Population
150,000+
Armenian
Capital City
Stepanakert
Leadership
President
Gevorg Petrossian
Religion
Armenian - Christian
Azeri-Turk - Muslim
Armenian
Ambassador
to the
U.S.
Ambassador Arman
Kirakossian
Embassy of the Republic
of Armenia
2225 R Street, N.W. Washington D.C. 20008
Phone: (202) 319-1976
Fax: (202) 319-2982
Email:
amembusadm@msn.com
Web:
www.armeniaemb.org
Nagorno-Karabakh
Permanent Mission
in
the USA
Permanent Representative
Vardan Barseghian
Washington, DC
Phone: (202) 3475166
Fax: (202) 3475168
E-mail:
vardan@aainc.org
BIO
CSW reached the Armenian people in Nagorno Karabakh in 1992 when they were
blockaded, besieged and bombarded in their
ancient homeland, which was part of historic
Armenia, cruelly re-designated by Stalin as an
isolated enclave in Azerbaijan.
Facing a policy of ethnic cleansing, the Armenians
of Karabakh fought to protect themselves
against
impossible odds. The CSW-sponsored Ortho-
pedic Clinic and the Rehabilitation Center
were
established to provide facilities for
amputees and
others suffering from injury and disability
as a
result of this war. Since there was no
provision for
prostheses in Karabakh, CSW has set up
a
rehabilitation center which will provide a
full range
of physiotherapeutic treatments.
CSW
Reports on Nagorno
Karabakh
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on September 23, 1998. In August of 1998, a medical delegation from Wyoming, Colorado and the
United Kingdom went to Nagorno Karabakh to assess the medical needs of the area hospitals. One-
half of a million dollars worth of medical supplies was shipped in March 1999, and further shipments
have followed for the last several years.
In
addition to the rehabilitation center, there have been a number of other
opportunities to help the
Karabakhians. One especially successful
program involved the purchase of cows for the people, to
help facilitate the reestablishment of a
livelihood for some, and the providing of basic provisions for
others.
In
May of 2001, CSW joined the Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh and visitors
from various countries
on a pilgrimage and various ceremonies
celebrating 1700 years of Christianity in the region.