Unless UN takes a stand against Turkey’s denial, its value is greatly undermined

PanARMENIAN.Net
21.04.2007 13:11 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In remarks delivered yesterday on the floor of
the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressional Armenian Caucus
Co-Chairman Frank Pallone sharply criticized the United Nations for
caving in to Turkey’s pressure to block a long-awaited exhibit on the
Rwanda Genocide because one of its display panels included a reference
to the Armenian Genocide. The New Jersey legislator stressed as a
representative of the international community, the United Nations must
be the leading voice against Genocide, including the Armenian Genocide,
the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) reported. "Unless
the United Nations takes a stand against Turkey’s denial, its value
to the international community is greatly undermined.

Turkey’s policy of denying the Armenian genocide gives cover to those
who perpetrate genocide everywhere," he stated.

An exhibition about the Rwandan Genocide entitled "Lessons learnt from
Rwanda" was due to be opened in the United Nations with the assistance
of Aegis Trust, a British NGO. However it was postponed under the
pressure of the Turkish government, since there was a reference to
the Armenian Genocide as the first genocide of the 20th century in
the exhibition.