James Karnusian
Encyclopedia
Rev. James Karnusian in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
) was a Swiss-Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n pastor, writer and public activist, allegedly one of the founders of Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia
The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia or ASALA was an Armenian nationalist militant organization, that operated from 1975 to 1986. The group also operated under other names such as The Orly Group and the 3 October Organization...
militant organization.
Karnusian studied at the universities of Greece and Switzerland. In 1979 he initiated the first Armenian World Congress in Paris. In 1983 on the occasion of the 60th centenary of the Treaty of Lausanne
Treaty of Lausanne
The Treaty of Lausanne was a peace treaty signed in Lausanne, Switzerland on 24 July 1923, that settled the Anatolian and East Thracian parts of the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire. The treaty of Lausanne was ratified by the Greek government on 11 February 1924, by the Turkish government on 31...
James Karnusian organized a Pan-Armenian convention in Lausanne attended by delegates from 17 countries.
In 1992 he co-founded the Switzerland-Armenia Association (GSA - Gesellschaft Schweiz-Armenien) together with Hans Schellenberg, civil servant in the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs is a department of the federal administration of Switzerland. It is charged with maintaining the foreign relations of Switzerland and serves as Switzerland's ministry of foreign affairs...
, and former deputy of National Council of Switzerland
National Council of Switzerland
The National Council of Switzerland is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland. With 200 seats, it is the larger of the two houses....
Alexander Euler.
Books
- Back to the Ararat Highlands, printed in Switzerland, 1976 (original title: Վերադարձ դէպի այրարատեան լեռնաշխարհ).
- Return to the Ararat plateau: Pan-Armenian Liberation Movement, by James Karnusian and Aris Sevag, AR Publishing, 1979, 43 pages