Monday 11 March, 2013. His Holiness Aram I nominated Ms Mania Missirian to represent the Catholicosate at the Human Rights conference organized by the Unit on Life and Service of the Middle East Council of Churches. In her welcoming speech Ms Seta Hadeshian, the Director of the Unit welcomed the experts, church and civil society representatives, and hoped that their efforts would inspire the life-giving work of the Council and its networks.