April 2005

1-3 In Los Angeles, NCI founder Raffi K. Hovannisian attends UCLA conference on the 90^th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, delivers policy address on “Will There Ever Be a Post-Genocide Era?”

2 In San Diego, Raffi Hovannisian attends and addresses annual convention of the Armenian Bar Association which he founded 16 years ago.

Raffi Hovannisian's on-line responses to questions from Yerkir website's worldwide readership are published by Hayots Ashkarh daily in “If the Nation-State Complex is Stable.”

The National Citizens' Initiative specialized seminar on “Armenia's Foreign Policy: Old Realities or New Imperatives?” is covered by Novoye Vremia newspaper.

4  NCI seminar is covered by Noyan Tapan Highlights.

6  Avangard weekly covers NCI policy seminar on Armenian foreign policy.

20-21 In Yerevan, Raffi Hovannisian attends international conference on “Ultimate Crime, Ultimate Challenge: Human Rights and Genocide,” gives live interview to public television on the Armenian Genocide and Armenian-Turkish relations.

21 Raffi Hovannisian's article entitled “The Unrequited Past” is published in The Moscow Times.

24 NCI staff lay wreath at the Tsitsernakaberd memorial to the victims of the 1915 Genocide.

Raffi Hovannisian's comments on the Armenian Genocide and its commemoration are broadcast by Armenia, AR, Yerkir, Kentron, and Yerevan television.

26 Raffi Hovannisian's address on the 90^th anniversary of the Genocide is covered by Hayastani Hanrapetutiun daily.

Hovannisian's commentary on “Turkey, Armenia, and the Sweet Hereafter: Will There Ever Be a Post-Genocide Era?” is published in Newropeans Magazine of France .