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EXHIBITION OF HANDWORK OF ARMENIAN WOMEN AT THE UN HEADQUARTERS
17:30, 06 Mar 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
The Armenian Relief Society, along with the Permanent Mission of
Armenia to the United Nations (U.N.), hosted a reception at the U.N.
to mark the opening of the "Stitching to Survive: Handwork of Armenian
Women," an exhibit on Armenian textiles. The exhibit will be open to
the public until March 13.
The reception was attended by clergymen, representatives of UN member
states, different local and international structures, public and
political figures, journalists.
Addressing the attendees, Armenia's Permanent Representative to the UN
Zohrab Mnatsakanyan noted that "the exhibition presents the history of
a nation, subjected to genocide exactly 100 years ago, which was then
described as "a crime against humanity and civilization." According
to him, after studying this crime against Armenians, Raphael Lemkin
coined the term "genocide" three decades later.
The Permanent Representative underlined that having found refuge in
different countries of the world, Armenian women managed to regain
their identity, adapting to the new environment and reality. He
noted that the Armenian national not only managed to create powerful
structures in the Diaspora, but also regain its statehood and stand
next to other UN members.
The exhibition presents examples of handwork by Armenian Women brought
from the Armenian Museum of America.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/03/06/exhibition-of-handwork-of-armenian-women-at-the-un-headquarters/
From: Baghdasarian
17:30, 06 Mar 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
The Armenian Relief Society, along with the Permanent Mission of
Armenia to the United Nations (U.N.), hosted a reception at the U.N.
to mark the opening of the "Stitching to Survive: Handwork of Armenian
Women," an exhibit on Armenian textiles. The exhibit will be open to
the public until March 13.
The reception was attended by clergymen, representatives of UN member
states, different local and international structures, public and
political figures, journalists.
Addressing the attendees, Armenia's Permanent Representative to the UN
Zohrab Mnatsakanyan noted that "the exhibition presents the history of
a nation, subjected to genocide exactly 100 years ago, which was then
described as "a crime against humanity and civilization." According
to him, after studying this crime against Armenians, Raphael Lemkin
coined the term "genocide" three decades later.
The Permanent Representative underlined that having found refuge in
different countries of the world, Armenian women managed to regain
their identity, adapting to the new environment and reality. He
noted that the Armenian national not only managed to create powerful
structures in the Diaspora, but also regain its statehood and stand
next to other UN members.
The exhibition presents examples of handwork by Armenian Women brought
from the Armenian Museum of America.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/03/06/exhibition-of-handwork-of-armenian-women-at-the-un-headquarters/
From: Baghdasarian