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CHILE SENATE CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO CONDEMN ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PanARMENIAN.Net
06.06.2007 18:41 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ June 5 the Chilean government unanimously
made a decision to condemn the Armenian Genocide. The draft
project was submitted by Socialist Party member Ricardo Nunies
Munios. The documents reads, in part, "April 24, 1915 the Turkish
government arrested and killed the leaders of the Armenian people
in Constantinople and thus initiated the policy of extermination
of the Armenian nation. In 1915-1923 some 1.5 million of Armenians
who lived on their lands during centuries. This extermination is
named the first ethnic cleansing of the 20th century. The Armenian
Genocide was recognized by the UN subcommittee on discrimination and
protection of national minorities in 1985. Considering these facts
the Senate of Chile decreed to recognize the Armenian Genocide and
condemn it. It also called to the Chilean government to join the UN
resolution of 1985."
The draft author reminded that the Armenian Genocide has been already
recognized by Uruguay, Argentina, Greece, Bulgaria, Russia, Italy,
Lebanon, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Venezuela, Lithuania, Canada
and France as well as the European Parliament and the World Council
of Churches, the RA MFA reported.
PanARMENIAN.Net
06.06.2007 18:41 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ June 5 the Chilean government unanimously
made a decision to condemn the Armenian Genocide. The draft
project was submitted by Socialist Party member Ricardo Nunies
Munios. The documents reads, in part, "April 24, 1915 the Turkish
government arrested and killed the leaders of the Armenian people
in Constantinople and thus initiated the policy of extermination
of the Armenian nation. In 1915-1923 some 1.5 million of Armenians
who lived on their lands during centuries. This extermination is
named the first ethnic cleansing of the 20th century. The Armenian
Genocide was recognized by the UN subcommittee on discrimination and
protection of national minorities in 1985. Considering these facts
the Senate of Chile decreed to recognize the Armenian Genocide and
condemn it. It also called to the Chilean government to join the UN
resolution of 1985."
The draft author reminded that the Armenian Genocide has been already
recognized by Uruguay, Argentina, Greece, Bulgaria, Russia, Italy,
Lebanon, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Venezuela, Lithuania, Canada
and France as well as the European Parliament and the World Council
of Churches, the RA MFA reported.