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    ARF YOUTH UNIONS WILL RALLY TO URGE EU MEMBER STATES TO RECOGNIZE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    18:17, 25 Mar 2015
    Siranush Ghazanchyan

    On Thursday, March 26, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Youth and
    Student organizations of Armenia will rally in front of the Office of
    the EU Delegation to Armenia. On the same day the ARF Youth Unions
    will rally in front of EU Offices in different countries of the
    world and will hand over petitions. The initiative aims to unite the
    young people in Armenia and Diaspora and raise the voice of Armenians
    worldwide. The petition reads:

    "April 24, 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

    As we approach the centennial, we, the descendants of the survivors
    of the Armenian Genocide, stand ever resolute for the international
    recognition of this crime against humanity and the reinstatement of
    historical justice for the one and a half million innocent victims
    it claimed.

    The Republic of Turkey continues to profit from the spoils of the crime
    committed by its predecessor regimes. Furthermore, Turkey continues
    the genocidal policies by denying the reality of the Genocide and
    by waging an international campaign of distortion of historical
    truth. Ankara's record of hiring political lobbyists and its tactics
    of political blackmail have long been exposed.

    As Armenian youth, we welcome and support the European Parliament's
    recent call on the European Union member states to acknowledge the
    Armenian Genocide.

    We regard this position as a reiteration of the European Parliament's
    historic 1987 decision, which recognized the Armenian Genocide and
    posited that "the Armenian question and the question of minorities in
    Turkey must be resituated within the framework of relations between
    Turkey and the Community."

    We call upon the leadership of the European Union, namely, the
    European Council, the Council of the European Union and the European
    Commission to uphold the moral standard set by the European Parliament
    by recognizing and condemning the Armenian Genocide.

    We urge the leadership of the European Union to encourage its member
    states to recognize the Armenian Genocide and to criminalize its
    denial.

    We demand that the European Union pressures Turkey to unequivocally
    acknowledge the Armenian Genocide and initiate steps that would
    conclude by reparations for all material and non-material losses and
    by restoration of the historical rights of the Armenian nation.

    We regard that the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey and
    the restitution of justice and restoration of historical rights of
    the Armenian nation must be set as preconditions for the membership
    of Turkey to the European Union.

    On the eve of the Armenian Genocide centennial, we, the descendants
    of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide, declare, that we remain
    ever resolute for the just cause of the Armenian Genocide victims
    and the timeless rights of the Armenian Nation."

    http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/03/25/arf-youth-unions-will-rally-to-urge-eu-member-states-to-recognize-the-armenian-genocide/

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