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Canadian Youth Join Yerevan Election Observation Mission
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Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Young Canadian-Armenian arrive in Yerevan to monitor municipal elections
BY TAMARA S. VOSKANIAN
YEREVAN - On May 2, Armenia welcomed three young volunteers from Canada
who will join the monitoring mission for Yerevan's May 5 mayoral
election. Anoush Frankian of Toronto, Ararad Torosyan of Montreal, and
Rupen Janbazian of Toronto will join more than 100 other diasporan
Armenians who will be monitoring the election alongside 1,700+ local
monitors.
For each of the three youth, this trip to Armenia is a welcome
opportunity to return to the homeland. Each has spent months at a time
in Armenia as volunteers, and has shown long-term commitment to
participating in Armenia's development and democratization. In
Anoush's words, `Armenia has great potential to flourish. Devoting
myself, and encouraging others to partake in its development is
critical to the country's success.'
Anoush, Ararad and Rupen hope that their decision to fly to Armenia
for the election will heighten enthusiasm in the diaspora for the
political changes happening in Armenia. `We believe this is the
minimum Diasporan youth can do to contribute to the development of a
democratic Hayastan where the rule of law prevails, something that is
critical to ensure that emigration stops and hopefully repatriation
becomes larger in scale.'
For more information about how the Local-Diaspora monitoring mission
began, watch: http://civilnet.am/2013/04/03/observing-elections/.
http://asbarez.com/109789/canadian-youth-join-yerevan-election-observation-mission/
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Young Canadian-Armenian arrive in Yerevan to monitor municipal elections
BY TAMARA S. VOSKANIAN
YEREVAN - On May 2, Armenia welcomed three young volunteers from Canada
who will join the monitoring mission for Yerevan's May 5 mayoral
election. Anoush Frankian of Toronto, Ararad Torosyan of Montreal, and
Rupen Janbazian of Toronto will join more than 100 other diasporan
Armenians who will be monitoring the election alongside 1,700+ local
monitors.
For each of the three youth, this trip to Armenia is a welcome
opportunity to return to the homeland. Each has spent months at a time
in Armenia as volunteers, and has shown long-term commitment to
participating in Armenia's development and democratization. In
Anoush's words, `Armenia has great potential to flourish. Devoting
myself, and encouraging others to partake in its development is
critical to the country's success.'
Anoush, Ararad and Rupen hope that their decision to fly to Armenia
for the election will heighten enthusiasm in the diaspora for the
political changes happening in Armenia. `We believe this is the
minimum Diasporan youth can do to contribute to the development of a
democratic Hayastan where the rule of law prevails, something that is
critical to ensure that emigration stops and hopefully repatriation
becomes larger in scale.'
For more information about how the Local-Diaspora monitoring mission
began, watch: http://civilnet.am/2013/04/03/observing-elections/.