Newsletter 1

Iraqi-Armenian Issues Newsletter

Volume 1, Issue 1 July 2009

Residential block for Iraqi refugees in Armenia The UN refugee agency on Friday inaugurated a special residential centre for Iraqi refugees in the southern Armenian village of Darbnik. The building, a former agricultural college provided to UNHCR by the government last year, features 46 apartments and a social and recreation room. It was rehabilitated by UNHCR implementing partner, YMCA/Shelter. More Details

New constitution of Iraqi Kurdistan: Rights for All The Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV) has described the new constitution of the autonomous federal state of Iraqi Kurdistan as a shining model for the nationality politics and the solution of the minority problems in the Near-east. More Details

Khatchatur Pilikian: Iraqi Opera Singer Born in Mosul, Iraq in 1939. Khatchtur lived and studied in Iraq, Lebanon and Italy. He left Iraq for Lebanon in 1951/52. Khatchatur I. Pilikian is a performing and recording musician. More Details

St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Highlights Residential block for Iraqi refugees in Armenia New constitution of Iraqi Kurdistan: Rights for All Khatchatur Pilikian: Iraqi Opera Singer

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