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    GHN News Agency, Georgia
    January 30, 2015 Friday

    In 2015 there is celebrated 100th anniversary of Armenian Genocide


    In 2015 there is celebrated 100th anniversary of Armenian Genocide. On
    January 29, the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan read the
    declaration about anniversary of Armenian Genocide in the
    Museum-Institute of the Genocide.

    We offer to you informal translation of the Declaration

    Pan-Armenian Declaration on the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide

    The State Commission on the Coordination of Events Dedicated to the
    100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, in consultation with its
    regional committees in the Diaspora,

    -expressing the united will of the Armenian people,

    -based on the Declaration of Independence of Armenia of 23 August 1990
    and the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia,

    -recalling the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights of
    10 December 1948, whereby recognition of the inherent dignity and of
    the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is
    the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,

    -guided by the respective principles and provisions of the United
    Nations General Assembly Resolution 96(1) of 11 December 1946, the
    United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the
    Crime of Genocide of 9 December 1948, the United Nations Convention on
    the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and
    Crimes Against Humanity of 26 November 1968, the International
    Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 16 December 1966 as well as
    all the other international documents on human rights,

    -taking into consideration that while adopting the Convention on the
    Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the United Nations
    specifically underlined the importance of international cooperation in
    the struggle against that criminal offence,

    -emphasizing the inadmissibility of impunity of the constituent
    elements of the crime of genocide and the non-applicability of
    statutory limitation thereto,

    -condemning the genocidal acts against the Armenian people, planned
    and continuously perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire and various regimes
    of Turkey in 1894-1923, dispossession of the homeland, the massacres
    and ethnic cleansing aimed at the extermination of the Armenian
    population, the destruction of the Armenian heritage, as well as the
    denial of the Genocide, all attempts to avoid responsibility, to
    consign to oblivion the committed crimes and their consequences or to
    justify them, as a continuation of this crime and encouragement to
    commit new genocides,

    - also considering the 1919-1921 verdicts of the courts-martial of the
    Ottoman Empire on that grave crime perpetrated "against the law and
    humanity'' as a legal assessment of the fact,

    - appreciating the joint declaration of the Allied Powers on May 24,
    1915, for the first time in history defining the most heinous crime
    perpetrated against the Armenian people as a "crime against humanity
    and civilization" and emphasizing the necessity of holding Ottoman
    authorities responsible, as well as the role and significance of the
    Sevres Peace Treaty of 10 August 1920 and US President Woodrow
    Wilson's Arbitral Award of 22 November 1920 in overcoming the
    consequences of the Armenian Genocide: 1. Commemorates one-and-a-half
    million innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide and bows in
    gratitude before those martyred and surviving heroes who struggled for
    their lives and human dignity.

    2. Reiterates the commitment of Armenia and the Armenian people to
    continue the international struggle for the prevention of genocides,
    the restoration of the rights of people subjected to genocide and the
    establishment of historical justice.

    3. Expresses gratitude to those states and international, religious
    and non-governmental organizations that had political courage to
    recognize and condemn the Armenian Genocide as a heinous crime against
    humanity and even today continue to undertake legal measures to that
    end, also preventing the dangerous manifestations of denialism.

    4. Expresses gratitude to those nations, institutions and individuals,
    who often endangering their lives, provided multifaceted humanitarian
    assistance and rescued many Armenians facing the threat of total
    annihilation, created safe and peaceful conditions for the survivors
    of the Armenian Genocide, thus promoting orphan care and the
    international Armenophile movement.

    5. Appeals to UN member states, international organizations, all
    people of good will, regardless of their ethnic origin and religious
    affiliation, to unite their efforts aimed at restoring historical
    justice and paying tribute to the memory of the victims of the
    Armenian Genocide.

    6. Expresses the united will of Armenia and the Armenian people to
    achieve worldwide recognition of the Armenian Genocide and the
    elimination of the consequences of the Genocide, preparing to this end
    a file of legal claims as a point of departure in the process of
    restoring individual, communal and pan-Armenian rights and legitimate
    interests.

    7. Condemns the illegal blockade of the Republic of Armenia imposed by
    the Republic of Turkey, its anti-Armenian stance in international fora
    and the imposition of preconditions in the normalization of interstate
    relations, considering this a consequence of the continued impunity of
    the Armenian Genocide, Meds Yeghern.

    8. Calls upon the Republic of Turkey to recognize and condemn the
    Armenian Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire, and to face its own
    history and memory through commemorating the victims of that heinous
    crime against humanity and renouncing the policy of falsification,
    denialsm and banalizations of this indisputable fact.

    Supports those segments of Turkish civil society whose representatives

    nowadays dare to speak out against the official position of the authorities.

    9. Expresses the hope that recognition and condemnation of the
    Armenian Genocide by Turkey will serve as a starting point for the
    historical reconciliation of the Armenian and Turkish peoples.

    10. Proudly notes that during the last century the Armenian people,
    having survived the Genocide,

    - Demonstrated an unbending will and national self-consciousness and
    restored its sovereign statehood, lost centuries ago,

    - Preserved and developed national values, achieved the renaissance of
    their national culture, science and education, bringing its unique
    contribution to the development of world heritage,

    - established a powerful and effective network of religious and
    secular institutions in the Armenian Diaspora, thus contributing to
    the preservation of their Armenian identity in Armenian communities
    worldwide, the shaping of a respected and esteemed image of the
    Armenian, and the protection of the legitimate rights of the Armenian
    people,

    - united and restored the national gene pool that was facing
    extermination as a result of the Genocide, through a pan-Armenian
    cooperation and extensive repatriation program,

    - made its valuable contribution to international peace and security
    during the First and the Second World Wars and won glorious victories
    in the heroic battle of Sardarapat and the Artsakh war.

    11. Considers the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide an
    important milestone in the ongoing struggle for historical justice
    under the motto "I remember and demand".

    12. Calls upon the coming generations of Armenians to protect their sacred

    native heritage with patriotism, consciousness and intellect and
    resolutely struggle and serve for:

    - a stronger Homeland, free and democratic Republic of Armenia,

    - the progress and strengthening of independent Artsakh,

    - the efficient unity of Armenians worldwide,

    - the realization of the centuries-old sacrosanct goals of all Armenians.

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