coordinated their official declarations on the Armenian Genocide, recent revelations have […]
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Armenia Helps Coordinate Worldwide Genocide Centennial Activities
Two important conferences took place in Yerevan last week in preparation for next year’s Armenian Genocide Centennial. Participating in the first meeting, held on May […]
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Why Turks were Able to Exterminate Armenians, but not Jews
(Part II) This is the second and final part of a column I wrote last month, analyzing why the Young Turks were able to exterminate […]
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Turkey Becomes a Rogue State By Rejecting European Court’s Verdict
The European Court on Human Rights (ECHR) issued on May 12 its largest judgment ever against any country, ruling that Turkey had to […]
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Obama Listens to Repeated References To Armenian Genocide at Shoah Gala
On May 7, I attended a very impressive benefit gala at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza hotel in Los Angeles, celebrating the 20th anniversary of […]
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Turkish Denialists Fail to Block Genocide Speech at Australian Parliament
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Turkey and United States Conspire to Issue April 24 Statements
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Armenia Helps Coordinate Worldwide Genocide Centennial Activities
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Why Turks were Able to Exterminate Armenians, but not Jews
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Turkey Becomes a Rogue State By Rejecting European Court’s Verdict
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Obama Listens to Repeated References To Armenian Genocide at Shoah Gala