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CNN World Report
Saturday, May 6, 2006
Armenia TV
Armenian Genocide Commemoration
ANCHOR: Hundreds of thousand gathered in Armenia this week in commemoration
of the 91st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
Armenia TV's Paul Chaderjian reports.
TRT: 2:14
:00 Yerevan, ArmeniaTV
:25 Hasmig Hovnanian, American-Armenian
:55 Vartan Oskanian, Foreign Minister, Armenia
REPORT:
This sacred monument atop a hill in Armenia's capital city of Yerevan is
called Tzitzernagapert or the Swallow's Fortress. It is here that hundreds
of thousand gather every April 24th and throughout the year to honor the
memory of the million-and-a-half Armenians slaughtered by Ottoman Turkey
between 1915 and 1923.
HASMIG HOVNANIAN: For us April 24 is the holiest, most important day, to
remember all of the innocent people that died.
This memorial was built in the 1960's, when the sons and daughters of those
who survived the death marches through the Ottoman deserts stood up and
transformed the Armenian people from victims to activists. Armenians around
the world began to draw international attention to the Armenian Genocide as
a crime against humanity.
VARTAN OSKANIAN: This is an acknowledged historic reality by most of the
scholarly world, and by most major media and journalists. Further, the
international political community, too, knows well what happened in 1915,
and together, we are seeking ways to enable more open discussion of why and
how the Genocide happened, and its implications for members of the world
community today - and most of all for Turks and Armenians.
Minister Oskanian says Turkey's own democratization process has brought this
taboo topic to the surface, and that as Turkey tries to gain membership in
the European Union, it has to deal with its history, memory and identity.
OSKANIAN: The international community today considers the threat of Genocide
a very real 21st century challenge. Our responsibility, together with the
Diaspora, is to speak out against past and future uses of Genocide as a
political tool by states.
As for Armenians, parents who brought their children to the Swallow's
Fortress say they want to build a secure and prosperous future even as they
remember the dark pages of the past.
For the CNN World Report, Paul Chaderjian, Armenia TV
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CNN WORLD REPORT
BROADCAST INFO
1) 04:30A GMT / 12:30P HongKong / 01:30A Buenos Aires / 14:30P Sydney /
12:30A EST
2) 02:30A GMT (Sunday) / 10:30A Hongkong (Sunday) / 11:30P Buenos Aires /
12:30P Sydney (Monday) / 10:30P EST
ETV, Egypt Dahab Bombing
IRIB, Iran Conference on QODS/Palestinian Support (VO & SOT ONLY)
FUTURE TV, Lebanon Ghazi Aad/ SOLIDE
ARMENIA TV, Armenia Armenia Genocide Commemoration
TVP, Poland March of the Living in Auschwitz (VO ONLY)
SWISS TV, Switzerland Papal Swiss Guard March to Rome
ITV NEWS, UK UK Marathon Man (St. George & the dragon) (VO ONLY)
CHANNEL J, Japan Children Meet Artists in Okinawa (VO & SOT ONLY)
CYBC, Cyprus Hasan Bulli, Cyprus's "Jesse James"
BEIJING TV, China Pet Restaurant
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Saturday, May 6, 2006
Armenia TV
Armenian Genocide Commemoration
ANCHOR: Hundreds of thousand gathered in Armenia this week in commemoration
of the 91st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
Armenia TV's Paul Chaderjian reports.
TRT: 2:14
:00 Yerevan, ArmeniaTV
:25 Hasmig Hovnanian, American-Armenian
:55 Vartan Oskanian, Foreign Minister, Armenia
REPORT:
This sacred monument atop a hill in Armenia's capital city of Yerevan is
called Tzitzernagapert or the Swallow's Fortress. It is here that hundreds
of thousand gather every April 24th and throughout the year to honor the
memory of the million-and-a-half Armenians slaughtered by Ottoman Turkey
between 1915 and 1923.
HASMIG HOVNANIAN: For us April 24 is the holiest, most important day, to
remember all of the innocent people that died.
This memorial was built in the 1960's, when the sons and daughters of those
who survived the death marches through the Ottoman deserts stood up and
transformed the Armenian people from victims to activists. Armenians around
the world began to draw international attention to the Armenian Genocide as
a crime against humanity.
VARTAN OSKANIAN: This is an acknowledged historic reality by most of the
scholarly world, and by most major media and journalists. Further, the
international political community, too, knows well what happened in 1915,
and together, we are seeking ways to enable more open discussion of why and
how the Genocide happened, and its implications for members of the world
community today - and most of all for Turks and Armenians.
Minister Oskanian says Turkey's own democratization process has brought this
taboo topic to the surface, and that as Turkey tries to gain membership in
the European Union, it has to deal with its history, memory and identity.
OSKANIAN: The international community today considers the threat of Genocide
a very real 21st century challenge. Our responsibility, together with the
Diaspora, is to speak out against past and future uses of Genocide as a
political tool by states.
As for Armenians, parents who brought their children to the Swallow's
Fortress say they want to build a secure and prosperous future even as they
remember the dark pages of the past.
For the CNN World Report, Paul Chaderjian, Armenia TV
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CNN WORLD REPORT
BROADCAST INFO
1) 04:30A GMT / 12:30P HongKong / 01:30A Buenos Aires / 14:30P Sydney /
12:30A EST
2) 02:30A GMT (Sunday) / 10:30A Hongkong (Sunday) / 11:30P Buenos Aires /
12:30P Sydney (Monday) / 10:30P EST
ETV, Egypt Dahab Bombing
IRIB, Iran Conference on QODS/Palestinian Support (VO & SOT ONLY)
FUTURE TV, Lebanon Ghazi Aad/ SOLIDE
ARMENIA TV, Armenia Armenia Genocide Commemoration
TVP, Poland March of the Living in Auschwitz (VO ONLY)
SWISS TV, Switzerland Papal Swiss Guard March to Rome
ITV NEWS, UK UK Marathon Man (St. George & the dragon) (VO ONLY)
CHANNEL J, Japan Children Meet Artists in Okinawa (VO & SOT ONLY)
CYBC, Cyprus Hasan Bulli, Cyprus's "Jesse James"
BEIJING TV, China Pet Restaurant
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