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    ARF World Congress Declaration


    http://asbarez.com/96930/arf-world-congress-declaration/
    Friday, July 8th, 2011

    ARF World Congress issued declaration

    YEREVAN - On July 1, after conclusion of the Armenian Revolutionary
    Federation 31st World Congress, a declaration was issued, the English
    translation of which we provide below:

    In closely examining the politico-national state of the homeland and
    the Diaspora, the maximum potential of the Armenia-Artsakh-Diaspora
    trinity, the Republic of Armenia's current domestic, socio-economic,
    and ethical condition, as well as its principal challenges, the
    Armenian Revolutionary Federation's 31st World Congress states:

    1. Our goal of having a sovereign, democratic, lawful, and socially
    engaged state, which is a player in regional and world politics,
    remains unrealized.

    2. In struggling to maintain its Armenian identity, the Diaspora
    continues to find itself faced with adverse conditions which require
    the highest level of involvement and unity to overcome.

    3. The Artsakh conflict remains unsettled, the Republic of Nagorno
    Karabakh has yet to receive de jure independence in the eyes of the
    international community, and the military-political, inalterable gains
    of the war we were forced into have not yet been secured.

    4. Owing to the Turkey's continued denial of the Armenian Genocide and
    refusal to address our calls for restitution, Armenian-Turkish
    relations were doomed to failure from the outset. It is necessary that
    Armenia withdraw its signature from the Armenia-Turkey 4. Protocols
    immediately and, with this, close the case on these ill-fated
    protocols.

    5. Within the Republic of Armenia:
    a. The current administration's socio-economic policies are not in the
    interest of the majority of the country's denizens.

    b. As poverty increases and confidence in the future dwindles,
    out-migration has become a dangerous trend.

    c. The government's political and economic policies have led to the
    growth of monopolies, the lack of a free market, and wide-spread
    dispossession.

    d. The lack of protection of individual and collective rights and
    freedoms has hindered social progress and the development of a
    politically engaged citizenry.

    e. The disparity between government promises and the realities of life
    in Armenia have resulted in citizens losing faith in the democratic
    process of a responsible government.

    f. Moving forth from these statements, the World Congress announces:

    The principal issue on the ARF's political agenda and in the
    forthcoming general elections will be the realization of regime change
    and systemic improvements, the establishment of nationally focused and
    socially just policies, the efficient use of a healthy political
    system, and the general advancement of Armenia.

    We are confident that the citizens of Armenia and Armenians around the
    world are able to focus their strengths to create a promising future
    for our homeland and people.

    We have the ability to ensure the sustainable development of our
    country, a pro-Armenian solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and
    Turkish-Armenian relations, a just resolution to the Armenian
    Genocide, and the safety of Javakhk Armenians, all without
    jeopardizing our national achievements, goals and interests.

    We can breathe new air into relations between Armenia and the
    Diaspora, and ensure that in complementing one another's strengths, we
    present a unified Armenian voice to the world. These relations must
    become of the utmost importance, and the Diaspora must become more
    politically engaged and organized.

    We are obliged to make Armenia a strong, democratic, socially just,
    and developed state, where the individual and people can look to the
    future with certainty and hope, living prosperous and constructive
    lives. We must be able to overcome internal division and hostility,
    look past personal or group interests, establish a lawful and socially
    just government, and place our country back on the right path.

    At the doorstep of the 20th anniversary of the independence of the
    Republics of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, the Armenian Revolutionary
    Federation reaffirms its will and conviction to do both the possible
    and impossible for Armenians and for the unwavering ascendance of the
    republic.

    ARF 31st World Congress
    July 1, 2011
    Dzaghgatsor, Armenia


    From: Baghdasarian
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