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ARMENIA MAY DECLARE DEC 9 GENOCIDES VICTIMS REMEMBRANCE DAY
October 21, 2014 - 17:42 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A member of Heritage opposition party Zaruhi
Postanjyan submitted to parliamentary consideration a package of
bills on condemnation of the genocides of Pontic Greeks, Assyrians,
Yezidis and other ethnicities in the Ottoman Empire, with the draft
laws latters included on the agenda of the Cabinet of Ministers'
next session.
The government, however, suggested instead declaring December 9 a
commemoration day for the victims of genocides, to mark the United
Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide adopted December 9, 1948.
"Based on the abovementioned, the government will consider the
initiative acceptable in case its suggestion is approved, with Deputy
Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan to be appointed as a co-rapporteur
in consideration of the initiative," the government's statement said.
October 21, 2014 - 17:42 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A member of Heritage opposition party Zaruhi
Postanjyan submitted to parliamentary consideration a package of
bills on condemnation of the genocides of Pontic Greeks, Assyrians,
Yezidis and other ethnicities in the Ottoman Empire, with the draft
laws latters included on the agenda of the Cabinet of Ministers'
next session.
The government, however, suggested instead declaring December 9 a
commemoration day for the victims of genocides, to mark the United
Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide adopted December 9, 1948.
"Based on the abovementioned, the government will consider the
initiative acceptable in case its suggestion is approved, with Deputy
Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan to be appointed as a co-rapporteur
in consideration of the initiative," the government's statement said.