YEREVAN, JUNE 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The Hayastan All Armenian Fund that celebrates the 15th anniversary of its foundation has recorded a great progress in its activities, and turned into a representative and organized institution, a national treasure. This appreciation of fund activities was given by the RA President Robert Kocharian, the official Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the fund, who opened the 16th sitting of the Board of Trustees of the Hayastan All Armenian Fund on June 19. In his opinion, the activities of this All Armenian instituiton "are various, productive and encouraging." About 10 members of the Armenian Diaspora were awarded with the "Anania Shirakatsi" medal by the decree of the RA President, three more members were granted letters of acknowledgement of the RA President on the occasion of the fund anniversary, as well as productive activities and a significant contribution within the frameworks of the fund. At the sitting two new members were officially included in the staff of the Board of Trustees: Tigran Torosian, the newly-elected RA NA Speaker, and the newly-elected Prime Minister Serge Sargsian. 463.8km of roads, 211.8km of water pipelines, 43.8km of gas pipelines, and 71.4km of electric cables were built during the 15 years of the fund activity. Construction and re-construction projects of 97 schools and kindergartens, 410 blocks of flats and private residences, 34 health institutions, 21 sports and cultural institutions, as well as educational and scientific programs were implemented. In general, programs of 165m dollars were implemented with the assistance of 250 thousand donators.

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