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CONFERENCE COMMEMORATING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS HELD IN ARGENTINA
11:17, 3 May, 2013
YEREVAN, MAY 3, ARMENPRESS: The conference entitled "Against denial,
for the sake of justice and truth", dedicated to the 98th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide was organized by the Armenian National
Congress of South America and held at the Buenos Aires Central
College on April 30. As Armenpress was reported by the Department for
Press, Information and Public Relations of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, the event was attended by the
Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Argentina Vahagn Melikyan,
the representatives of the Argentinean Armenian community, religious
figures and journalists.
The speakers stated that the impunity of the Armenian Genocide gave
birth to other alike terrible tragedies, emphasizing the necessity of
recognition, condemnation and circumstance elimination of such crimes.
It was noted as well that the Turkish government, implemented the
Armenian Genocide, presents the Armenians to the international
community as hostile elements, thus justifying its crime. The
participants of the conference discussed the Argentinean experience
in protection of human rights.
The entire series of the documents, proving the fact of the mass
massacres of the Armenian people in 1915-1923 in the Ottoman Turkey
as a premeditated and thoroughly executed act of genocide, is enormous.
The Armenian Genocide was recognized by different organizations, such
as the European Council, the European Parliament, some commissions
of the UN Organization, the World Church Union, etc.
The Armenian Genocide was recognized by many states. The first
country to officially recognize the Armenian Tragedy was Uruguay in
1965. The massacres of the Armenian people were officially condemned
and recognized as a genocide, in accordance with the international
law, by France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland,
Sweden, Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Greece, Slovakia, Cyprus, Lebanon,
Uruguay, Argentina (2 laws and 5 draft bills), Venezuela, Chile,
Canada, Vatican, and Australia.
11:17, 3 May, 2013
YEREVAN, MAY 3, ARMENPRESS: The conference entitled "Against denial,
for the sake of justice and truth", dedicated to the 98th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide was organized by the Armenian National
Congress of South America and held at the Buenos Aires Central
College on April 30. As Armenpress was reported by the Department for
Press, Information and Public Relations of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, the event was attended by the
Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Argentina Vahagn Melikyan,
the representatives of the Argentinean Armenian community, religious
figures and journalists.
The speakers stated that the impunity of the Armenian Genocide gave
birth to other alike terrible tragedies, emphasizing the necessity of
recognition, condemnation and circumstance elimination of such crimes.
It was noted as well that the Turkish government, implemented the
Armenian Genocide, presents the Armenians to the international
community as hostile elements, thus justifying its crime. The
participants of the conference discussed the Argentinean experience
in protection of human rights.
The entire series of the documents, proving the fact of the mass
massacres of the Armenian people in 1915-1923 in the Ottoman Turkey
as a premeditated and thoroughly executed act of genocide, is enormous.
The Armenian Genocide was recognized by different organizations, such
as the European Council, the European Parliament, some commissions
of the UN Organization, the World Church Union, etc.
The Armenian Genocide was recognized by many states. The first
country to officially recognize the Armenian Tragedy was Uruguay in
1965. The massacres of the Armenian people were officially condemned
and recognized as a genocide, in accordance with the international
law, by France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland,
Sweden, Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Greece, Slovakia, Cyprus, Lebanon,
Uruguay, Argentina (2 laws and 5 draft bills), Venezuela, Chile,
Canada, Vatican, and Australia.