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  • ANKARA: Armenians Ask PACE To Recognize 1915 Events As Genocide

    ARMENIANS ASK PACE TO RECOGNIZE 1915 EVENTS AS GENOCIDE

    Today's Zaman
    April 30 2010
    Turkey

    A group of deputies at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
    of Europe (PACE), led by the Armenian delegation, issued a written
    declaration on Thursday calling for the recognition of events that
    took place in Anatolia in 1915 as genocide.

    The statement, signed by 26 deputies, asked members of PACE to
    "take necessary steps for the recognition of the genocide perpetrated
    against Armenians in the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the 20th
    century." The declaration has no binding effect on PACE.

    The declaration says, "The year 2010 marks the 95th anniversary
    of the Armenian genocide of 1915 and the fact [is] that the act of
    recognition of this genocide contributes to respect for human dignity
    and constitutes an act of prevention of crimes against humanity."

    It claimed that a number of international bodies including the United
    Nations, the European Parliament, parliaments of Council of Europe
    member states including Sweden, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, the
    Netherlands, Slovakia, Switzerland, France, Italy, Belgium, Greece,
    Greek Cyprus and Russia, the US House of Representatives and 43 US
    states, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, Canada, Uruguay and Lebanon have
    "demonstrated their unequivocal recognition of the Armenian genocide."

    Deputies also asked PACE to recognize the genocide and argued
    that "this will strongly contribute to an eventual similar act of
    recognition by the Turkish authorities." "As a result, [it] will
    lead to the normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey,"
    the statement maintained. Representatives from a number of countries
    including Germany, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, the UK, Ireland,
    Bulgaria and Lithuania signed the declaration submitted by the
    Armenian delegation.
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