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ARMENIAN NATION SHOULD REDOUBLE EFFORTS TOWARD THE REALIZATION OF THE ARMENIAN CAUSE - ASBAREZ
tert.am
26.04.12
The three years preceding the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide
must be a time for the Armenian nation to redouble its efforts
toward the realization of the Armenian Cause and the movement for the
international recognition of the Armenian Genocide must be equally
coupled with the pursuit of justice and demands for reparations and
restitution for the Genocide, Asbarez writes.
'The Turkish government has accelerated its continued denial of the
Genocide, and will stop at nothing and spare no expense to advance a
policy that trumpets its skewed version of history. At the same time,
other governments, especially the United States, are becoming more
and more entrenched in the Turkish campaign and are becoming pawns
in Ankara's ploys and as a result broadening their complicity in
the crime.
The agenda for the Armenian nation is simple yet complicated at the
same time. Simple, because it is the reiteration of the decades-long
call for justice; complicated, because the imperative to launch
a multi-pronged approach to the just resolution of our national
aspirations will require will and determination from the entire
Armenian nation.
The government of Armenia, which kicked off the centennial efforts by
hosting a large-scale conference in Yerevan last year, should become
a more active in the field and utilize its position as a world player
to pursue the international recognition of the Genocide. After all,
this matter is etched into Armenia's Constitution and whoever ascends
to the leadership of the country, must make this a priority. In the
past we've seen the Turkish government apparatus completely involved in
efforts to undermine Genocide recognition, be that in the US Congress
for the French legislature, while the Armenian government has sat on
the margins. The centennial must serve as a call to action for the
government to work in concert with advocacy groups and movements in
the Diaspora and advance the cause of justice.
By the same token, the push by the Diaspora for the recognition of
the Armenian Genocide should take on renewed impetus and be based
on the logic that reparations and restitution for the Genocide go
hand-in-hand with its recognition. Individual efforts to mount law
suits for survivor claims should be coordinated so that they are
not class-action suits that merely scratch the surface of what is
actually owed to the descendents of the Genocide. The pressure must
be placed on the Turkish government to take responsibility not only
of its history but the consequences of the Genocide.
The Armenian youth have an important and historic role to play in
the realization of our national agenda. It is the youth who will be
marshalling the cause. The activism demonstrated by the youth in the
past several year is encouraging and, in some cases, contagious. It
is imperative to reinvigorate the methodology and modality of the
pursuit of Hai-Tahd and the new generation must be front and center
in leading that effort. There are plenty of examples in the world
today of how the youth have taken the mantle for justice and mobilized
masses toward victory.
The challenges we face as a nation are manifold. Aside the fight for
recognition and reparations for the Genocide, there is the equally
important element of working to advance and strengthen Armenia,
fighting for the self-determination of people of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic (Artsakh) and the well-being of the Armenian population
in Javakhk. All those are links to the same chain. All those are
intertwined with the ultimate fate of the Armenian nation.
To paraphrase the famous Armenian author, our nation's salvation
lies in its collective strength. The imperative to demonstrate that
strength is NOW,' the editorial concludes.
From: A. Papazian
tert.am
26.04.12
The three years preceding the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide
must be a time for the Armenian nation to redouble its efforts
toward the realization of the Armenian Cause and the movement for the
international recognition of the Armenian Genocide must be equally
coupled with the pursuit of justice and demands for reparations and
restitution for the Genocide, Asbarez writes.
'The Turkish government has accelerated its continued denial of the
Genocide, and will stop at nothing and spare no expense to advance a
policy that trumpets its skewed version of history. At the same time,
other governments, especially the United States, are becoming more
and more entrenched in the Turkish campaign and are becoming pawns
in Ankara's ploys and as a result broadening their complicity in
the crime.
The agenda for the Armenian nation is simple yet complicated at the
same time. Simple, because it is the reiteration of the decades-long
call for justice; complicated, because the imperative to launch
a multi-pronged approach to the just resolution of our national
aspirations will require will and determination from the entire
Armenian nation.
The government of Armenia, which kicked off the centennial efforts by
hosting a large-scale conference in Yerevan last year, should become
a more active in the field and utilize its position as a world player
to pursue the international recognition of the Genocide. After all,
this matter is etched into Armenia's Constitution and whoever ascends
to the leadership of the country, must make this a priority. In the
past we've seen the Turkish government apparatus completely involved in
efforts to undermine Genocide recognition, be that in the US Congress
for the French legislature, while the Armenian government has sat on
the margins. The centennial must serve as a call to action for the
government to work in concert with advocacy groups and movements in
the Diaspora and advance the cause of justice.
By the same token, the push by the Diaspora for the recognition of
the Armenian Genocide should take on renewed impetus and be based
on the logic that reparations and restitution for the Genocide go
hand-in-hand with its recognition. Individual efforts to mount law
suits for survivor claims should be coordinated so that they are
not class-action suits that merely scratch the surface of what is
actually owed to the descendents of the Genocide. The pressure must
be placed on the Turkish government to take responsibility not only
of its history but the consequences of the Genocide.
The Armenian youth have an important and historic role to play in
the realization of our national agenda. It is the youth who will be
marshalling the cause. The activism demonstrated by the youth in the
past several year is encouraging and, in some cases, contagious. It
is imperative to reinvigorate the methodology and modality of the
pursuit of Hai-Tahd and the new generation must be front and center
in leading that effort. There are plenty of examples in the world
today of how the youth have taken the mantle for justice and mobilized
masses toward victory.
The challenges we face as a nation are manifold. Aside the fight for
recognition and reparations for the Genocide, there is the equally
important element of working to advance and strengthen Armenia,
fighting for the self-determination of people of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic (Artsakh) and the well-being of the Armenian population
in Javakhk. All those are links to the same chain. All those are
intertwined with the ultimate fate of the Armenian nation.
To paraphrase the famous Armenian author, our nation's salvation
lies in its collective strength. The imperative to demonstrate that
strength is NOW,' the editorial concludes.
From: A. Papazian