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Latest Press Releases
  1. Letter of congratulations from the U.S. Azeris Network (USAN) to President Barack Obama on his 48th birthday (August 4, 2009)


  2. Joint Letter to President Obama from the Azerbaijani-American, Jewish-American and Turkish-American organizations on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (August 4, 2009)


  3. Letter to President Obama from the U.S. Azeris Network (USAN) Board of Directors regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process (July 24, 2009)


  4. The U.S. Azeris Network fully supports the Crimes Against Humanity Act of 2009, commends Senators Durbin, Leahy, Feingold for their initiative in the U.S. Senate (July 6, 2009)


  5. Happy Fourth of July from USAN to all Azerbaijani-Americans, Turkic-Americans and all American people (July 4, 2009)


  6. USAN Accepting Applications for 2010 Winter and Summer Internship Programs on the Capitol Hill (Washington D.C.) (June 22, 2009)


  7. LARGE NUMBER OF PROCLAMATIONS RECEIVED BY THE AZERBAIJANI-AMERICAN ACTIVISTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO CELEBRATE MAY 28, 2009 (June 20, 2009)


  8. U.S. Azeris Network (USAN) and Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) conclude their strategic cooperation agreement (June 18, 2009)


  9. Letter from the USAN to the all the staff members of the U.S. Congress as well as all the Members of Congress about the June 17 vote by the Appropriations Subcommittee on aid levels to Azerbaijan, Armenia (June 17, 2009)


  10. AZERBAIJANI-AMERICANS CELEBRATE MAY 28 - NATIONAL DAY OF AZERBAIJAN AND AZERBAIJANIS (May 28, 2009)


  11. USTN in Nevada scores again: SNCAT public TV channel will broadcast “Sari Gelin” documentary in northern Nevada for several years to come (May 11, 2009)


  12. 17th anniversary of the Armenian occupation of the historic Azerbaijani capital of Karabakh region -- the city of Shusha (May 8, 2009)


  13. COMMEMORATION OF THE AZERBAIJAN OIL ACADEMY MASSACRE AND LAYING OF FLOWERS AT THE EMBASSY OF AZERBAIJAN IN WASHINGTON D.C. BY THE LOCAL AZERBAIJANI-AMERICAN COMMUNITY (May 7, 2009)


  14. U.S. Azeris Network (USAN) completes 2009 elections to the USAN Board of Directors (May 6, 2009)


  15. The U.S. Azeris Network (USAN) has released its 2008 Annual Financial Report (April 29, 2009)


  16. NEVADA GOVERNOR PROCLAMATION OF MARCH 31: FIRST-EVER OFFICIAL U.S. GOVERNMENT RECOGNITION, DESIGNATION OF MARCH 31 AS "REMEMBERANCE DAY" OF THE 1918 MASSACRES OF AZERBAIJANI CIVILIANS (March 31, 2009)


  17. USAN introduces its own U.S.-Postal Service approved postage (U.S. stamps) (April 2, 2009)


  18. USAN testifies before the House Subcommittee on Appropriations, urges more aid for Azerbaijan, less to Armenia, and zero in direct aid for the Armenia-occupied Nagorno Karabakh region of Azerbaijan (March 16, 2009)


  19. USAN introduces the first-ever Azerbaijani-American credit card - USAN Visa Platinum Card (5 exclusive designs to choose from) (January 31, 2009)


  20. USAN publishes a congratulation statement and appeal to President Barack Obama, Vice-President Joseph Biden, State Secretary-designate Hillary Clinton and the Members of Congress in the Washington Post's Inauguration Report Morning Edition and in the special Commemorative Edition (January 20, 2009)


  21. USAN commemorates the victims of "Black January" of 1990 (January 19, 2009)


  22. USAN congratulates Senator Hillary Clinton on her appointment to the office of Secretary of State (December 1, 2008)


  23. USAN conducts an important informative session, meetings, training and a TV interview in Chicago with the local Azerbaijani TV station (November 24, 2008)


  24. USAN and TCA Now Accepting Applications for 2009 Winter and Summer Internship Programs on Capitol Hill (November 12, 2008)


  25. USAN congratulates the incoming President, Vice-President and Congress, looks forward to the years ahead (November 5, 2008)


  26. Pictures from the (USAN) concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington D.C. on October 1, 2008, the 6th Annual Turkish Festival in Washington D.C. on October 5 and from two receptions for the USAN conference participants on September 30 and October 2 (October 6, 2008)


  27. USAN concludes its two-day high-level 2008 conference, concert and festival in Washington D.C. (October 3, 2008)


  28. Statement by the Azerbaijani-American Diaspora (Washington D.C., October 3, 2008)


  29. Testimony Before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on "The Caucasus: Frozen Conflicts and Closed Borders" (June 18, 2008)


  30. U.S.AZERIS NETWORK OPENS AN ONLINE STORE WITH USAN AND OTHER AZERBAIJANI MERCHANDISE AND MEMORABILIA AT http://Store.USAzeris.org (June 8, 2008)


  31. USAN conducts a fact-finding mission in the currently illegally occupied regions of Azerbaijan by Armenia and at the Armenia-Azerbaijan border (with photos) (May 12, 2008)


    32. ARCHIVES from previous years (2008)

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White papers, background memos and Congressional Record
1) Khojaly Commemoration by Con. Solomon Ortiz (R-TX): one page (58Kb, PDF)

2) Khojaly Commemoration by Con. Virginia Foxx (R-NC): page one, two (58Kb, PDF)

3) Khojaly Commemoration by Con. Zoe Lofgren (R-CA): one page (57Kb, PDF)

4) Black January Commemoration by Con. Joe Wilson (R-SC): one page (50Kb, PDF)

5) Black January Commemoration by Con. Steve Cohen (D-TN): one page (50Kb, PDF)

6) Khojaly Commemoration by Con. Ed Whitfield (R-KY): page one, two (45Kb each, PDF)

7) Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus Letter on FY2010 Appropriations from Rep. Ortiz, Rep. Shuster and Rep. Bernice-Johnson (153 Kb PDF, June 2009)

8) List of members of the Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus (CAC)

9) List of USAN Proclamations

10) USAN Flash Intro (2.2Mb)

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Fact sheets (in Adobe PDF format)

1) U.S. policy towards territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and the occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh by Armenia

2) Socio-economic devastation caused by the occupation of Azerbaijan by Armenia, 1991-1994

3) Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Azerbaijan

4) U.S. Department of State: U.S. Government Assistance to Armenia, January 2004

5) Vice-President Cheney Statement on territorial integrity of Azerbaijan on September 3, 2008 (also mirrored here in PDF format)

6) United Nations General Assembly re-affirms the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan (March 2008) (a list of all UN resolutions, statements and documents related to Azerbaijan is here)

7) NATO supports the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan (2008)

8) UN GA document: Report on the fundamental norm of the territorial integrity of States and the right to self-determination in the light of Armenia’s revisionist claims (2008, PDF)

9) UN GA document: REPORT ON THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE ARMED AGGRESSION BY THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA AGAINST THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN (2008, PDF)

10) UN GA document: Report on the international legal responsibilities of Armenia as the belligerent occupier of Azerbaijani territory (2008, PDF)

11) Original scan of the 1921 Kavburo (Caucasus Bureau of the Soviet Communist Party) decision to RETAIN Nagorno-Karabakh where it always has been - in Azerbaijan (as opposed to the often misrepresented claims of "transferring to Azerbaijan") (July 5, 1921, in Russian, PDF)

12) Original scan of the December 2, 1920 decision by Sovnarkom of Azerbaijan (Soviet People's Commissariat, the highest executive body in the Soviet Azerbaijan at the time), to transfer Zangezur from Azerbaijan to Armenia, whilst letting the population in Nagorno-Karabakh to decide whether they wanted to remain in Azerbaijan or otherwise (they unanimously voted to stay) (1920, in Russian, PDF)

13) Scan of the 1920 New York Times article about Karabakh and Zangezur regions being part of Azerbaijan, not Armenia (August 4, 1920, PDF)

14) Letter to the editors of New York Times from 20 years ago: "Senate Interferes in Azerbaijan's Affairs" (October 13, 1989, PDF)

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