MEMORY ABOUT GENOCIDE – NO MATTER RECOGNIZED OR NOT – MUST BECOME WARNING FOR ALL

PanARMENIAN.Net
23.04.2007 15:53 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "April 24 is the world day of commemorating the
victims of the Armenian Genocide.

This day thousands of Armenians worldwide mourn for the people who
died at those tragic days of the 20th century. Armenian Cultural
Association of Irkutsk annually holds commemorative evenings dedicated
to that tragedy. Armenians of Irkutsk mourn for their compatriots,
expressing condolences to descendants of those who died in 1920-ies
of the last century and invite all Irkutsk residents to participate
in commemorative evening," the statement of city administration says.

On April 24 all who wish may pay homage to the Armenian nation, which
was subjected to extermination, light a candle on the khatchkar for
the peace of victims’ soul. Representatives of the Armenian Cultural
Association of Irkutsk hope city residents will not be indifferent to
the pain that the Armenian population feels. Today the memory about
Genocide – no matter recognized or not – must become warning for all
of us.

The statement reminds that crimes against humanity do not have statute
of limitation. "The internationally recognized Holocaust, genocides
in Rwanda, Yugoslavia and Iraq are those green wounds, which will
bleed and which will be remembered and mourned in the whole world for
a long time. However, the first genocide of an entire nation in the
history of the 20th century is the events between 1915 and 1923 in
Turkey. The monstrosity of this crime against the Armenian nation has
been officially recognized by the world community," says the statement
of the Armenian Cultural Association and Irkutsk City administration.