LARGE-SCALE PROGRAM OF EVENTS ENVISAGED IN ARMENIA AND ABROAD IN
CONNECTION WITH ARMENIAN GENOCIDE’S 90TH ANNIVERSARY
YEREVAN, APRIL 14, NOYAN TAPAN. On April 24 of the current year 1.5
mln people are to make a procession to Tsitsernakaberd, to the
Memorial to Armenian Genocide. According to the information provided
by the Press Service of the state commission on preparation of the
events, this year this number will double in consideration of the fact
that the Genocide’s 90th anniversary is marked and a large inflow of
people from Armenian marzes and abroad is expected. A large-scale
program of events is envisaged in Armenia and abroad. Scientific and
cultural events, public discussions have aleady started from early
April in many foreign countries. In Armenia the events will start in
the second half of April. On April 20-21, an international conference
on the subject “The Gravest Crime, Serious Challenge: Human Rights and
Genocide” will be held in Yerevan with participation of the greatest
scientists from 20 countries of the world, state and political
figures, including well-known Jewish and Turkish historians. The
international conference will be broadcasted in the direct air by the
Pubic Television of Armenia on the “Nor Alik” (“New Channel”) TV
channel. The conference will be broadcasted in Europe, America,
Russia, Near ans Middle East countries by satellite television. The
key event will be the procession of 1.5 mln people. This year the
Memorial to Genocide will be visited by official delegations from 15
countries of the world. In the evening of April 23 some youth
organizations are going to organize a torch-light procession from
Republic Square to the Memorial. On April 24, liturgies will be served
in all Armenian churches both in Armenia and other countries of the
world. Cultural events are also planned. On April 18-30, films on the
subject of Genocide will be shown in the “Moscow” Yerevan cinema. In
April and May “Armenian Genocide” photoexhibition of Armin Vegner,
German doctor and missionary, eye-witness of the deportation and
massacre of Armenians, and “Genocides of the 20th century”
photoexhibition of Simon! Norfolk (Great Britain) will open in
Yerevan. The photoexhibitions will be exhibited in a number of other
countries, too. Several tens of Armenian and foreign authors’ works on
Genocide have been published this year. A laser disk dedicated to the
Genocide’s 90th anniversary is being prepared for release. On April
22, a literary exposition on Genocide and human rights will be
presented in RA FM library.