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Conference Program


OPENING OF THE PRO ARMENIAN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

- Welcoming remarks by the organizing committee, Mr. Henri Papazian

- Reading of a Message by the President of the French Senate, Mr. Christian Poncelet

- Remarks by His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia

- Remarks by Mr. Armen Khatchatrian, President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia

- Remarks by Mr. Vartan Oskanian, Foreign Affairs Minister of the Republic of Armenia

- Remarks by Mr. Hrand Margaryan, Chairman, Bureau of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun party


FIRST SESSION : THE ARMENAIN CAUSE, THE GENOCIDE AND THE 21ST CENTURY

- Remarks by Mr. Raul Alfonsin, Former President of the Republic of Argentina

- Remarks by Mr. Arthur Tchilingarov, Deputy Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation

- Remarks by Mr. François Rochebloine, Chairman of the France-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group in the National Assembly of France

- Moderator: Mr. Ken Hachikian, Chairman of the Armenian National Committee of America (Washington DC)

- Presentation by Mr. Yves Ternon, Historian. Topic: Contemporary Studies Regarding the Genocide : Perspectives for the 21st Century.

- Presentation by Ms. Hilda Tchoboian, President of the European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy (EAFJD, Brussels). Topic: European Perspectives on the Recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

- Presentation by Mr. Mourad Papazian, Chairman, ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Western Europe. Topic: The Recognition Process, as Exemplified by the French model.

- Discussion with comments by:

    Mr. Ruben Gustiniani (Argentina),
    Mr. Seyran Baghdassarian (Russia),
    Mr. Van Bayourtian (Georgia),
    Ms. Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral (Canada),
    Mr. Michel El Murr (Lebanon),
    Mr. Rafael Michélini (Uruguay),
    Mr. Stavrou Patrocolos (Cyprus),
    Mr. Antranik Eurnekian (Argentine),
    Mr. Abdelattif El Zein (Lebanon),
    Ms. Eleni Bakopanos (Canada),
    Mr. Théodoros Pangalos (Greece).


SECOND SESSION : GLOBALIZATION AND INTEGRATING ARMENIA INTO THE ECONOMY OF THE CAUCASUS

- Remarks by Mr. Luis Ayala, Secretary General of the Socialist International

- Moderator: Mr. Vahram Nercessiants, Economic Advisor to the President of the Republic of Armenia

- Presentation by Mr. Vahram Nercessiants. Topic: An Overview of Results and Perspectives on the Armenian Economy in Relation to the Regional Economy.

- Presentation by Mr. Jean-Luc Perron, President of Agricultural Credit Consultants. Topic: Rural and Agricultural Development in Armenia : A look at the ACBA, Obstacles Encountered, Key factors to Success.

- Presentation by Mr. Davit Lokian, Minister of Urban Planning and Development of the Republic of Armenia. Topic: The Development of Infrastructure, Reconstruction and Social Investment : Their Importance in the Economic Development of Armenia.

- Remarks by Mr. Nikolay Ryjkov, Former Prime Minister of the USSR, Chairman of the Russia-Armenia Friendship Group in the Russian State Duma

- Discussion with comments by:

    Mr. Armen Sarkissian (Karabakh),
    Mr. Anastasis Papaligouras (Greece),
    Mr. Givi Shugarov (Georgia),
    Mr. Arménag Tcherkesian (Brazil),
    Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn (France).


THIRD SESSION : ARMENIA AND THE ARMENIAN PEOPLE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

- Moderator: Mr. Armen Roustamian, ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia and Member of the Armenian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

- Presentation by Mr. Levon Mkrtchyan, Minister of Education and Sciences of the Republic of Armenia

- Presentation by Mr. Aghvan Vartanian, Chairman, ARF Dashnaktsutyun Parliamentary Group in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia

- Discussion with comments by:

    Mr. Fernando Maurette (Argentine),
    Mr. Mark Souder (U.S.A.),
    Mr. Vassos Lyssarides (Cyprus),
    Mr. Manuel Hassassian (Palestine),
    Mr. Oleg Essayan (Karabakh),
    Mr. Hamlet Movsissian (Georgia)


CONFERENCE CLOSING

- Concluding remarks by Mr. Vahan Hovhanessian, Chairman of the Committee on Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia




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