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    GLOBAL FORUM'S DECLARATION READ DURING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CENTENNTIAL COMMEMORATION

    17:32 24/04/2015 >> SOCIETY

    Rwandan Genocide survivor Esther Mujawayo read out the Global
    Forum's Declaration in the official ceremony of the Armenian Genocide
    Centennial Commemoration on Friday.

    "Your Excellencies, Your Beatitudes, Ladies and Gentlemen,

    I am Esther Mujawayo, survivor of the Genocide against Tutsis
    in Rwanda in 1994. I have an honour to partake in this historic
    Centennial commemoration of the Armenian Genocide which has attracted
    the attention of the entire international community.

    It is very important that we stand by our Armenian sisters and brothers
    sharing their pain, their struggle, and of course their rebirth.

    As one of the participants of the Global Forum Against the Crime
    of Genocide, held in Yerevan over the last two days, I would like
    to extend our gratitude to the government and people of Armenia for
    furthering prevention agenda and raising public awareness to combat the
    crime of genocide and reach the noble goal of its complete exclusion.

    We hope that Armenia would successfully continue this initiative
    aimed at our collective duty to protect our children, our societies
    from the scourge of the crime of crimes- the genocide.

    It is my privilege to present to your attention the Yerevan Declaration
    of the Global Forum.

    Global Forum Against the Crime of Genocide

    23 April 2015 The Global Forum

    Paying tribute to the memory of the innocent victims of the Armenian
    Genocide, the genocide of Greeks and Assyrians, Holocaust, the
    genocides in Rwanda, Cambodia, Darfur and other crimes against
    humanity,

    Recalling the United Nations Charter, the Universal Declaration of
    Human Rights, the UN Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of
    the Crime of Genocide,

    Being concerned about the recurring cases of genocides and crimes
    against humanity, despite the existing appropriate international
    prevention mechanisms,

    Being also concerned about recent alarming outspread of violence,
    extremism and terrorism in different regions of the world directly
    threatening the ethnic and religious minorities,

    Bearing in mind the emergence and the evolution of the international
    criminalization of genocide in the international law, Having discussed
    the issues of impunity, individual and state accountability for the
    crime of genocide, the appropriate means of addressing the consequences
    of this crime,

    Noting the importance of the global struggle against genocides and
    crimes against humanity,

    Emphasizing the role that various governments, parliaments,
    international organizations and civil society have in the prevention
    of genocide and their contribution to fostering prevention mechanisms,

    - Acknowledges that genocide is the ultimate crime with irreversible
    consequences, and calls upon all states to bring their utmost
    contribution to the strengthening of genocide prevention mechanisms,

    - Reaffirms that the primary genocide prevention mechanisms remain
    the ones existing in the framework of the United Nations and welcomes
    the adoption of UN Human Rights Council resolution on March 27,
    2015 entitled "Prevention of Genocide",

    - Stresses that genocide prevention depends on the efficiency of
    human rights protection, the strength of the culture of tolerance
    and non-discrimination,

    - Recognizes that denial, in particular on a state level, is
    unacceptable and underlines that timely condemnation of genocides
    and efficiently addressing their consequences may serve as important
    tools for prevention and reconciliation,

    - Calls upon the international community on the eve of the Centennial
    commemorations of the Armenian Genocide to support the continuous
    efforts aimed at its worldwide recognition.

    Thank you!

    http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2015/04/24/global-forum/

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