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THE PRESIDIUM OF THE FORUM OF ARMENIAN ASSOCIATIONS OF EUROPE WISH TO EXPRESS THEIR EXTREME DISAPPOINTMENT TO THE UNESCO
Noyan Tapan
www.nt.am
20.06.2011
(Noyan Tapan - 20.06.2011) The Presidium of the Forum of Armenian
Associations of Europe (FAAE) and the President personally, Dr
Ashot Grigorian, wish to express their extreme disappointment to
the UNESCO Secretariat and its Director General Ms Irina Bokova,
requesting an explanation for the scandal surrounding the UNESCO
organized exhibition of Armenian cross-stones (khachkars) in Paris on
June 15, 2011. It is understood that UNESCO requested the organizers
to remove from the placards the exact location of the cross-stones'
origin. This absurd request becomes even more preposterous when the
explanation provided reveals that it is a request from Azerbaijani
and Turkish authorities, i.e. the two countries that methodically
carried out cultural genocide destroying millennia old valuable
Armenian memorials in Armenian regions furthermore demand removing the
same from people's memories. It is known that in 2005 Azerbaijani
authorities organized and executed the complete destruction of
thousands of ancient Armenian cross-stones in the region of Julfa,
Nakhichevan. To date UNESCO has not investigated this transgression
and has failed to send an investigation mission to Nakhichevan due
to the counter efforts of the very organizers of this vandalism -
the Azerbaijani authorities headed by President Ilham Aliyev.
FAAE requests that UNESCO set up a commission to investigate the
above mentioned statement and hold to account the perpetrators of the
deliberate and intentional destruction of Armenian cultural heritage.
In addition, we request an explanation regarding the Paris exhibition
and an apology from those responsible for this scandalous act.
Alternatively, FAAE will put this case forward to the jurisdiction
of international courts.
From: Baghdasarian
Noyan Tapan
www.nt.am
20.06.2011
(Noyan Tapan - 20.06.2011) The Presidium of the Forum of Armenian
Associations of Europe (FAAE) and the President personally, Dr
Ashot Grigorian, wish to express their extreme disappointment to
the UNESCO Secretariat and its Director General Ms Irina Bokova,
requesting an explanation for the scandal surrounding the UNESCO
organized exhibition of Armenian cross-stones (khachkars) in Paris on
June 15, 2011. It is understood that UNESCO requested the organizers
to remove from the placards the exact location of the cross-stones'
origin. This absurd request becomes even more preposterous when the
explanation provided reveals that it is a request from Azerbaijani
and Turkish authorities, i.e. the two countries that methodically
carried out cultural genocide destroying millennia old valuable
Armenian memorials in Armenian regions furthermore demand removing the
same from people's memories. It is known that in 2005 Azerbaijani
authorities organized and executed the complete destruction of
thousands of ancient Armenian cross-stones in the region of Julfa,
Nakhichevan. To date UNESCO has not investigated this transgression
and has failed to send an investigation mission to Nakhichevan due
to the counter efforts of the very organizers of this vandalism -
the Azerbaijani authorities headed by President Ilham Aliyev.
FAAE requests that UNESCO set up a commission to investigate the
above mentioned statement and hold to account the perpetrators of the
deliberate and intentional destruction of Armenian cultural heritage.
In addition, we request an explanation regarding the Paris exhibition
and an apology from those responsible for this scandalous act.
Alternatively, FAAE will put this case forward to the jurisdiction
of international courts.
From: Baghdasarian