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GLOBAL FORUM IN ARMENIA ADOPTS YEREVAN DECLARATION AGAINST GENOCIDES
YEREVAN, April 23. / ARKA /. Some 600 delegates from tens of countries
who have arrived in Armenia to attend the global forum "Against the
Crime of Genocide" have endorsed the Yerevan Declaration, a member
of the British House of Lords, Baroness Caroline Cox, said at the
end of the gathering.
The forum held on April 22-23 in Yerevan was part of a long string
of events commemorating the centenary of the Armenian Genocide.
The proposal to adopt the Yerevan Declaration was made by French
politician of Armenian origin Patrick Devedjian, who said the papers
presented at the gathering contained a wealth of ideas and proposals,
including the need to create a document that will summarize all the
issues included in the agenda of the forum.
The global forum consisted of several sessions including one on the
evolution of tools to prevent crimes against humanity in international
law.
Co-chairs of the forum were Patrick Devedjian, Baroness Caroline Cox
and Nikolay Ryzhkov, chairman of a commission of the Federation Council
(upper chamber) of the Russian parliament.-0-
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From: Baghdasarian
YEREVAN, April 23. / ARKA /. Some 600 delegates from tens of countries
who have arrived in Armenia to attend the global forum "Against the
Crime of Genocide" have endorsed the Yerevan Declaration, a member
of the British House of Lords, Baroness Caroline Cox, said at the
end of the gathering.
The forum held on April 22-23 in Yerevan was part of a long string
of events commemorating the centenary of the Armenian Genocide.
The proposal to adopt the Yerevan Declaration was made by French
politician of Armenian origin Patrick Devedjian, who said the papers
presented at the gathering contained a wealth of ideas and proposals,
including the need to create a document that will summarize all the
issues included in the agenda of the forum.
The global forum consisted of several sessions including one on the
evolution of tools to prevent crimes against humanity in international
law.
Co-chairs of the forum were Patrick Devedjian, Baroness Caroline Cox
and Nikolay Ryzhkov, chairman of a commission of the Federation Council
(upper chamber) of the Russian parliament.-0-
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/global_forum_in_armenia_adopts_yerevan_declaration _against_genocides/#sthash.KnMgh4YP.dpuf
From: Baghdasarian