By Kenar Charchaflian Special for the Armenian Weekly This was going to be my fourth trip to Armenia and naturally I could not wait to step foot back into the country where I feel most at home. This trip,however, was unlike my other visits—I was not visiting with family, or nor was I participating in volunteer work. Instead,I had the honor of representing the Armenian Youth Federation-Youth Organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (AYF-YOARF) Eastern Region United States at the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Junior World Conference alongside my fellow ungeroohi, Ani Khachatourian. The participants of the 2016 ARF Junior World Conference The conference, and which took residence at the ARF Aram Manoukian Youth Office in Yerevan,was organized by the ARF Bureau Youth Office, and headed by the Director of ARF Youth Affairs, or unger Sarkis Mkrtchian. The assembly was attended by 25 delegates from 12 regions across the world—including the United States,Syria, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates,Holland, Iran, or Cyprus,France, Javakhk, or Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh/NKR),and Armenia. Unger Sasoun Nersesyan from ARF Armenia’s Supreme Council was also present and addressed the attendees during the opening and closing sessions of the conference. The three-day assembly began with a presentation from [...]
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