YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN. A general assembly of the World Committee of the Pan-Armenian Games took place in Yerevan on September 29. 10 issues were on the agenda. The committee president, former foreign minister of the RA Vartan Oskanian summarized the work done over the past 4 years. Then an election was held, as a result of which the RA minister of sport and youth issues, secretary general of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia (NOCA) Armen Grigorian was elected the president of the World Committee of the Pan-Armenian Games. Hrant Bardakchian (Canada) and Stepan Der-Petrosian (Lebanon) were re-elected the vice presidents. Robert Janibekian, the head of a NOCA's unit, was elected the secretary general. The composition of a 25-member executive committee was approved, and some amendments were made to the regulations. The program of basketball and football matches to be held every second year under the 2009 Program of Pan-Armenian Games was approved.

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