Established in 1906, the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) is the world’s largest Armenian non-profit organization. Headquartered in New York City, AGBU preserves and promotes the Armenian identity and heritage through educational, cultural and humanitarian programs, annually touching the lives of some 400,000 Armenians around the globe.
AGBU has been associated as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) through the United Nations Department of Public Information (UN DPI) since 1989, and over the years, has organized several workshops and conferences at UN Headquarters in New York.
To broaden AGBU’s role at the UN and promote grassroots support from the local Armenian community, we established a Special Interest Group (SIG) of volunteers based in New York.
In September 2008, AGBU participated in the 61st Annual UN DPI/NGO Conference on Human Rights in Paris, France. The AGBU-UN SIG, in cooperation with UNDP Armenia, hosted its first benefit reception at UN New York Headquarters in July 2008. The reception was in support of Armenia’s Youth Career Trail Project, raising $6,000 to sponsor participants of this worthwhile program.
To learn more about AGBU-UN related projects in New York and Armenia, please visit our project page.
