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ARMENIANS IN UZBEKISTAN MARK UN DAY
by Georgiy Saakov
http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2012-11-26-armenians-in-uzbekistan-mark-un-day-
Published: Monday November 26, 2012
At the Armenian booth in Tashkent.
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Armenia featured in Uzbekistan school event
TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN - Since 1948 the United Nations Day has been
marked on October 24. The celebration at Tashkent International School
(TIS) took form of national cultures festival.
Students in national dress of about 40 countries with their parents
attended the pavilion expositions introduced by the embassies of 15
countries. Armenia was represented by the Uzbekistan Armenian Cultural
Centre. Various cultures cookeries tasting was especially delightful
for the participants who also felt the cause of the occasion.
At the UN Day celebration in Tashkent very few visitors knew anything
specific about Armenia. Being met by TIS host-students Migran
Miskirijyan and Stephan Khachatryan and the young reporters of "DEPI
APAGA" Uzbekistan Armenian magazine the guests from the USA, Germany,
France, Turkey, Arabian and South-East Asian countries heard about
history, traditions and the typical features of Armenian culture.
It turned out that one of the visitors was going to go to Armenia
soon with others already been there. They shared their impressions
after visiting Echmiadzin, Geghard, Garni and Tsitsernakaberd. They
showed their awareness of the Armenian genocide, a crime against
humanity and civilization which continues to pain the hearts of the
Armenian generations causing solidarity of people of good will all
over the world.
Tigereda Kulessa seemed extremely impressionable. Looking at the
board with the Armenian letters created by Mesrob Mashtots in the
V century caused plenty of her emotions. Without any hesitation the
Ethiopian citizen named "ayb, ben, gim", one by one all the letters
of the Armenian alphabet and after that she began to tell about the
striking similarity of Armenian and Ethiopian writing. Actually, both
Armenia and Ethiopia have deep historical and spiritual ties. Both
nations are not only happy owners of their writings (there are only
a couple dozen of linear alphabets in the world), their clerical
dogmatism is the same and both Churches are among the oldest on Earth.
We're all the UN. All the festival participants were similar in their
wish to know better and understand each other. With our personal
preferences and values we're all different. But the human being
with his inalienable rights and freedoms remains the main value in
the world.
Modern world has been changing. It doesn't get any better or worse,
it becomes just different. At the UN 60th anniversary presidents and
kings once had attempted to reform it but didn't come to an agreement.
Seven years later it has become clear that both the UN and its Security
Council require immediate fundamental changes. Not so much in order
to achieve the short-term 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) but for the happy future of the next generations. Having
been faced today's threats the developed countries have to think
seriously. We are all in the same boat and its comfortable seats
never provide any guarantees.
Consequently all members of the international community must search
wisdom and common interest to establish global world order with peace
and stability.
- Georgiy Saakov is editor in chief for "Depi Apaga" Uzbekistan
Armenians magazine
by Georgiy Saakov
http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2012-11-26-armenians-in-uzbekistan-mark-un-day-
Published: Monday November 26, 2012
At the Armenian booth in Tashkent.
Related Articles
Armenia featured in Uzbekistan school event
TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN - Since 1948 the United Nations Day has been
marked on October 24. The celebration at Tashkent International School
(TIS) took form of national cultures festival.
Students in national dress of about 40 countries with their parents
attended the pavilion expositions introduced by the embassies of 15
countries. Armenia was represented by the Uzbekistan Armenian Cultural
Centre. Various cultures cookeries tasting was especially delightful
for the participants who also felt the cause of the occasion.
At the UN Day celebration in Tashkent very few visitors knew anything
specific about Armenia. Being met by TIS host-students Migran
Miskirijyan and Stephan Khachatryan and the young reporters of "DEPI
APAGA" Uzbekistan Armenian magazine the guests from the USA, Germany,
France, Turkey, Arabian and South-East Asian countries heard about
history, traditions and the typical features of Armenian culture.
It turned out that one of the visitors was going to go to Armenia
soon with others already been there. They shared their impressions
after visiting Echmiadzin, Geghard, Garni and Tsitsernakaberd. They
showed their awareness of the Armenian genocide, a crime against
humanity and civilization which continues to pain the hearts of the
Armenian generations causing solidarity of people of good will all
over the world.
Tigereda Kulessa seemed extremely impressionable. Looking at the
board with the Armenian letters created by Mesrob Mashtots in the
V century caused plenty of her emotions. Without any hesitation the
Ethiopian citizen named "ayb, ben, gim", one by one all the letters
of the Armenian alphabet and after that she began to tell about the
striking similarity of Armenian and Ethiopian writing. Actually, both
Armenia and Ethiopia have deep historical and spiritual ties. Both
nations are not only happy owners of their writings (there are only
a couple dozen of linear alphabets in the world), their clerical
dogmatism is the same and both Churches are among the oldest on Earth.
We're all the UN. All the festival participants were similar in their
wish to know better and understand each other. With our personal
preferences and values we're all different. But the human being
with his inalienable rights and freedoms remains the main value in
the world.
Modern world has been changing. It doesn't get any better or worse,
it becomes just different. At the UN 60th anniversary presidents and
kings once had attempted to reform it but didn't come to an agreement.
Seven years later it has become clear that both the UN and its Security
Council require immediate fundamental changes. Not so much in order
to achieve the short-term 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) but for the happy future of the next generations. Having
been faced today's threats the developed countries have to think
seriously. We are all in the same boat and its comfortable seats
never provide any guarantees.
Consequently all members of the international community must search
wisdom and common interest to establish global world order with peace
and stability.
- Georgiy Saakov is editor in chief for "Depi Apaga" Uzbekistan
Armenians magazine