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WE CANNOT SPEAK ABOUT GENOCIDES WITHOUT MENTIONING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PanARMENIAN.Net
04.05.2007 17:06 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone
castigated the United Nations for first postponing and then rewording
a Rwandan genocide exhibit under the pressure from Turkey, Armenian
National Committee of America (ANCA) reported.
"We thank Congressman Pallone for speaking to his Congressional
colleagues - and the American public - about Turkey's pressure
on the United Nations to water down the reference to the Armenian
Genocide in the recently opened Rwanda Genocide exhibit. We value
Frank Pallone's leadership and share his principled view that the
international community's efforts to prevent and punish genocide should
be not reduced to the level acceptable to a Turkish government that
is actively pursuing a campaign of the Armenian Genocide denial -
both here in the United States and around the world," ANCA Executive
Director Aram Hamparian said.
"How, exactly, are you educating the public about genocide when
you refuse to call the first genocide of the 20th century by its
name? The word "genocide" was actually created as a way to describe
the barbaric crimes inflicted against the Armenians between 1915 and
1923, but now the word cannot be used in an exhibit at the UN. This
is utterly ridiculous . . .
Would you ever have an exhibit on Christianity without mentioning
the birth of Christ?" Frank Pallone stated in his speech.
PanARMENIAN.Net
04.05.2007 17:06 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone
castigated the United Nations for first postponing and then rewording
a Rwandan genocide exhibit under the pressure from Turkey, Armenian
National Committee of America (ANCA) reported.
"We thank Congressman Pallone for speaking to his Congressional
colleagues - and the American public - about Turkey's pressure
on the United Nations to water down the reference to the Armenian
Genocide in the recently opened Rwanda Genocide exhibit. We value
Frank Pallone's leadership and share his principled view that the
international community's efforts to prevent and punish genocide should
be not reduced to the level acceptable to a Turkish government that
is actively pursuing a campaign of the Armenian Genocide denial -
both here in the United States and around the world," ANCA Executive
Director Aram Hamparian said.
"How, exactly, are you educating the public about genocide when
you refuse to call the first genocide of the 20th century by its
name? The word "genocide" was actually created as a way to describe
the barbaric crimes inflicted against the Armenians between 1915 and
1923, but now the word cannot be used in an exhibit at the UN. This
is utterly ridiculous . . .
Would you ever have an exhibit on Christianity without mentioning
the birth of Christ?" Frank Pallone stated in his speech.