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PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION TO CALL ON ALL PARLIAMENTS TO RECOGNIZE AND CONDEMN ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN OTTOMAN TURKEY
YEREVAN, April 9. / ARKA /. Armenia's National Assembly began on
Thursday discussion of a draft resolution, which calls on parliaments
all over the world and international organizations to recognize and
condemn the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Turkey in 1915.
"Guided by the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 9 December 1948, the law of
the Supreme Council of the Soviet Armenian Social Republic on the
Condemnation of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Turkey in 1915
of November 22, 1988, emphasizing the Pan-Armenian Declaration on the
100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and the contribution of the
Armenian people together with the international community to the fight
against crimes against humanity, appreciating the parliaments of the
countries which recognized the Armenian Genocide and the countries
which adopted laws condemning the denial of genocide, the National
Assembly of Armenia calls on the parliaments of all countries and
nations to recognize and condemn the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman
Turkey as a crime committed against humanity,' the resolution states.
The resolution is authored by MPs from Heritage, Prosperous Armenia,
the Republican Party of Armenia, Orinats Yerkir and the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation / Dashnaktsutyun parties.
The Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the twentieth century.
According to Armenian and many other historians, up to 1.5 million
Armenians were killed starting in 1915 in a systematic campaign by
the government of Turkey. Turkey has been denying it for decades.
The Armenian genocide was recognized by tens of countries. The first
was Uruguay that did so in 1965. Other nations are Russia, France,
Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden,
Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina,
42 U.S. states.
It was recognized also by the Vatican, the European Parliament, the
World Council of Churches and other international organizations. -0-
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YEREVAN, April 9. / ARKA /. Armenia's National Assembly began on
Thursday discussion of a draft resolution, which calls on parliaments
all over the world and international organizations to recognize and
condemn the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Turkey in 1915.
"Guided by the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 9 December 1948, the law of
the Supreme Council of the Soviet Armenian Social Republic on the
Condemnation of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Turkey in 1915
of November 22, 1988, emphasizing the Pan-Armenian Declaration on the
100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and the contribution of the
Armenian people together with the international community to the fight
against crimes against humanity, appreciating the parliaments of the
countries which recognized the Armenian Genocide and the countries
which adopted laws condemning the denial of genocide, the National
Assembly of Armenia calls on the parliaments of all countries and
nations to recognize and condemn the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman
Turkey as a crime committed against humanity,' the resolution states.
The resolution is authored by MPs from Heritage, Prosperous Armenia,
the Republican Party of Armenia, Orinats Yerkir and the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation / Dashnaktsutyun parties.
The Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the twentieth century.
According to Armenian and many other historians, up to 1.5 million
Armenians were killed starting in 1915 in a systematic campaign by
the government of Turkey. Turkey has been denying it for decades.
The Armenian genocide was recognized by tens of countries. The first
was Uruguay that did so in 1965. Other nations are Russia, France,
Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden,
Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina,
42 U.S. states.
It was recognized also by the Vatican, the European Parliament, the
World Council of Churches and other international organizations. -0-
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