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Pan-Armenian declaration makes appropriate references to intn'l law
13:06 * 31.01.15
The Pan-Armenian Declaration, adopted after the Genocide Centennial
Committee's latest session in Yerevan, contains properly selected
references to norms of international law, an Armenian historian has
said, praising the professionalism of the specialists who drafted the
document.
"I consider the document - the declaration which has been adopted - an
absolute success, as it comprehensively addresses the issue,
reflecting our approaches," Bagrat Yesayan, a member of the opposition
Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun (ARF-D) and a former
editor-in-chief of the newspaper Yerkir, told Tert.am.
Asked whether by saying "our approaches" he means their political
party or the prevalent approaches in Armenia, the politician said he
finds that the declaration reflects the entire Armenian nation's
stand.
As to weather the ARF-D is not more radically-disposed to the issue,
Yesayan replied, "If Dashnaksutyun had any reservation, they would
have been expressed that; we have our representatives in the
Centennial Committee, so they would have at least raised their voice
to say that something isn't in line with our approaches."
The Declaration was promulgated Thursday night in a ceremony held at
the Genocide Memorial after the Committee's session. The document,
reflecting Armenia and its diaspora's approaches to the international
recognition and condemnation of the tragic crime, is full of
references and citations of norms of international law (UN Universal
Declaration on Human Rights, Convention on the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Convention on the
Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes
against Humanity and other UN conventions, and different other
documents , including the Peace Treaty of Sevres and the Arbitral
Award on Turkish Armenian Boundary by Woodrow Wilson).
Khosrov Harutyunyan, a former prime minister of Armenia who now
represents the ruling Republican faction in parliament, says he
believes that the Declaration is an effort to better express Armenia
and the Armenian nation's political-legal position on the issue.
"This testifies to the fact that the Declaration is not just a piece
of paper stemming from emotional and nationalist sentiments, but
rather a document anchored on the fundamental approaches of
international law," he said.
Harutyunyan said he finds that the document, one copy of which will be
sent to the United Nations' secretary general, is more targeted at the
international community rather than the domestic audience.
According to Armen Martirosyan, a deputy leader of the opposition
Heritage party, the document's success is due to a deep political
conflict. "It is the fact that Armenia is now within the realm of the
Armenia-Turkey protocols, because it hasn't yet recalled its
signature. So it entirely runs counter to the Declaration," he told
our correspondent.
Tert.am also sought comments from Karen Kocharyan, a political
engineer specialized in electoral technologies, over possible
anti-propaganda efforts by Turkey. "One doesn't have to prove to an
Armenian that a crime of genocide was actually committed in line with
a provision of the UN [convention]," he explained.
As for the key message, Kocharyan said he thinks that the world is
guiding itself by double standards. "They are trying to call attention
to the provisions which they have written themselves, especially the
ones that address the same Kosovo or the Jewish Holocaust, but they
won't see those provisions whenever we are at issue," he noted.
The expert said he sees that the message is addressed to the states
which haven't recognized and do not want to ever recognize the
Armenian Genocide.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/31/hrachakagir/1574714
From: Baghdasarian
13:06 * 31.01.15
The Pan-Armenian Declaration, adopted after the Genocide Centennial
Committee's latest session in Yerevan, contains properly selected
references to norms of international law, an Armenian historian has
said, praising the professionalism of the specialists who drafted the
document.
"I consider the document - the declaration which has been adopted - an
absolute success, as it comprehensively addresses the issue,
reflecting our approaches," Bagrat Yesayan, a member of the opposition
Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun (ARF-D) and a former
editor-in-chief of the newspaper Yerkir, told Tert.am.
Asked whether by saying "our approaches" he means their political
party or the prevalent approaches in Armenia, the politician said he
finds that the declaration reflects the entire Armenian nation's
stand.
As to weather the ARF-D is not more radically-disposed to the issue,
Yesayan replied, "If Dashnaksutyun had any reservation, they would
have been expressed that; we have our representatives in the
Centennial Committee, so they would have at least raised their voice
to say that something isn't in line with our approaches."
The Declaration was promulgated Thursday night in a ceremony held at
the Genocide Memorial after the Committee's session. The document,
reflecting Armenia and its diaspora's approaches to the international
recognition and condemnation of the tragic crime, is full of
references and citations of norms of international law (UN Universal
Declaration on Human Rights, Convention on the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Convention on the
Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes
against Humanity and other UN conventions, and different other
documents , including the Peace Treaty of Sevres and the Arbitral
Award on Turkish Armenian Boundary by Woodrow Wilson).
Khosrov Harutyunyan, a former prime minister of Armenia who now
represents the ruling Republican faction in parliament, says he
believes that the Declaration is an effort to better express Armenia
and the Armenian nation's political-legal position on the issue.
"This testifies to the fact that the Declaration is not just a piece
of paper stemming from emotional and nationalist sentiments, but
rather a document anchored on the fundamental approaches of
international law," he said.
Harutyunyan said he finds that the document, one copy of which will be
sent to the United Nations' secretary general, is more targeted at the
international community rather than the domestic audience.
According to Armen Martirosyan, a deputy leader of the opposition
Heritage party, the document's success is due to a deep political
conflict. "It is the fact that Armenia is now within the realm of the
Armenia-Turkey protocols, because it hasn't yet recalled its
signature. So it entirely runs counter to the Declaration," he told
our correspondent.
Tert.am also sought comments from Karen Kocharyan, a political
engineer specialized in electoral technologies, over possible
anti-propaganda efforts by Turkey. "One doesn't have to prove to an
Armenian that a crime of genocide was actually committed in line with
a provision of the UN [convention]," he explained.
As for the key message, Kocharyan said he thinks that the world is
guiding itself by double standards. "They are trying to call attention
to the provisions which they have written themselves, especially the
ones that address the same Kosovo or the Jewish Holocaust, but they
won't see those provisions whenever we are at issue," he noted.
The expert said he sees that the message is addressed to the states
which haven't recognized and do not want to ever recognize the
Armenian Genocide.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/31/hrachakagir/1574714
From: Baghdasarian