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ARMENIA CALLS UPON TURKEY TO RECOGNIZE AND CONDEMN THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
12:52, 03 Mar 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
The EPP Political Assembly is considering today a draft resolution on
the Armenian Genocide. Artak Zakaryan, the Chairman of the Standing
Committee on Foreign Relations of the National Assembly of the Republic
of Armenia, offered the following speech at the sitting:
"I would like to express my profound gratitude to the European People's
Party for the opportunity of such a resolution within the framework
of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
We highly appreciate political courage and strong will of the
states, international organizations, religious and non-governmental
organizations to recognize and condemn the Armenian Genocide.
This resolution can be another step against the denialism of genocide
crimes, an obstacle - for new crimes.
The start of a new level of the international recognition and
condemnation of the Armenian Genocide has been defined as a priority
in the foreign policy agenda of the Republic of Armenia. Such a policy
isn't an end in itself, directed towards relieving only its own pain.
We realize that the people, who have survived the Genocide, the people,
who during the last century demonstrated an unbending will and national
self-consciousness, restored its sovereign statehood, gave birth to
a struggling generation, also has its own part of responsibility
in prevention of new genocides. Through achieving recognition and
condemnation of a crime we are obliged to remember and make remember,
condemn and criticize. Several draft bills on recognizing genocide
have already been included in the agenda of our parliament. Every
crime of genocide is a manifestation of human cruelty, born as a
result of a sense of impunity.
We consider the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide an important
milestone in the ongoing struggle for historical justice under the
motto "I remember and demand".
The commencement of the recognition and condemnation process of the
Armenian Genocide was first mentioned in 1915 by the joint declaration
of France, Great Britain and Russia, where the term "crime against
humanity" was used for the first time in the history.
Various documents have been adopted by different countries concerning
the recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Any condemning resolution,
every criticizing speech and bill has been a unique attitude against
Turkish policy of denialism, proof, that restoration of historical
justice is inevitable.
But unfortunately we are still struggling against the Turkish
policy of denialism on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide. For nearly 100 years the historical memory of
the whole nation has been violated and denied. In the international
platforms the official Turkish lobby spares no efforts to distort
historical justice. Turkey doesn't realize that the denial of the
Armenian Genocide and concealment of the historical truth first of
all threatens just Turkey on its way of becoming a democratic country.
We call upon the Republic of Turkey to recognize and condemn the
Armenian Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire, and to face its own
history and memory through commemorating the victims of that heinous
crime against humanity. Distortion, denial of irrefutable reality is
nothing but a death caused by the disease of its past.
We are hopeful that recognition and condemnation of the Armenian
Genocide by Turkey will serve as a starting point for the historical
reconciliation of the Armenian and Turkish peoples.
Impunity gives birth to new crimes.
We will develop our further steps according to this belief.
It is a priority for us to raise the recognition of the Genocide as
an important step for humanitarian reasons.
Once again I would like to express my gratitude to our dear friends
from the EPP Political Assembly for evidencing the fact of the Armenian
Genocide in the international political agenda, for sharing our pain.
The motto "Recognize and condemn in order not to repeat" will always
be urgent by us.
Thank you for your attention."
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/03/03/armenia-calls-upon-turkey-to-recognize-and-condemn-the-armenian-genocide/
12:52, 03 Mar 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
The EPP Political Assembly is considering today a draft resolution on
the Armenian Genocide. Artak Zakaryan, the Chairman of the Standing
Committee on Foreign Relations of the National Assembly of the Republic
of Armenia, offered the following speech at the sitting:
"I would like to express my profound gratitude to the European People's
Party for the opportunity of such a resolution within the framework
of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
We highly appreciate political courage and strong will of the
states, international organizations, religious and non-governmental
organizations to recognize and condemn the Armenian Genocide.
This resolution can be another step against the denialism of genocide
crimes, an obstacle - for new crimes.
The start of a new level of the international recognition and
condemnation of the Armenian Genocide has been defined as a priority
in the foreign policy agenda of the Republic of Armenia. Such a policy
isn't an end in itself, directed towards relieving only its own pain.
We realize that the people, who have survived the Genocide, the people,
who during the last century demonstrated an unbending will and national
self-consciousness, restored its sovereign statehood, gave birth to
a struggling generation, also has its own part of responsibility
in prevention of new genocides. Through achieving recognition and
condemnation of a crime we are obliged to remember and make remember,
condemn and criticize. Several draft bills on recognizing genocide
have already been included in the agenda of our parliament. Every
crime of genocide is a manifestation of human cruelty, born as a
result of a sense of impunity.
We consider the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide an important
milestone in the ongoing struggle for historical justice under the
motto "I remember and demand".
The commencement of the recognition and condemnation process of the
Armenian Genocide was first mentioned in 1915 by the joint declaration
of France, Great Britain and Russia, where the term "crime against
humanity" was used for the first time in the history.
Various documents have been adopted by different countries concerning
the recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Any condemning resolution,
every criticizing speech and bill has been a unique attitude against
Turkish policy of denialism, proof, that restoration of historical
justice is inevitable.
But unfortunately we are still struggling against the Turkish
policy of denialism on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide. For nearly 100 years the historical memory of
the whole nation has been violated and denied. In the international
platforms the official Turkish lobby spares no efforts to distort
historical justice. Turkey doesn't realize that the denial of the
Armenian Genocide and concealment of the historical truth first of
all threatens just Turkey on its way of becoming a democratic country.
We call upon the Republic of Turkey to recognize and condemn the
Armenian Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire, and to face its own
history and memory through commemorating the victims of that heinous
crime against humanity. Distortion, denial of irrefutable reality is
nothing but a death caused by the disease of its past.
We are hopeful that recognition and condemnation of the Armenian
Genocide by Turkey will serve as a starting point for the historical
reconciliation of the Armenian and Turkish peoples.
Impunity gives birth to new crimes.
We will develop our further steps according to this belief.
It is a priority for us to raise the recognition of the Genocide as
an important step for humanitarian reasons.
Once again I would like to express my gratitude to our dear friends
from the EPP Political Assembly for evidencing the fact of the Armenian
Genocide in the international political agenda, for sharing our pain.
The motto "Recognize and condemn in order not to repeat" will always
be urgent by us.
Thank you for your attention."
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/03/03/armenia-calls-upon-turkey-to-recognize-and-condemn-the-armenian-genocide/