Our Common Humanity in the Information Age. Principles and Values for Development

Armen Orujyan, President, ATHGO International 
Armen Orujyan is founder, President and Chairman of the Board of ATHGO 
International since 1999. For over a decade, Armen has had direct working relationships 
with various Global Institutions developing practicum-based platforms for students and 
young professionals to experience diplomacy at first hand. He furthered his involvement 
with the world's leading organizations by working closely with United Nations' NGO 
section, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the University, the Global Alliance 
for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (UN GAID) and the 
World Banks' External Affairs Department amongst many other international institutions. 
Formerly Chairman of the Board at Nucleus Consulting, Inc. (California, USA), Armen 
furthered his involvement in domestic and international politics by coordinating 
roundtables at the United Nations’ European Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, 
organizing international symposia at the UN Headquarters in New York, and by serving 
as a consultant to various US Presidential Candidates. He continues being involved in 
many local and national campaigns offering expertise in domestic affairs and foreign 
policies. Armen also serves as an Advisor to the UN GAID. 
Armen has gained expertise in human rights, democratic development, youth 
international networking, public and community relations, and international diplomacy 
and is committed to preparing young people to become magnanimous leaders with a 
focus on establishing closer working relations with the International Institutions. 
Armen began his political and youth directed career as an Associated Student Union 
president at Los Angeles Valley College. He continued his education at UCLA where he 
earned the degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honors majoring in political science and 
received his Master of Arts degree in International Studies from Claremont Graduate 
University (CGU) in California. Currently, he is reading for his PhD dissertation at CGU 
on political campaign strategies in terms of choosing an optimal issue platform.