President Berge Setrakian’s Address at the 92nd General Assembly Your Excellency, President of Armenia, Your Holiness Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Mr. High Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs, Members and Friends — I...
President Berge Setrakian’s Address at the 92nd General Assembly Your Excellency, President of Armenia, Your Holiness Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Mr. High Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs, Members and Friends — I stand here before you today from Yerevan in the company of AGBU members, supporters, and friends from around the...
AGBU Letter of Appeal to U.S. State Department Regarding Armenia Dear Secretary Blinken: As you are aware, the sovereign Republic of Armenia is at a critical crossroads. The recent attack by Azeri forces on the Armenian side of the border with Azerbaijan marks a new low in the lengths...
The news of Azeri shelling on the Armenian border towns of Jermuk, Goris, Sotk, Vartenis, Artanish, Ishkhanasar, and Kapan in the early hours of September 13th, resulting in a significant number of deaths among Armenia’s defense forces responding to the aggressions, has put the world on notice once again. The...
Official signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of RA, Ministry of Economy of RA, Ministry of High-Tech Industry of RA, the Delegation of the EU to Armenia and AGBU Armenia As part of its longstanding nation-building efforts in Armenia,...
Photo: (L to R) AGBU Armenia President Vasken Yacoubian, CCAF Co-Chair Ara Toranian, AGBU Armenia Executive Director Marina Mkhitaryan, and AGBU Europe President Nadia Gortzounian at the meeting with Anne Hidalgo On May 28, 2022, the Armenia headquarters of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) hosted the Mayor of...
Aznavour Foundation and Armenian General Benevolent Union “Parekordzagan” – Varna are pleased to share the excitement, inspiration and euphoria associated with the opening ceremony of the monument dedicated to the Great artist, philanthropist, writer, diplomat, our compatriot, benefactor for his Homeland and his people, and Ambassador for peace –...
RA President Vahagn Khachaturyan welcomes AGBU President Berge Setrakian. On April 15, Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) President Berge Setrakian and AGBU Armenia President Vasken Yacoubian visited the President of the Republic of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan to discuss the organization’s ongoing initiatives and their role in the current...
The AGBU Central Board was pleased and proud to learn that AGBU Demirdjian School, AGBU Hovagimian-Manougian School and AGBU-AYA alumnus Dr. Ardem Patapoutian won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his groundbreaking research on temperature and touch. In his letter personally congratulating the esteemed microbiologist, AGBU President Berge Setrakian...
The monument of Charles Aznavour that will be installed in Varna, was presented at the charity ball of AGBU “Parekordzagan” – Varna. The secular event took place in the lights of aesthetics and luxury, and aroused incredible interest among those present. The Armenian General Benevolent Union “Parekordzagan” – Varna organized...
February 22, 2022 marks a milestone anniversary for AGBU and its esteemed leader Berge Setrakian, who assumed the presidency of the world’s largest Armenian non-profit 20 years ago. Reflecting on the past two decades, in addition to the 25 years he previously served as a member of our Central...
