Organizational Matters

Conferences to examine 120 year history of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun

October 21, 2010
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This year marks the 120th Anniversary of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun — one of the oldest and most influential political organizations in Armenian history. On this occasion, two commemorative academic conferences are to take place in early December, in Yerevan and Los Angeles. The conference in Yerevan, titled “The Struggle for the Independence of...
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ARF-Dashnaktsutyun submits its revised statutes to Justice Ministry

October 1, 1996

On August 12, 1996, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Supreme Council of Armenia presented to the Armenian Ministry of Justice a new version of the party’s statutes, recently revised by the party Supreme Assembly. The new version of the bylaws corresponds to the Constitution and acting legislation of the Republic of Armenia. By law, the...
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ARF-Dashnaktsutyun has no candidate in presidential polls

July 17, 1996

YEREVAN- The Armenian Revolutionary Federation in Armenia will not introduce a candidate of its own for the September presidential polls, however the parameters of its participation in the electoral process has not yet been determined, announced the party’s newly elected political director and deputy of the Armenian National Assembly Ruben Hakobyan, during a press...
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ARF convenes Supreme Assembly of Armenia

July 12, 1996

YEREVAN – The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun convened the Supreme Assembly of Armenia on June 28, 1996, at 10:30 a.m., despite recent Justice Ministry announcements deeming all ARF activities and assemblies illegal. Under the Armenian tricolor flag, the ARF banner and with the singing of the Armenian national anthem, ARF Executive Council chairman Levon Mkrtchyan...
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ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Supreme Assembly declaration

July 11, 1996

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation adjourned its Supreme Assembly of Armenia on July 11, issuing a general policy declaration and a statement on the party’s position on the so-called “Dro” and “31″ trials. Below is the translated text of the declaration: The Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s Armenia organization held its Supreme Assembly from June 28 to...
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STATEMENT on the so-called “Dro” and “Group of 31″ cases

July 9, 1996

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun Supreme Assembly of Armenia finds that the so-called “Dro” and “31″ trials are pursuing political agendas and are aimed against the ARF. Subjecting the preliminary and trial proceedings of both cases to examination, the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Supreme Assembly announces: a) Violating the principle of presumption of innocence until proven guilty, without...
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ARF Supreme Assembly of Armenia to convene in June

May 15, 1996

The ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Supremee Council of Armenia recently announced that the ARF Supreme Assembly of Armenia will convene in late June. Currently, the ARF ranks in Armenia are considering several documents to be adopted at the Supreme Assembly. Among the documents are several options regarding the ARF socioeconomic and political platform in Armenia. Another document...
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Bureau member refutes slander against ARF

May 15, 1996

YEREVAN – ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Bureau member Massis Baghdasaryan told the Azg daily newspaper that the recent publication of the party’s World Congress decisions in the ruling Armenian National Movement publication Haik are inaccurately presented as “the ARF’s secret and underground policies.” Baghdasaryan told Azg that what Haik has maliciously categorized as a secret document for...
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ARF is ready for dialogue

May 15, 1996

In a recent interview with Radio Liberty, ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Supreme Council of Armenia member Levon Mkrtchyan stated, that “the party is truly ready to enter into a dialogue.” Mkrtchyan did qualify his statement, however, by saying, that “the policies currently being implemented by the authorities, in my opinion, can be called rejection through delay tactics....
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ARF leader discusses party agenda

April 15, 1996

Following its first press conference in January 1996, several interviews have been granted by the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Supreme Council of Armenia. We present excerpts from two interviews conducted by Anna Israelyan (a Radio Liberty correspondent in Armenia) and by Narineh Dilbaryan (a reporter of the Lragir Or daily of Yerevan), with ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Supreme Council of...
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