75 death anniversary of Vahan Cardashian to be commemorated in 2009June 9, 2009 - 18:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 75 death anniversary of Vahan Cardashian, who made a significant contribution to Armenian Nation's history, will be commemorated in 2009.Little is known about the work of Vahan Cardashian in Armenia; still, it is to him that Armenians owe their victory in US Senate. Cardashian gained support for the Armenian cause by uniting American society against American-Turkish agreement signed in Lausanne in 1923. Thanks to his efforts, US Senate refrained from adopting Lausanne agreement, documentally confirming US President Woodrow Wilson's arbitral decision on Armenia. Vahan Cardashian was born in Gesaria. He received his law degree from Yale University, New York and was a colleague of Armen Karo (Armenia's Ambassador to the United States of America). From 1911 to 1915, Cardashian represented the Ottoman Embassy and its New York consulate. He resigned his post in 1915 when he learned that his mother and sister were among the victims of the 1915 Genocide; soon he became active in the American Committee for an Independent Armenia (ACIA) In 1918 Vahan Cardashian was appointed director of the A.R.F. central committee media office. During this period he closed his private practice and allocated his time and wealth to the Armenian Cause. In 1919, Vahan Cardashian established the (ACIA), the predecessor of the Armenian National Committee. Its membership included many prominent American and Allied leaders including James V. Gerard, the U.S. Ambassador to Germany, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Charles Evans Hughes (later appointed Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court), Elihu Root and others. Its goal, as implied by its title, was to seek the independence of Armenia along the lines recommended by President Wilson. The ACIA had its central offices in New York City with 23 regional offices in 13 states. Vahan Cardashian died in long island at the age of 51. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |