STRASBOURG (Tert.am)–The
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) condemned
the Armenian Genocide on Wednesday in a statement commemorating
the 95th anniversary of the crime circulated by the
Strasbourg-based organization’s Armenian delegation.
TORONTO, ON – In commemoration of
the 95th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, over one thousand
members of the Canadian-Armenian community of Toronto, joined by
a number of prominent political and community guests gathered at
the Armenian Youth Centre on Sunday, April 25th.
JERUSALEM (Combined Sources)–Israel’s parliament agreed on
Wednesday to again consider a draft resolution recognizing the
World War One-era mass killings and deportations of Armenians in
Ottoman Turkey as genocide.
The
demonstrators gathered on the steps of the Haydarpasa train
station from where hundreds of Armenian intellectuals arrested
on April 24, 1915 were deported and subsequently executed. They
chanted “Never Again!” and carried black-and-white pictures of
the most prominent of the deportees.
WASHINGTON–President
Obama, once again, refused to recognize the Armenian genocide in
his annual message on this the 95th anniversary of the genocide.
This marks the second year that he has broken his campaign
pledge to properly recognize the genocide.
WASHINGTON–In
a forcefully worded letter, Armenian Genocide Resolution lead
sponsor, Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA), urged President Barack
Obama to stand by his record as a U.S. Senator and his pledges
as a Presidential candidate to properly recognize the Armenian
Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of
America (ANCA).
WASHINGTON—Calls for President
Barack Obama to properly recognize the Armenian Genocide and
upon the Congressional leadership to schedule a vote on the
Armenian Genocide Resolution took center stage, today, at the
Capitol Hill Armenian Genocide Observance, with Speaker Nancy
Pelosi (D-CA) and Minority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) leading
more than 20 of their House colleagues at this remembrance
calling for official U.S. condemnation and commemoration of this
crime against humanity, reported the Armenian National Committee
of America.
YEREVAN (Combined Sources)—In a
nationally televised address Thursday, President Serzh Sarkisian,
citing continued preconditions by Turkey, suspended the
Armenia-Turkey protocols process, but fell short of withdrawing
Armenia’s signature from the dangerous documents.
YEREVAN
(RFE/RL)—Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian will address the
nation on Thursday to announce a promised crucial decision on
the future of Armenia’s frozen normalization agreements with
Turkey, his office said on Wednesday.
LOS
ANGELES—Thousands of protestors will descend upon the Turkish
Consulate of Los Angeles this Saturday to demand recognition and
justice for the first genocide of the 20th century.
WASHINGTON–California Senator
Barbara Boxer (D) was joined this week by more than a dozen of
her Senate colleagues in calling on President Obama “to stand on
the right side of history and unequivocally affirm the Armenian
Genocide,” reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
MONTEBELLO—Under the slogan of
“Path to Unity. Together we Serve and Preserve,” the Armenian
Cultural Foundation hosted its annual fundraising banquet on
April 11 at Montebello’s Baghramian Hall, with more than 700
community members in attendance.
JERUSALEM
–The Chairman of the Meretz bloc in the Israeli Knesset, Haim
Oron, will argue for Israeli recognition of the Armenian
Genocide during an April 28 debate on the issue in parliament.
April
16, a regular meeting of political forces against the
Armenia-Turkey Protocols’ ratification was held in ARF
Dashnaktsutyun center after Simon Vratsyan.
SACRAMENTO–California Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger has once again proclaimed the week of
April 19-26 as “Days of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide,”
the Armenian National Committee’s Western Region offices
reported on Thursday.
ISTANBUL (German Press Service)–German Nobel Prize-winning
author Guenter Grass urged Turkey on Wednesday to acknowledge
the country’s genocide against Armenians during World War I.
WASHINGTON (Combined
Sources)—Armenia’s Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian told
reporters Wednesday that Armenia refused to discuss the Karabakh
conflict with Turkey during meetings in Washington this week,
since Turkey does not—and cannot—have a role in the Karabakh
conflict resolution process.
WASHINGTON—On the sidelines
of President Obama’s international nuclear summit, Armenian
President Serzh Sarkisian met with a delegation of the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation Bureau on Monday evening.
WASHINGTON (RFE/RL)–Turkey’s
parliament would not ratify the fence-mending agreements with
Armenia if they were put to a vote now, Turkish Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan was reported on Tuesday to have told
President Serzh Sarkisian during their talks in Washington.
After Meeting
Erdogan, Sarkisian Rejects Turkish Preconditions
WASHINGTON—“Turkey
cannot speak to Armenia and the Armenian people in a language of
preconditions,” President Serzh Sarkisian remarked at a
gathering at the Woodrow Wilson Monument, moments after his
meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
He also emphasized that Armenia
was not willing to make the fact of the Armenian Genocide a
matter of discussion, nor did he believe that Turkey would have
a positive role in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.
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Breaking News 9:00
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Sargsyan-Erdogan meeting just
ended in Washington
A
minute ago Sargsyan-Erdogan meeting ended in Washington. RA President Serzh Sargsyan, FM Edward Nalbandian and Deputy
Chief of staff to RA President Vigen Sargsyan represented
Armenian side, while Turkish — Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Deputy Undersecretary
Feridun Sinirlioglu. The meeting lasted for 1.5 hour.
Leading Armenian civic, religious
and social service organizations called on Armenian President
Serzh Sarkisian to urge President Barack Obama to honor his
pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide and stand strong
against Turkish Government efforts to use the Turkey-Armenia
Protocols to block international genocide affirmation efforts.
GLENDALE–The Armenian Youth Federation released a statement on
Friday, calling on President Obama to stay true to his campaign
pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide. The statement,
released two weeks before the 95th Anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide, stresses the community’s resolve to continue
campaigning the Obama Administration for a proper reaffirmation
of the US record on the Armenian Genocide. The statement also
informs of a nationwide effort by Armenian-Americans to rally in
major cities across the United States on the Genocide’s 95th
anniversary this April 24 to demand justice and recognition for
the crimes committed by the Ottoman Turkish government.
WASHINGTON–Armenian
National Committee of America (ANCA) chapters and activists
across the United States are encouraging their Senators to sign
the Boxer Letter, urging President Obama to properly recognize
the Armenian Genocide in his April 24th remarks.
YEREVAN (Combined Sources)—President Serzh Sarkisian will meet
President Barack Obama during his visit to Washington next week,
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said on Wednesday.
ANKARA (Hurriyet)–Turkish
Ambassador to the United States Namık Tan returned to
Washington, D.C., on Tuesday following a month-long diplomatic
row that had brought him back to Ankara for consultations.
The Turkish government has been
receiving a succession of bad news in recent weeks. Its
persistent policy of denial of the Armenian Genocide suffered
serious setbacks when the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S.
House of Representatives, the Swedish Parliament, and
Catalonia’s regional Parliament in Spain adopted resolutions
acknowledging the Armenian Genocide.
WASHINGTON–Congressmen
Jim Costa (D-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) have spoken out
forcefully against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s
chilling warning – clearly intended to intimidate Armenia by
raising the specter of 1915 – that Ankara may respond to
international recognition of the Armenian Genocide by launching
a new wave of deportations of Armenians living in Turkey,
reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
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Memorial to Armenian Genocide victims to be Erected in
Netherlands
Armenian organizations in
Netherlands stated their intention to erect a memorial to the
victims of the Armenian Genocide in The Hague.
The Turkish-Azerbaijani Cultural
Association in Netherlands opposed the initiative. The
association leaders stated at a press conference they would
organize protest actions against Armenians’ initiative, RFE/RL
reports.
SACRAMENTO—The
The Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region
welcomes the introduction of ACR 148, authored and introduced by
California State Assembly Majority Leader Charles Calderon,
which requests the Department of Transportation to place
informational signs on State Highway Route 60 in Los Angeles
County directing motorists to the Armenian Genocide Martyrs
Monument.
This
Easter – a wonderful time of faith and family, redemption and
rebirth – can also be a great chance to reach out (in a low-key
way, of course) to friends and relatives who may not be as tuned
in as you are to the challenges facing the Armenian people.
ANKARA, Turkey—On April 24-25, a
symposium on the Armenian Genocide, titled “1915 within its pre
and post-historical periods: Denial and Confrontation,” will be
held in Ankara. Organized by the Ankara Freedom to Thought
Initiative (AFTI), the symposium will not only address the
history, but explore issues like the confiscation of Armenian
property and reparations.
ANKARA (Combined Sources)—A
Turkish lawyer has submitted a claim to an Ankara court,
demanding recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
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ANCA Advocacy Day in Sacramento,
CA - April 15, 2010
Horizon 180's Paul Chaderjian
speaks with ANCA Western Region Government Affairs Director
Lerna Kayserian Shirinian about the planned April 15, 2010 ANCA
Advocacy Day at the Sacramento State Capitol - including
commemorative programs in remembrance of the Armenian Genocide
and meetings with CA state elected officials on a broad range of
issues of concern to the Armenian American community.
To sign up to participate in the ANCA Advocacy Day in
Sacramento, CA, email Haig Hovsepian at
haig@anca.org.
WASHINGTON–Congressmen
Jim Costa (D-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) have spoken out
forcefully against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s
chilling warning – clearly intended to intimidate Armenia by
raising the specter of 1915 – that Ankara may respond to
international recognition of the Armenian Genocide by launching
a new wave of deportations of Armenians living in Turkey,
reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
