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TURKEY PAYS HUGE SUMS TO EUROPE - ETHNOGRAPHER
15:51 ~U 16.04.13
The decision to move the UN Regional Office for Europe to Turkey is
linked, among other things, with financial problems, according to
Hranush Kharatyan, an Armenian ethnographer.
At a news conference on Tuesday, the expert said that Turkey, unlike
the UN member states which are becoming more sparing, pays huge sums
to the organization in anticipation of a future support.
"Turkey will often need the United Nations assistance in its future
programs. The UN is a humanistic organization, while Turkey's policies
today do need a humanistic approach in the light of the deteriorating
relations with the neighboring states. This is why it has intensified
the investments in such big organizations as UN. It follows that the
organizations is coming under Turkey's influence," she said.
Fifteen Armenian NGOs had earlier expressed concerns over the decision
and sent a letter to the UN secretary general, programs development
administrator and the UN Development Program (UNDP) representative
in Armenia.
Karine Danielyan, the president of the local NGO, For Sustainable Human
Development, noted for her part that all the Armenian organizations
collaborating with the UN have set up an alliance to raise the issue
unitedly. She said foreign envoys were briefed on their concerns on
the sidelines of a recent UNDP regional assembly in Armenia.
"We raised the Armenian Genocide issues, the numerous violations
observed in Turkey, the absence of our diplomatic relations with
Turkey and the way we are going to work with the United Nations in
such circumstances. Apart from us, the question also raises concerns
in other countries such as Cyprus, Bulgaria etc. This is why they say
the organizations working with us may remain and continue functioning
in Bratislava," Danielyan said, promising to continue the persistent
struggle against the decision.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian
15:51 ~U 16.04.13
The decision to move the UN Regional Office for Europe to Turkey is
linked, among other things, with financial problems, according to
Hranush Kharatyan, an Armenian ethnographer.
At a news conference on Tuesday, the expert said that Turkey, unlike
the UN member states which are becoming more sparing, pays huge sums
to the organization in anticipation of a future support.
"Turkey will often need the United Nations assistance in its future
programs. The UN is a humanistic organization, while Turkey's policies
today do need a humanistic approach in the light of the deteriorating
relations with the neighboring states. This is why it has intensified
the investments in such big organizations as UN. It follows that the
organizations is coming under Turkey's influence," she said.
Fifteen Armenian NGOs had earlier expressed concerns over the decision
and sent a letter to the UN secretary general, programs development
administrator and the UN Development Program (UNDP) representative
in Armenia.
Karine Danielyan, the president of the local NGO, For Sustainable Human
Development, noted for her part that all the Armenian organizations
collaborating with the UN have set up an alliance to raise the issue
unitedly. She said foreign envoys were briefed on their concerns on
the sidelines of a recent UNDP regional assembly in Armenia.
"We raised the Armenian Genocide issues, the numerous violations
observed in Turkey, the absence of our diplomatic relations with
Turkey and the way we are going to work with the United Nations in
such circumstances. Apart from us, the question also raises concerns
in other countries such as Cyprus, Bulgaria etc. This is why they say
the organizations working with us may remain and continue functioning
in Bratislava," Danielyan said, promising to continue the persistent
struggle against the decision.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian