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ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT CALLS FOR RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN, HELLENIC, ASSYRIAN GENOCIDES
Assyrian International News Agency (AINA)
http://www.aina.org/news/20110502234839.htm
May 3 2011
Yerevan -- The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC Australia)
reports that the parliament of the Republic of Armenia called upon
parliaments and legislative bodies throughout the world to recognise
and condemn the genocide of the Armenians, Hellenes and Assyrians
perpetrated by Ottoman Turkey from 1915 to 1923.
In a Parliamentary Declaration on the occasion of the 96th anniversary
commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, the Republic of Armenia
National Assembly Speaker, Hovik Abrahamyan stated that recognition of
the genocides perpetrated against the Armenians, Hellenes and Assyrians
would lead to the restoration of justice and the of prevention other
genocides in the future.
He said: "For the resolution of this injustice, the prevention of
further genocides and the establishment of good neighbourly relations
between Armenia and Turkey, the National Assembly of the Republic
of Armenia calls on the parliaments of the world to recognise and
condemn the genocides perpetrated against the Armenian, Hellenic and
Assyrian peoples in Turkey at the beginning of the last century."
Directing his message to Turkey, Abrahamyan then declared:
"The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia calls upon the
legislative and executive authorities of Turkey to remove all the
legal, political and other obstacles, that prevent Turkish society
from freely studying and discussing the past, especially the facts
of the genocide for which Ottoman Turkey is responsible."
ANC Australia Executive Director Varant Meguerditchian welcomed the
Parliamentary Declaration.
"The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia's policy regarding
Turkish responsibility for and denial of the Armenian, Hellenic and
Assyrian Genocides is clear and unequivocal," he said. "ANC Australia
takes this opportunity to reaffirm its commitment to work with the
Australian Hellenic Council and the Assyrian Universal Alliance
Australia to advocate for the recognition of the Armenian, Hellenic
and Assyrian Genocides by the Federal government of Australia."
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During the last days of the Ottoman Empire the Government implemented a
policy of Genocide upon its Christian Armenian, Hellenic and Assyrian
population. As a result, up to 1.5million Armenian, 1million Hellene
and 750,000 Assyrian men, women and children lost their lives between
1915 and 1923.
On July 9, 2010 ANC Australia the Australian Hellenic Council (AHC)
and the Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) released a joint statement
outlining their agreement to focus on genocide recognition:
Whereby, Australia is signatory to the UN Genocide Convention on the
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and has demonstrated
leadership on international human rights issues; whereby, the people
of Australia provided food, clothing and shelter to victims and
survivors of the Armenian Genocide, the Hellenic Genocide and the
Assyrian Genocide as part of an international humanitarian relief
effort known as the Near East Relief; and whereby, throughout World
War One, Australian servicemen witnessed the systematic annihilation
of the Armenian, Hellenic and Assyrian peoples in the Ottoman Empire
from 1915 - 1923; ANC Australia, the AHC and the AUA commit to their
moral responsibility to seek recognition of the Armenian Genocide,
Hellenic Genocide and Assyrian Genocide by the Federal Government
of Australia as a measure aimed at preventing similar crimes against
humanity from ever occurring again.
Armenian National Committee Of Australia
From: A. Papazian
Assyrian International News Agency (AINA)
http://www.aina.org/news/20110502234839.htm
May 3 2011
Yerevan -- The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC Australia)
reports that the parliament of the Republic of Armenia called upon
parliaments and legislative bodies throughout the world to recognise
and condemn the genocide of the Armenians, Hellenes and Assyrians
perpetrated by Ottoman Turkey from 1915 to 1923.
In a Parliamentary Declaration on the occasion of the 96th anniversary
commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, the Republic of Armenia
National Assembly Speaker, Hovik Abrahamyan stated that recognition of
the genocides perpetrated against the Armenians, Hellenes and Assyrians
would lead to the restoration of justice and the of prevention other
genocides in the future.
He said: "For the resolution of this injustice, the prevention of
further genocides and the establishment of good neighbourly relations
between Armenia and Turkey, the National Assembly of the Republic
of Armenia calls on the parliaments of the world to recognise and
condemn the genocides perpetrated against the Armenian, Hellenic and
Assyrian peoples in Turkey at the beginning of the last century."
Directing his message to Turkey, Abrahamyan then declared:
"The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia calls upon the
legislative and executive authorities of Turkey to remove all the
legal, political and other obstacles, that prevent Turkish society
from freely studying and discussing the past, especially the facts
of the genocide for which Ottoman Turkey is responsible."
ANC Australia Executive Director Varant Meguerditchian welcomed the
Parliamentary Declaration.
"The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia's policy regarding
Turkish responsibility for and denial of the Armenian, Hellenic and
Assyrian Genocides is clear and unequivocal," he said. "ANC Australia
takes this opportunity to reaffirm its commitment to work with the
Australian Hellenic Council and the Assyrian Universal Alliance
Australia to advocate for the recognition of the Armenian, Hellenic
and Assyrian Genocides by the Federal government of Australia."
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During the last days of the Ottoman Empire the Government implemented a
policy of Genocide upon its Christian Armenian, Hellenic and Assyrian
population. As a result, up to 1.5million Armenian, 1million Hellene
and 750,000 Assyrian men, women and children lost their lives between
1915 and 1923.
On July 9, 2010 ANC Australia the Australian Hellenic Council (AHC)
and the Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) released a joint statement
outlining their agreement to focus on genocide recognition:
Whereby, Australia is signatory to the UN Genocide Convention on the
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and has demonstrated
leadership on international human rights issues; whereby, the people
of Australia provided food, clothing and shelter to victims and
survivors of the Armenian Genocide, the Hellenic Genocide and the
Assyrian Genocide as part of an international humanitarian relief
effort known as the Near East Relief; and whereby, throughout World
War One, Australian servicemen witnessed the systematic annihilation
of the Armenian, Hellenic and Assyrian peoples in the Ottoman Empire
from 1915 - 1923; ANC Australia, the AHC and the AUA commit to their
moral responsibility to seek recognition of the Armenian Genocide,
Hellenic Genocide and Assyrian Genocide by the Federal Government
of Australia as a measure aimed at preventing similar crimes against
humanity from ever occurring again.
Armenian National Committee Of Australia
From: A. Papazian