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March 16 2005
ARMENIA RE-ELECTED UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION MEMBER
16.03.2005 04:40
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia is re-elected member of the UN Commission
on Human Rights. As reported by Regnum news agency, addressing the
Commission 61st session Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian
touched upon the Nagorno Karabakh problem, specifically, the right of
Armenians for self-determination. In his speech the Armenian FM said
remarked, "Ironically even as societies have learned to support the
victims of domestic violence, we have not yet graduated to offering
the same support to victims of international or government violence.
At best, the world watches silently as the victims attempt to defend
themselves, and if somehow, against great odds, they succeed, then
the world quickly pulls back, as the state loudly cries foul and
claims sovereignty and territorial integrity. Just as the perpetrator
of domestic violence loses the moral right to custody, so then, does
a government that commits and promotes violence against its own
citizens lose its rights. It is in such instances that the notion of
self-determination is significant and legitimate." Summing up his
thoughts the minister noted `for us, defense and protection of human
rights is not an abstract principle. It is the difference between
survival and annihilation. We believe it is the same for many in the
world."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
March 16 2005
ARMENIA RE-ELECTED UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION MEMBER
16.03.2005 04:40
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia is re-elected member of the UN Commission
on Human Rights. As reported by Regnum news agency, addressing the
Commission 61st session Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian
touched upon the Nagorno Karabakh problem, specifically, the right of
Armenians for self-determination. In his speech the Armenian FM said
remarked, "Ironically even as societies have learned to support the
victims of domestic violence, we have not yet graduated to offering
the same support to victims of international or government violence.
At best, the world watches silently as the victims attempt to defend
themselves, and if somehow, against great odds, they succeed, then
the world quickly pulls back, as the state loudly cries foul and
claims sovereignty and territorial integrity. Just as the perpetrator
of domestic violence loses the moral right to custody, so then, does
a government that commits and promotes violence against its own
citizens lose its rights. It is in such instances that the notion of
self-determination is significant and legitimate." Summing up his
thoughts the minister noted `for us, defense and protection of human
rights is not an abstract principle. It is the difference between
survival and annihilation. We believe it is the same for many in the
world."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress