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AUSTRALIAN LABOR WOMEN'S CONFERENCE RECOGNIZES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 2, 2011 - 11:16 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Australian Labor Party's (ALP) National Labor
Women's Conference resolved to "recognize the genocides of the
Armenians, Hellenes and Assyrians from 1915 to 1923 as one of the
greatest crimes against humanity" in a landmark resolution adopted
in Brisbane, Queensland, reported the Armenian National Committee
of Australia.
In line with the conference theme 'Labor Women: Lead, Challenge,
Inspire', delegates from ALP branches all over the country also
recognized the fact that the genocides of the Armenians, Hellenes
and Assyrians are an integral part of the Australian story, where
Australian women led, challenged and inspired others to provide aid
to the survivors of these genocides.
Conference delegate Sofia Kotanidis, who introduced the resolution,
said: "Recognition and education are also the best means to cultivate
understanding, of the past and of the present. Understanding prevents
the development of the hatred that leads to genocide."
"Only by learning about the crimes of the past can we avoid repeating
them. This is why the Jewish Holocaust, the Australian Aboriginal
experience and other genocides are part of the Australian secondary
and tertiary education system."
ANC Australia Executive Director Varant Meguerditchian said:
"Australian women were at the forefront of efforts to raise funds
and provide aid for genocide survivors and so it is fitting that the
National Women's Labor Conference has now become the driving force
for recognition of the Armenian, Hellenic and Assyrian Genocides."
"The decision of the National Women's Labor Conference to recognize
the Armenian, Hellenic and Assyrian Genocides, paves the way for the
ALP to adopt the resolution as party policy."
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 2, 2011 - 11:16 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Australian Labor Party's (ALP) National Labor
Women's Conference resolved to "recognize the genocides of the
Armenians, Hellenes and Assyrians from 1915 to 1923 as one of the
greatest crimes against humanity" in a landmark resolution adopted
in Brisbane, Queensland, reported the Armenian National Committee
of Australia.
In line with the conference theme 'Labor Women: Lead, Challenge,
Inspire', delegates from ALP branches all over the country also
recognized the fact that the genocides of the Armenians, Hellenes
and Assyrians are an integral part of the Australian story, where
Australian women led, challenged and inspired others to provide aid
to the survivors of these genocides.
Conference delegate Sofia Kotanidis, who introduced the resolution,
said: "Recognition and education are also the best means to cultivate
understanding, of the past and of the present. Understanding prevents
the development of the hatred that leads to genocide."
"Only by learning about the crimes of the past can we avoid repeating
them. This is why the Jewish Holocaust, the Australian Aboriginal
experience and other genocides are part of the Australian secondary
and tertiary education system."
ANC Australia Executive Director Varant Meguerditchian said:
"Australian women were at the forefront of efforts to raise funds
and provide aid for genocide survivors and so it is fitting that the
National Women's Labor Conference has now become the driving force
for recognition of the Armenian, Hellenic and Assyrian Genocides."
"The decision of the National Women's Labor Conference to recognize
the Armenian, Hellenic and Assyrian Genocides, paves the way for the
ALP to adopt the resolution as party policy."