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Kashatagh Development Conference
05-04-2008 14:58:37 - KarabakhOpen
Summary Conclusions
30 March, 2008
Berdzor, NKR
On March 28-30, 2008 , the first pan-Armenian conference devoted to
developing the NKR Kashatagh region was held in Berdzor. Organized by
the Tufenkian Foundation and held under the auspices of the NKR
government, the conference reached the following conclusions during its
final session:
Based on the national security interests of the Armenian and Nagorno
Karabagh republics;
with the goal of turning all Armenians' attention toward strengthening
and developing the liberated region of Kashatagh;
well-aware of Kashatagh's immeasurable strategic significance, as the
bridge that ties Artsakh with the Republic of Armenia ;
recognizing Kashatagh as a vital and inseparable territory of Karabagh
;
acknowledging our duty before the memory and priceless heritage of
those who died for the liberation of Kashatagh;
bowing before the determination and individual sacrifices endured by
the people of this region;
keeping in sight Kashatagh's special situation, which is in a crucial
condition from economic and development standpoints;
acknowledging the laxness of Kashatagh's development in recent times;
with determination to economically bolster those accomplishments made
on the battlefield;
The conference's participating organizations conclude `
The 3-day conference in Berdzor is not a theoretical initiative, but
rather the beginning of an ongoing and uninterruptable process, the
starting point for developing a comprehensive development plan for
Kashatagh;
The practical decisions reached during the conference's working
sessions provide for the realization of important projects in the near
future; these projects will address the region's infrastructural needs,
especially in the realms of road-building, school-building, education,
spiritual-cultural development, health-care, and others.
With support from the NKR government and the Tufenkian Foundation's
Stepanakert office, these coordinated activities will continue
according to plans already laid out, with the goal of generating a
call-to-action among all Armenians toward the strengthening of
Kashatagh.
AGAPE, USA
Ararat Heritage Trust , UK
Armenian Educational Foundation , USA
Armenian Health Alliance, Inc. and Carolann S. Najarian, M.D., USA
Armenian Missionary Association of Armenia , USA
Armenian National Democratic Union , Armenia
Armenian Relief Society
Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Armenian Technology Group, USA
Armenian Tree Project , USA
Artsakh Diocese of the Holy See of Echmiadzin
Artsakh Fund of Lebanon , Lebanon
Canadian Armenian Network , Canada
Free Fatherland Party, Karabagh
Friends of Armenia , USA
Gurgen Melikian Foundation , Armenia
Hamazkain Armenian Educational and Cultural Association
Hand in Hand, NGO, Canada
Heritage Party , Armenia
Iranian-Armenian Community , Iran
Izmirlian Foundation, Switzerland
Knights of Vartan , USA
National Unity Party , Armenia
Prosperous Armenia Party , Armenia
Provence-Armenie, France
Syrian-Armenian Community , Syria
Tsarukian Foundation, Armenia
Tufenkian Foundation
Armenian Catholicossate of Great Cilicia
Maro Matosian
Tufenkian Foundation
Karabagh Program Director
05-04-2008 14:58:37 - KarabakhOpen
Summary Conclusions
30 March, 2008
Berdzor, NKR
On March 28-30, 2008 , the first pan-Armenian conference devoted to
developing the NKR Kashatagh region was held in Berdzor. Organized by
the Tufenkian Foundation and held under the auspices of the NKR
government, the conference reached the following conclusions during its
final session:
Based on the national security interests of the Armenian and Nagorno
Karabagh republics;
with the goal of turning all Armenians' attention toward strengthening
and developing the liberated region of Kashatagh;
well-aware of Kashatagh's immeasurable strategic significance, as the
bridge that ties Artsakh with the Republic of Armenia ;
recognizing Kashatagh as a vital and inseparable territory of Karabagh
;
acknowledging our duty before the memory and priceless heritage of
those who died for the liberation of Kashatagh;
bowing before the determination and individual sacrifices endured by
the people of this region;
keeping in sight Kashatagh's special situation, which is in a crucial
condition from economic and development standpoints;
acknowledging the laxness of Kashatagh's development in recent times;
with determination to economically bolster those accomplishments made
on the battlefield;
The conference's participating organizations conclude `
The 3-day conference in Berdzor is not a theoretical initiative, but
rather the beginning of an ongoing and uninterruptable process, the
starting point for developing a comprehensive development plan for
Kashatagh;
The practical decisions reached during the conference's working
sessions provide for the realization of important projects in the near
future; these projects will address the region's infrastructural needs,
especially in the realms of road-building, school-building, education,
spiritual-cultural development, health-care, and others.
With support from the NKR government and the Tufenkian Foundation's
Stepanakert office, these coordinated activities will continue
according to plans already laid out, with the goal of generating a
call-to-action among all Armenians toward the strengthening of
Kashatagh.
AGAPE, USA
Ararat Heritage Trust , UK
Armenian Educational Foundation , USA
Armenian Health Alliance, Inc. and Carolann S. Najarian, M.D., USA
Armenian Missionary Association of Armenia , USA
Armenian National Democratic Union , Armenia
Armenian Relief Society
Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Armenian Technology Group, USA
Armenian Tree Project , USA
Artsakh Diocese of the Holy See of Echmiadzin
Artsakh Fund of Lebanon , Lebanon
Canadian Armenian Network , Canada
Free Fatherland Party, Karabagh
Friends of Armenia , USA
Gurgen Melikian Foundation , Armenia
Hamazkain Armenian Educational and Cultural Association
Hand in Hand, NGO, Canada
Heritage Party , Armenia
Iranian-Armenian Community , Iran
Izmirlian Foundation, Switzerland
Knights of Vartan , USA
National Unity Party , Armenia
Prosperous Armenia Party , Armenia
Provence-Armenie, France
Syrian-Armenian Community , Syria
Tsarukian Foundation, Armenia
Tufenkian Foundation
Armenian Catholicossate of Great Cilicia
Maro Matosian
Tufenkian Foundation
Karabagh Program Director