WAC ATTACHES IMPORTANCE TO ISSUES OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN ITS ACTIVITY, ORGANIZATION VICE-CHAIRMAN ASSURES
Noyan Tapan
Dec 20 2006
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The main goals of the World Armenian
Congress are to consolidate Armenians spread throughout the world,
to improve the socio-economic condition of Armenian people, as well
as to assist the process of international recognition and condemnation
of the Armenian Genocide.
Vladimir Aghayan, Vice-Chairman of the Congress, said during
the December 20 round table organized at the Armenian National
Academy of Sciences. The event was dedicated to the results of the
previous years’ activity of the Congress and to 2007 program of its
activities. V.Aghayan said that Armenian Institute of International
Law and Political Science attached to the Congress functions in
Moscow. It has become a unique center on study of issues of Armenian
Genocide. He reminded that in 2004 the Congress together with this
Institute held two-day international conference "The Factor of the
Genocide in Settlement of Armenian-Turkish Relations" in Yerevan, which
approved organization’s 2004-2010 actions plan in this direction. The
Congress Vice-Chairman said that several dozens of books dedicated to
problems of Armenian Genocide were published with the organization’s
funds. Among them V.Aghayan especially singled out the three-volume
work "Armenian Genocide: Turkey’s Responsibility and International
Community’s Commitments" by Director of the Armenian Institute of
International Law and Political Science, Yuri Barseghov. And within
the framework of the events of 90th anniversary of the Genocide the
Congress published illustrated album "Memory Against Oblivion."