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WINSTON CHURCHILL: THIS CRIME WAS PLANNED, EXECUTED FOR POLITICAL REASONS
Panorama.am
24/04/2012
Member of Armenian delegation to Parliamentary Assembly of Council
of Europe (PACE) Hermine Naghdalyan issued a statement in the plenary
session on the Armenian Genocide issue.
The statement reads:
"Dear Mr. President, Dear Colleagues, Today, numerous states,
parliaments and international organizations have recognized and
condemned the Genocide committed in 1915 in the Ottoman Empire. We
express our gratitude to them for their contribution to the fight
against crimes against humanity. Meanwhile, it is logical that the
Turkish Republic, the assignee of the Ottoman Empire, should have to
be the first to recognize and condemn the genocide.
In 1918, the Turkish Military Court sentenced to death those
high-ranking officials, who ordered the massacres. Then Turkey forgot
its own history and to such extent that made calls to establish
Commission of Historians to inquire these events.
Those, who want to know the opinion of prominent historians,
lawyers and politicians I would like to cite some quotations:
First: "In 1915 the Turkish government began and carried out the
infamous general massacre and deportation of Armenians. There is
no reasonable doubt that this crime was planned and executed for
political reasons". The words belong to one of the world's prominent
politicians and historians. His name is Winston Churchill.
Second: in one of his speeches in 1938, he made a rhetoric question
"Who after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?"
And he answered to his question: nobody. With this conviction he
implemented the Holocaust of Jews, which was recognized and apologized
for by the future leaders of Germany. His name is Adolf Hitler.
Third: Joint Declaration by Britain, France and Russia in May 1915
vowed that all members of the Ottoman Government would be held
personally liable for "crime against humanity".
Four: the US government submitted to the International Court of
Justice that "the Turkish massacres of Armenians" was one of the
"outstanding examples of the crime of genocide".
I would like to draw your attention to a survey made in 2009 by
Geoffrey Robertson Queen's Counsel, a British distinguished lawyer,
which is a comprehensive and complete analyses of facts and legal
documents.
Here are some important conclusions: "Erroneous and illogical arguments
are given today to elude truthful answers about the Armenian Genocide
and prevent causing discomfort for the Turkish Government.
One of them is requesting support of historians for the solution of
a legal issue. The issue of Genocide is a matter of court judgment
according to the international law and by no means an issue for
historians. Historians establish facts, but the lawyers judge whether
these facts are violation of international law or not".
Dear Mr. President dear colleagues,
Being a descendant of Armenians from Igdir, today, when my country is
commemorating the day of the genocide I bow my head before millions
of victims and believe that my Turkish colleagues will join me in
the near future, as it is never late to look into the eyes of your
own history. We are looking forward and we are confident that the
truth does not look for the truth."
Panorama.am
24/04/2012
Member of Armenian delegation to Parliamentary Assembly of Council
of Europe (PACE) Hermine Naghdalyan issued a statement in the plenary
session on the Armenian Genocide issue.
The statement reads:
"Dear Mr. President, Dear Colleagues, Today, numerous states,
parliaments and international organizations have recognized and
condemned the Genocide committed in 1915 in the Ottoman Empire. We
express our gratitude to them for their contribution to the fight
against crimes against humanity. Meanwhile, it is logical that the
Turkish Republic, the assignee of the Ottoman Empire, should have to
be the first to recognize and condemn the genocide.
In 1918, the Turkish Military Court sentenced to death those
high-ranking officials, who ordered the massacres. Then Turkey forgot
its own history and to such extent that made calls to establish
Commission of Historians to inquire these events.
Those, who want to know the opinion of prominent historians,
lawyers and politicians I would like to cite some quotations:
First: "In 1915 the Turkish government began and carried out the
infamous general massacre and deportation of Armenians. There is
no reasonable doubt that this crime was planned and executed for
political reasons". The words belong to one of the world's prominent
politicians and historians. His name is Winston Churchill.
Second: in one of his speeches in 1938, he made a rhetoric question
"Who after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?"
And he answered to his question: nobody. With this conviction he
implemented the Holocaust of Jews, which was recognized and apologized
for by the future leaders of Germany. His name is Adolf Hitler.
Third: Joint Declaration by Britain, France and Russia in May 1915
vowed that all members of the Ottoman Government would be held
personally liable for "crime against humanity".
Four: the US government submitted to the International Court of
Justice that "the Turkish massacres of Armenians" was one of the
"outstanding examples of the crime of genocide".
I would like to draw your attention to a survey made in 2009 by
Geoffrey Robertson Queen's Counsel, a British distinguished lawyer,
which is a comprehensive and complete analyses of facts and legal
documents.
Here are some important conclusions: "Erroneous and illogical arguments
are given today to elude truthful answers about the Armenian Genocide
and prevent causing discomfort for the Turkish Government.
One of them is requesting support of historians for the solution of
a legal issue. The issue of Genocide is a matter of court judgment
according to the international law and by no means an issue for
historians. Historians establish facts, but the lawyers judge whether
these facts are violation of international law or not".
Dear Mr. President dear colleagues,
Being a descendant of Armenians from Igdir, today, when my country is
commemorating the day of the genocide I bow my head before millions
of victims and believe that my Turkish colleagues will join me in
the near future, as it is never late to look into the eyes of your
own history. We are looking forward and we are confident that the
truth does not look for the truth."