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    ISSUE ON RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AT AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL PARLIAMENT

    ARMENPRESS
    JUNE 2, 2011
    YEREVAN

    The Armenian Genocide is crime against humanity. This statement was
    made by the member of the Australian House of Representative Scott
    Morrison. He pledged to add his voice to the call for recognition
    of the Armenian Genocide during the national Armenian Genocide
    Commemorative Evening in Sydney during April.

    "Today, as a member of this House, I join others in this place, and in
    parliaments around the world, to place on record that I believe the
    Armenian genocide was one of the greatest crimes against humanity,"
    said Morrison.

    "We do not seek to lay blame, this is not an indictment of the modern,
    secular, Turkish state that we know as a friend, but it is important
    that we recognize the Armenian genocide for what it was."

    ANC Australia Executive Director Varant Meguerditchian described the
    statement as the first step in Morrison's advocacy efforts.

    He said: "Mr. Morrison has now placed on parliamentary record his
    affirmation of the historical reality of the Armenian Genocide and
    added his voice to calls for recognition of the Armenian Genocide
    in Australia."

    "We thank Mr. Morrison and trust that he will continue to champion
    the cause for Armenian Genocide recognition in the Federal Parliament
    of Australia."

    Morrison's statement was followed just days later by a parliamentary
    sitting dominated by calls for Armenian Genocide recognition when
    MPs Joe Hockey, John Alexander and Paul Fletcher raised the matter
    on the floor of the House of Representatives.

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