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    1) Aghbalian Student Union Denounces Treaties of Moscow and Kars
    2) Turks to Demonstrate against Genocide in Berlin
    3) KOCE-TV to Air Highly-Publicized Genocide Documentary
    4) Kocharian Meets CSTO Secretary General
    5) Obituary

    1) Aghbalian Student Union Denounces Treaties of Moscow and Kars

    YEREVAN (Yerkir)--The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Nigol Aghbalian
    Student Union (NASU) adopted a resolution Tuesday denouncing the Moscow and
    Kars Treaties of 1921.
    In his opening remarks at the preceding conference, Ishkhan Zakarian, NASU
    president, said the Moscow Treaty signed between the Soviet Union and Turkey
    goes against international law and was signed without the participation of the
    Armenian people.
    He reminded participants about the rally staged by NASU outside the Armenian
    Supreme Council in 1991 during which they demanded that the 1921 Moscow Treaty
    be renounced.
    "We the student unions should study the issue and establish that the
    treaty is
    not fair and state that it is not acceptable to us, especially now that
    Azerbaijan is talking about territorial integrity and deeming Nakhichevan as a
    part of it," Zakarian said. "We should remind our neighbor that Nakhichevan
    was
    never a part of Azerbaijan and was put under its control only because of the
    Moscow and Kars Treaties."
    Speaking at the conference, historian Ghazakhetsian said that the minutes of
    the talks preceding the signing of the treaties indicate that there actually
    were no negotiations. He said the it was like a political bazaar where
    everything was already decided by the Politburo led by Lenin and Stalin.
    S. Aslanian, a lawyer, said that under the international law the treaties had
    no legal standing from the first day and that they go against international
    norms.
    At the end of the conference, the participants adopted a resolution
    calling on
    the Armenian Foreign Ministry to make a statement that those treaties are
    unacceptable to Armenia. A copy of the resolution was also sent to the
    Armenian
    Parliament. The conference participants expressed hope that the issue will be
    included in the Parliament's agenda and the treaties will be denounced soon.

    2) Turks to Demonstrate against Genocide in Berlin

    --Judge overrules Police Department's decision to ban demonstration

    BERLIN (DPA/Armenpress)A German court overruled Tuesday a decision by the
    Berlin Police Department to ban two Turkish demonstrations, March 15 and 18,
    against the recognition of the Armenian genocide and commemorating the 85th
    anniversary of Talaat Pasha's death.
    Political leaders and human rights groups had supported this decision by the
    police, but organizers appealed to the court and got the ban overturned.
    Organizers of one of the protests warned that Europe's cities would "go up in
    flames like Paris" unless Europeans stopped blaming Turkey for the Armenian
    genocide.
    The ban was justified by police who said they feared violence and because
    they
    suspected demonstrators would try to both deny and glorify the Armenian
    genocide.
    "It is unacceptable when planned demonstrations seek to deny the genocide of
    Armenians during the First World War and make veiled calls for violence in
    Germany," said Frank Henkel, the opposition Christian Democratic Union
    interior
    affairs spokesman in the city government.
    The statement disseminated by the Berlin Police Department said that Talaat
    Pasha bears the responsibility for the genocide of Armenians in 1915 and makes
    note of the resolution adopted by the German Bundestag about the Armenian
    genocide.
    A human rights group, the Society for Threatened Peoples, also welcomed the
    ban and called for legislation to prevent all public events denying or
    glorifying genocide or war crimes.
    Germany has about 1.8 million Turkish nationals out of a total population of
    82 million.
    Mainstream Turkish-German groups withdrew their support for the controversial
    demonstrations over the weekend.

    3) KOCE-TV to Air Highly-Publicized Genocide Documentary

    (HUNTINGTON BEACH)--KOCE-TV, Orange County's PBS station, is taking a moral
    stand as the only station in the Southland, including Los Angeles, to air the
    highly-publicized documentary, [The Armenian Genocide.] The acclaimed program,
    which is about the Ottoman Turks' brutal genocide of one and a half million
    Armenians, will premiere on KOCE-TV Wednesday, April 26, at 9:00 PM.
    "KOCE-TV is proud to be recognized as the only station in the Southland,
    including Los Angeles to air 'The Armenian Genocide,'" said Mel Rogers,
    president and general manager of KOCE-TV. "This film and its topic are
    significant, and KOCE-TV feels it is important that the genocide suffered by
    the Armenians not be forgotten, denied, or glossed over. It is part of the
    mission of public television to stimulate responsible discussion and
    illuminate
    complex issues. Since most Americans do not fully understand the issue in all
    its complexity, we are committed to offering the program which we sincerely
    hope will help viewers better understand this chapter in world history."
    [The Armenian Genocide] is the unprecedented and powerful complete story of
    the first genocide of the 20th century. The one-hour documentary, which
    features extensive never-before-seen historical footage, explores the ongoing
    controversy of the Armenian genocide and explains why the Turkish government
    denies the events ever took place. The documentary, written, directed and
    produced by Emmy Award-winning producer Andrew Goldberg is narrated by
    Julianna
    Margulies, Ed Harris, Natalie Portman, Laura Linney and Orlando Bloom.
    Filmed in the United States, France, Germany, Belgium, Turkey, and Syria, the
    program features discussions with leading experts in the field including
    Pulitzer Prize-winning author Samantha Power, and New York Times best-selling
    author Peter Balakian, and Kurdish and Turkish citizens in modern-day Turkey
    who speak openly about the stories told to them by their parents and
    grandparents.
    "As Turkey seeks to join the European Union, 90 years later, this film can
    give people a much better understanding of why this issue is such an important
    and current part of the international conversation about Turkey's role in the
    world today," said Goldberg.
    Andrew Goldberg's television credits include PBS, ABC News, E!, CNN, and
    countless others. In addition to documentaries, he has also written and
    produced commercials for such companies as Bell South, Sephora/Louis Vuitton,
    AT&T and PetSmart. Goldberg's recent documentary productions include, [A
    Yiddish World Remembered] for PBS, which won an Emmy in 2002, and [The
    Armenians, A Story of Survival], which aired on PBS stations nationally in
    2002
    and was awarded the CINE Golden Eagle.
    KOCE-TV, one of the most watched PBS stations in America, has an estimated
    4.5
    million viewers each month, and offers a mix of both local and national
    programs. In addition, KOCE Classroom serves more than half-a-million K-14
    students. The winner of hundreds of awards including Emmys and Community
    Service Awards, KOCE continues to be a leading resource for education, culture
    and local issues in Southern California. For more information, please visit
    <http://www.koce.org/>www.koce.org.

    4 ) Kocharian Meets CSTO Secretary General

    YEREVAN (Armenpress/PanArmenian.Net)--Armenian President Robert Kocharian met
    Tuesday with Nikolay Bordyuzha, secretary general of the Collective Security
    Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Yerevan and discussed a set of issues facing the
    six ex-Soviet member states and ways to resolve them.
    The two men also spoke about enhancing CSTO efficiency and preparing for the
    next CSTO meeting in Minsk in June.
    Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian and Defense Secretary Serge Sargsian also
    met
    with Bordyuzha and discussed a set of issues pertaining to CSTO's activities.

    5) Obituary

    We are saddened to report the death of Haroutiun Kazanjian (Keghart) on
    Tuesday, March 14, 2006 in France. Kazanjian was one of the first graduates of
    Hamazkayin Jemaran and served as Editor of Agos, Pjishg, and Pakin newspapers.

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