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As Armenian hospitals and care facilities work tirelessly to tend to those injured in the Artsakh War, the nation reached level four of coronavirus infection rates, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). With over 150,000...

Given its century-old history of advocating for the human rights and dignity of the Armenian people, the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) has long recognized the importance of supporting all victims of ethnic cleansing, genocide and other...

In a highly unusual move to raise awareness and sound the alarm of a new humanitarian crisis unfolding at the gates of Europe, a delegation of 20 young Europeans of Armenian ancestry was dispatched to serve in a five-day mission to Armenia and...

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 15, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian held a telephone conversation with President of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) Berge Setrakian, the Presidential Office told Armenpress. The officials discussed...

The end to active combat in the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh war is far from the end of the war on a key victim: the rich and irreplaceable cultural heritage of Artsakh, as the republic is known to Armenians. Only two years ago, Armenian art, history,...

The Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) collaborated with Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU) to organize an online seminar commemorating the late Dr. Charles Malik—the person, the professor, and the diplomat who co-authored the Universal...

The #Aid4Artsakh matching gift campaign for humanitarian relief in Artsakh and Armenia was intended to generate $5 million in donor support over the course of six weeks with a commitment from AGBU to match it dollar for dollar up to that amount. Yet...

In support of the rapidly growing need for humanitarian relief in Artsakh, the AGBU Board of Directors, in coordination with the Hayastan All Armenian Fund, jointly announced the #AID4ARTSAKH Matching Gift program, open for donations through...

In light of the urgency of the heightened military crisis in defense of Artsakh and Armenia as well as the need for efficient delivery of support and assistance for all those in harm's way, AGBU joins the Hayastan All Armenia Fund’s global emergency...

The first online version of the biennial Pan-Armenian Educational Forum, which took place from August 22-24, 2020, was co-organized by Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU)’s flagship online learning institution, the Armenian Virtual...