International conference on Armenian “genocide” opens in Yerevan

Mediamax news agency
20 Apr 05

Yerevan, 20 April: An international conference called “Ultimate crime,
ultimate challenge: human rights and genocide” opened in Yerevan today.

Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, Catholicos of All Armenians
Garegin II and the UN secretary-general’s special adviser on genocide,
Juan Mendez, addressed the opening ceremony.

Former Polish President Leh Walensa, the head of the UN interim
administration in Kosovo, Bernard Kushner, the president of the
Nagornyy Karabakh Republic [NKR], Arkadiy Gukasyan, will address the
conference tomorrow.

Scientists and human rights experts from many countries are taking
part in the conference. Two Turkish scientists will be among the
participants. These are historian Taner Akcam, who works in the USA
and who has more than once called on Turkey to recognize the Armenian
genocide, and a professor of Istanbul Bilgi University, Murat Belge.