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Spain separates itself from the position adopted by the European Parliament
hetq
[ 2011/03/26 | 13:38 ]
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By overruling the petition of Recognition of the Armenian Genocide
On March 9th, the Spanish parliament overruled a petition regarding
the recognition of the Armenian genocide committed by Turkey between
1915 and 1923. The votes from the PSOE, PP, CiU and UPN paralyzed the
motion presented by independentists (ERC) and nationalists (PNV).
President Rodriguez Zapatero presented the Alliance of Civilizations
to United Nations in 2004. The Armenian National Committee of Spain
believes that asking Turkey to assume their responsibility of the
Armenian genocide falls within the context of this proposal, and by
overruling the petition of Recognition of the Armenian Genocide, the
Spanish parliament has invalidated this Alliance. Also, Turkey who had
accepted this Alliance, contradicts it by refusing to recognise the
Genocide.
With this overruling, Spain separates itself from the position adopted
in 1987 by the European Parliament who recognised the genocide
committed by Turkey.
Condemning crimes against humanity is not related to historical
revisionism, denouncing any act of racism and xenophobia, which the
European Union advises, is a priority for any political organization,
with independence of its ideological views.
`The passing of time does not lessen the seriousness of the facts and
it is everyone's responsibility to stop the statements which are used
to justify impunity. We do not want retaliation, we demand historical
justice,' reads the statement spread by the Armenian National
Committee of Spain.
From: A. Papazian
hetq
[ 2011/03/26 | 13:38 ]
politics
By overruling the petition of Recognition of the Armenian Genocide
On March 9th, the Spanish parliament overruled a petition regarding
the recognition of the Armenian genocide committed by Turkey between
1915 and 1923. The votes from the PSOE, PP, CiU and UPN paralyzed the
motion presented by independentists (ERC) and nationalists (PNV).
President Rodriguez Zapatero presented the Alliance of Civilizations
to United Nations in 2004. The Armenian National Committee of Spain
believes that asking Turkey to assume their responsibility of the
Armenian genocide falls within the context of this proposal, and by
overruling the petition of Recognition of the Armenian Genocide, the
Spanish parliament has invalidated this Alliance. Also, Turkey who had
accepted this Alliance, contradicts it by refusing to recognise the
Genocide.
With this overruling, Spain separates itself from the position adopted
in 1987 by the European Parliament who recognised the genocide
committed by Turkey.
Condemning crimes against humanity is not related to historical
revisionism, denouncing any act of racism and xenophobia, which the
European Union advises, is a priority for any political organization,
with independence of its ideological views.
`The passing of time does not lessen the seriousness of the facts and
it is everyone's responsibility to stop the statements which are used
to justify impunity. We do not want retaliation, we demand historical
justice,' reads the statement spread by the Armenian National
Committee of Spain.
From: A. Papazian