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    THE PRESIDIUM OF THE FORUM OF ARMENIAN ASSOCIATIONS OF EUROPE WISH TO EXPRESS THEIR EXTREME DISAPPOINTMENT TO THE UNESCO

    Noyan Tapan
    www.nt.am
    20.06.2011

    (Noyan Tapan - 20.06.2011) The Presidium of the Forum of Armenian
    Associations of Europe (FAAE) and the President personally, Dr
    Ashot Grigorian, wish to express their extreme disappointment to
    the UNESCO Secretariat and its Director General Ms Irina Bokova,
    requesting an explanation for the scandal surrounding the UNESCO
    organized exhibition of Armenian cross-stones (khachkars) in Paris on
    June 15, 2011. It is understood that UNESCO requested the organizers
    to remove from the placards the exact location of the cross-stones'
    origin. This absurd request becomes even more preposterous when the
    explanation provided reveals that it is a request from Azerbaijani
    and Turkish authorities, i.e. the two countries that methodically
    carried out cultural genocide destroying millennia old valuable
    Armenian memorials in Armenian regions furthermore demand removing the
    same from people's memories. It is known that in 2005 Azerbaijani
    authorities organized and executed the complete destruction of
    thousands of ancient Armenian cross-stones in the region of Julfa,
    Nakhichevan. To date UNESCO has not investigated this transgression
    and has failed to send an investigation mission to Nakhichevan due
    to the counter efforts of the very organizers of this vandalism -
    the Azerbaijani authorities headed by President Ilham Aliyev.

    FAAE requests that UNESCO set up a commission to investigate the
    above mentioned statement and hold to account the perpetrators of the
    deliberate and intentional destruction of Armenian cultural heritage.

    In addition, we request an explanation regarding the Paris exhibition
    and an apology from those responsible for this scandalous act.

    Alternatively, FAAE will put this case forward to the jurisdiction
    of international courts.


    From: Baghdasarian
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