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GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MUSEUM HELD IN BUENOS AIRES
12:32 09.07.2014
On July 8, on the second day of his official visit to the Argentine
Republic President Serzh Sargsyan, accompanied by Chief of Staff
of the Government of City of Buenos Aires Horacio Larreta and the
representatives of local self-government bodies and the Armenian
community of Argentina, attended the groundbreaking ceremony of an
Armenian Genocide museum at the neighborhood of Palermo in Buenos
Aires. After the consecration of the memorial plaque, Chief of Staff
of the Government of City of Buenos Aires Horacio Larreta and Chief
of the RA Presidential Administration Vigen Sargsyan opened it. On
the occasion of the groundbreaking ceremony the president made a
speech before the participants.
Speech by President Serzh Sargsyan at Armenian Genocide museum
groundbreaking ceremony in Buenos Aires
Dear compatriots, Honorable Chief of Staff of the Government of City
of Buenos Aires, Your Eminencies, Ladies and gentlemen,
I consider it a great honor to be present here today, at the heart
of Buenos Aires, and lay the first brick on the foundation of the
Armenian Genocide museum together with you.
This museum is being built in order to fill up the ranks of the
numerous monuments dedicated to the Armenian Genocide which extend from
East to West and from North to South as a vivid testimony to the fact
that no matter how much time has passed we will keep on remembering
and demanding. Human memory is a sort of a historical sieve which
with special gratitude keeps those names and place names, which always
sow seeds of justice and push forward the noblest universal values.
One of these bright place names is Argentina who gave a helping hand
to our people in hard times, saved not only hundreds of thousands of
Armenians, but also restored our people's broken belief in the fact
that man was created to resemble God and that the human being can't
die in man keeping the barbarian alive.
Honorable colleagues,
Next year is the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. However,
it is a well-known fact that the statutory limitation can't be applied
to the crimes against humanity. The 100th anniversary of Mets Yeghern
is not an endpoint; it is just a unique destination. The centenary
will sum up a historical period and will herald a new phase of
fighting for the restoration of justice which will be supplemented
with new methods of fighting against denialism. We are going to be
more powerful, powerful together with the international community
since the secret of power and the victory of justice is unity.
Ladies and gentlemen,
The history of the Armenian-Argentine ages-old friendship stores pages
without which it is impossible to imagine our bilateral cooperation.
Not only will this day be written in gold letters in the register
of the Armenian-Argentine history, but will also leave its indelible
imprint on condemning and preventing the gravest crime against humanity
- the genocide.
Ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, on May 6 of
2014 the government of the city of Buenos Aires decided to allocate a
free area for construction of an Armenian Genocide museum in capital's
Palermo district. On June 10, with the participation of the RA embassy
in Argentina and under the patronage of Hay center and the Armenian
diocese of Argentina the official ceremony of handing the legal
documents of the area allocated by the city authorities of Buenos Aires
for the purpose of building an Armenian Genocide museum took place.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/07/09/groundbreaking-ceremony-for-the-armenian-genocide-museum-held-in-buenos-aires/
12:32 09.07.2014
On July 8, on the second day of his official visit to the Argentine
Republic President Serzh Sargsyan, accompanied by Chief of Staff
of the Government of City of Buenos Aires Horacio Larreta and the
representatives of local self-government bodies and the Armenian
community of Argentina, attended the groundbreaking ceremony of an
Armenian Genocide museum at the neighborhood of Palermo in Buenos
Aires. After the consecration of the memorial plaque, Chief of Staff
of the Government of City of Buenos Aires Horacio Larreta and Chief
of the RA Presidential Administration Vigen Sargsyan opened it. On
the occasion of the groundbreaking ceremony the president made a
speech before the participants.
Speech by President Serzh Sargsyan at Armenian Genocide museum
groundbreaking ceremony in Buenos Aires
Dear compatriots, Honorable Chief of Staff of the Government of City
of Buenos Aires, Your Eminencies, Ladies and gentlemen,
I consider it a great honor to be present here today, at the heart
of Buenos Aires, and lay the first brick on the foundation of the
Armenian Genocide museum together with you.
This museum is being built in order to fill up the ranks of the
numerous monuments dedicated to the Armenian Genocide which extend from
East to West and from North to South as a vivid testimony to the fact
that no matter how much time has passed we will keep on remembering
and demanding. Human memory is a sort of a historical sieve which
with special gratitude keeps those names and place names, which always
sow seeds of justice and push forward the noblest universal values.
One of these bright place names is Argentina who gave a helping hand
to our people in hard times, saved not only hundreds of thousands of
Armenians, but also restored our people's broken belief in the fact
that man was created to resemble God and that the human being can't
die in man keeping the barbarian alive.
Honorable colleagues,
Next year is the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. However,
it is a well-known fact that the statutory limitation can't be applied
to the crimes against humanity. The 100th anniversary of Mets Yeghern
is not an endpoint; it is just a unique destination. The centenary
will sum up a historical period and will herald a new phase of
fighting for the restoration of justice which will be supplemented
with new methods of fighting against denialism. We are going to be
more powerful, powerful together with the international community
since the secret of power and the victory of justice is unity.
Ladies and gentlemen,
The history of the Armenian-Argentine ages-old friendship stores pages
without which it is impossible to imagine our bilateral cooperation.
Not only will this day be written in gold letters in the register
of the Armenian-Argentine history, but will also leave its indelible
imprint on condemning and preventing the gravest crime against humanity
- the genocide.
Ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, on May 6 of
2014 the government of the city of Buenos Aires decided to allocate a
free area for construction of an Armenian Genocide museum in capital's
Palermo district. On June 10, with the participation of the RA embassy
in Argentina and under the patronage of Hay center and the Armenian
diocese of Argentina the official ceremony of handing the legal
documents of the area allocated by the city authorities of Buenos Aires
for the purpose of building an Armenian Genocide museum took place.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/07/09/groundbreaking-ceremony-for-the-armenian-genocide-museum-held-in-buenos-aires/