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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Council of Europe not Deceived By Erdogan’s Double-Talk
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made an embarrassing appearance before the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) last month. Erdogan was invited […]
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There is a Time to Sue And a Time to Settle
By Harut Sassounian It is unfortunate that the noble and sacred concept of establishing an Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial (AGM&M) in Washington D.C., had […]
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Sassounian’s column of May 12, 2011
Sarkozy Joins Obama in Deceit: Neither should be reelected in 2012 By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Armenians in France and the United […]
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FOX-TV Airs Two Interviews On the Armenian Genocide
Publisher, The California Courier FOX-TV (Los Angeles) invited this writer for a live in-studio interview on the Armenian Genocide for two consecutive days. The first, […]
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Mr. President, Armenian-Americans Reject Your Offensive Word Games on Genocide
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Despite Armenian-Americans’ persistent admonishment of Pres. Obama to refrain from substituting “Meds Yeghern” (Great Calamity) for […]
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Serj Tankian to Join L.A. Armenians To Protest Against Obama on April 21
Armenian-Americans are offended that Pres. Obama is going to launch his reelection campaign in Los Angeles this week, on the eve of April 24, having […]
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Council of Europe not Deceived By Erdogan’s Double-Talk
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There is a Time to Sue And a Time to Settle
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Sassounian’s column of May 12, 2011
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FOX-TV Airs Two Interviews On the Armenian Genocide
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Mr. President, Armenian-Americans Reject Your Offensive Word Games on Genocide
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Serj Tankian to Join L.A. Armenians To Protest Against Obama on April 21