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URUGUAY DECLARES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AS 'ISSUE OF SPECIAL INTEREST'
by Nana Martirosyan
Monday, February 16, 23:15
The central board of Uruguay's national administration for public
education declared the first genocide of the 20th century perpetrated
by the Ottoman Empire "an issue of special interest" in 2015, the year
when the 100th anniversary of this crime against humanity is marked,
according to the Ð~BmenianGenocide100.org. The decision was made due
to the motion submitted by the Armenian Genocide Centennial commission
claiming to declare the Armenian Genocide a topic of special interest
and to include it in the academic curriculum of 2015, the website of
the National administration for public education reports.
Furthermore, the central board also discussed the declaration by
the joint parliamentary committee of Mercosur (a sub- regional bloc
comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela and
associate countries like Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru)
to recognize the Armenian Genocide. The declaration was passed on
November 17, 2007.
Uruguay was the first country to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
Genocide of Armenians has been recognized by 43 United States as
well as by 21 countries, including Canada, Argentina, Switzerland,
Uruguay, Russia, Belgium, France, Poland, Slovakia, the Netherlands,
Greece, Cyprus, Vatican, Sweden, Lithuania.. The European Parliament
passed a resolution recognizing the fact of Armenian Genocide in the
Ottoman Turkey on June 18 1987 and demanded the Council of Europe
to exert pressure on Turkey in order that country recognizes the
Armenian Genocide. Turkey still denies the genocide of 1,5 million
Armenians in 1915-1923.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=A35737F0-B618-11E4-82580EB7C0D21663
From: A. Papazian
by Nana Martirosyan
Monday, February 16, 23:15
The central board of Uruguay's national administration for public
education declared the first genocide of the 20th century perpetrated
by the Ottoman Empire "an issue of special interest" in 2015, the year
when the 100th anniversary of this crime against humanity is marked,
according to the Ð~BmenianGenocide100.org. The decision was made due
to the motion submitted by the Armenian Genocide Centennial commission
claiming to declare the Armenian Genocide a topic of special interest
and to include it in the academic curriculum of 2015, the website of
the National administration for public education reports.
Furthermore, the central board also discussed the declaration by
the joint parliamentary committee of Mercosur (a sub- regional bloc
comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela and
associate countries like Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru)
to recognize the Armenian Genocide. The declaration was passed on
November 17, 2007.
Uruguay was the first country to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
Genocide of Armenians has been recognized by 43 United States as
well as by 21 countries, including Canada, Argentina, Switzerland,
Uruguay, Russia, Belgium, France, Poland, Slovakia, the Netherlands,
Greece, Cyprus, Vatican, Sweden, Lithuania.. The European Parliament
passed a resolution recognizing the fact of Armenian Genocide in the
Ottoman Turkey on June 18 1987 and demanded the Council of Europe
to exert pressure on Turkey in order that country recognizes the
Armenian Genocide. Turkey still denies the genocide of 1,5 million
Armenians in 1915-1923.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=A35737F0-B618-11E4-82580EB7C0D21663
From: A. Papazian