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UK HOUSE OF LORDS DEBATING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MOTION

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  The British House of Lords opened debates on the Armenian Genocide motion on March 29. The discussion was initiated by independent member of parliament, Baroness Carline Cox, who asked Her Majesty’s Government to recognize that the 1915-1917 events constituted Genocide. Baroness Cox reminded that the Turkish government denies the fact of Genocide and spares no effort to prevent the international community from recognizing it. “Suppression of the truth proved that there was Genocide. The 1915 events will never be forgotten. An entire nation was annihilated. Refusal to recognize historical reality of any genocide can serve as an encouragement to other potential perpetrators, who will believe that they can get away with similar genocides with impunity,” she said. The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres, and deportations involving forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths reaching 1.5 million. The majority of Armenian Diaspora communities were formed by the Genocide survivors.

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UK HOUSE OF LORDS DEBATING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MOTION

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  The British House of Lords opened debates on the Armenian Genocide motion on March 29. The discussion was initiated by independent member of parliament, Baroness Carline Cox, who asked Her Majesty’s Government to recognize that the 1915-1917 events constituted Genocide. Baroness Cox reminded that the Turkish government denies the fact of Genocide and spares no effort to prevent the international community from recognizing it. “Suppression of the truth proved that there was Genocide. The 1915 events will never be forgotten. An entire nation was annihilated. Refusal to recognize historical reality of any genocide can serve as an encouragement to other potential perpetrators, who will believe that they can get away with similar genocides with impunity,” she said. The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres, and deportations involving forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths reaching 1.5 million. The majority of Armenian Diaspora communities were formed by the Genocide survivors.

 

Thank you for letting us know. It's not usually reported in the press or on TV. Caroline Cox is a very good speaker, and has visited Armenia and Azerbaijan many times. Unfortunately, however effective, it all falls on deaf ears.

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BRITISH PARLIAMENT NOT PUT TO VOTE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION

 

PanARMENIAN.Net

30.03.2010 19:04 GMT+04:00

 

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian Genocide resolution was not put to

a vote in the House of Lords, John Torosyan, head of the Armenian

community of Cardiff told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

 

On March 29 the House of Lords held hearings on events between 1915 -

1917 initiated by an independent MP, Baroness Caroline Cox. During the

debate, Lady Cox recalled that the Turkish government still denies

the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire and opposed its recognition

by the international community.

 

Speaking on behalf of the government, Baroness Kinnock recalled

that the fate of ethnic Armenians and other Christian minorities,

including Assyrians living in the Ottoman Empire, was discussed at

a cabinet meeting on October 21, 1915. However, she considered as

premature the adoption of the resolution.

 

During the visit of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in

London, Minister of Justice Jack Straw promised the Turkish prime

minister that the Armenian Genocide resolution will not be put to

the vote.

 

On March 4 the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign

Affairs approved the Res. 252 on the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman

Empire.

 

On March 11 the Parliament of Sweden adopted a similar resolution.