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To deny Armenian Genocide is to deny Holocaust
29.01.2007 14:14 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ `The United Nations recently adopted a resolution
condemning the denial of the Holocaust. The move was timed to
coincide with the eve of the International Commemoration Day for
Holocaust Victims on January 27, a date which marks the 1945
liberation of prisoners at the Auschwitz death camp of Nazi
Germany. This UN action is significant, of course, but what is most
significant for me was the lack of any mention or even consideration
of the Armenian Genocide,’ Richard Giragosian, expert of the Armenian
International Police Research Group (AIPRG) told a PanARMENIAN.Net
reporter. `And where was the Armenian Ambassador to the United
Nations? Why was not he speaking out, especially with the world’s
attention on the murder of Hrant Dink, and as the Armenian diplomat at
the UN in New York, why did he not raise the issue and remind the UN
of the Armenian Genocide?’ he said.

`And although it is quite true that to deny the historical accuracy of
the Holocaust is simply wrong and should be condemned, the active
denial of the Armenian Genocide is ongoing and continuing, and is
something that has reached far more significant proportions than any
incidents of Holocaust denial. Thus, the real point here is that the
Armenian Genocide must not be continually overshadowed or marginalized
by the Holocaust. The Armenian Genocide was the first of genocide in
the 20th century and can be directly linked to the later
Holocaust. There can be no differences between the two and to deny the
Armenian Genocide is to deny the Holocaust. Moreover, there is a
degree of hypocrisy here, as there is a genocide underway today, in
the Darfur region of Sudan, and like Rwanda, the international
community is doing far to little to stop it,’ Richard Giragosian said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress