ANCA DOESN’T BELIEVE IN SINCERITY OF DAVID PHILLIPS’ INITIATIVE
Yerkir
11.04.2007 15:44
YEREVAN (YERKIR) – "Here we go again. If there’s one thing we
learned about David Phillips during the past seven years – through
his involvement in the discredited Turkish Armenian Reconciliation
Committee (TARC) enterprise, including the ICTJ study and a variety
of other incarnations – it’s that he will use any means – honest or
dishonest – to prevent U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide,"
ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian has said when commenting on
the initiative signed by 53 Nobel Prize winners, who called on Armenia
and Turkey to reconciliation.
"The International Center for Transitional Justice – a group tied
closely with the U.S. State Department. ICTJ was asked by TARC to
prepare a report on the Armenian Genocide. ICTJ asked someone to write
this report. They will not say who. Very likely the U.S. government
was deeply involved. The report concludes that the Armenian Genocide
is a true historical fact.
This is not new. The whole world already knows this. The report
also says that the Armenians have NO rights to reparations under the
Genocide Convention.
This is not true. Clearly, the people behind TARC in the U.S. and
Turkish governments used the ICTJ report to try to create the false
impression that Armenians cannot legally regain their rights," Aram
Hamparian said.