SECOND CONVENTION OF EUROPEAN ARMENIANS EXPECTED IN BRUSSELS

armradio.am
29.06.2007 15:25

To mark the 20th anniversary of recognition of the Armenian Genocide by
the European Parliament, and to re-think the goals of the task ahead,
the European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy announces
the Second Convention of European Armenians, which will take place on
October 15-16, 2007 at the European Parliament in Brussels, Chairwoman
of the European Armenian Federation Hilda Tchoboyan informed.

Twenty years after this historic accomplishment, and fifteen years
after the re-birth of Armenian independence, the Convention will
gather European Armenian grass-roots organizations and prominent
personalities from all corners of Europe to focus on the current
political priorities of the European Armenian community ranging from
Turkey’s European ambitions while persistently denying the Armenian
Genocide and persecuting its minorities to Turkey’s continuing blockade
of Armenia, the Karabakh negotiations, the European Neighborhood
policies in the region and the prospects of peace and stability in
the South Caucasus.

The Federation recalls that a key conclusion of the 1987 resolution
made clear in no uncertain terms that "the refusal by the present
Turkish Government to acknowledge the genocide against the Armenian
people committed by the Young Turk government, its reluctance to apply
the principles of international law to its differences of opinion
with Greece, the maintenance of Turkish occupation forces in Cyprus
and the denial of existence of the Kurdish question, together with
the lack of true parliamentary democracy and the failure to respect
individual and collective freedoms, in particular freedom of religion,
in that country are insurmountable obstacles to consideration of the
possibility of Turkey’s accession to the [European] Community."

The Second Convention of European Armenians will pay a vibrant tribute
to all the key leaders of 1987 who acted courageously to deliver
the Parliament’s historic decision. Paule Duport, Henri Saby, Ernest
Glinne, Alfred Coste-Floret, René Piquet, Jaak Vandemeulebroucke,
Stan Newens, Francis Wurtz and all others who carried the torch
through painful deliberations. "As citizens of modern Europe, it
is our privilege to honor these MEP’s, visionary men and women, who
voted their conscience on that day and positioned the Parliament at
the most revered ethical standards of European values," concluded
Hilda Tchoboian.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress