WORLD ARMENIA CONGRESS PREPARING A LEGAL BASIS FOR APPLYING TO ICJ

ArmRadio – Public Radio, Armenia
Oct 15 2007

The World Armenia Congress is preparing a legal basis for applying
to the UN International Court of Justice regarding the recognition
of the Armenian Genocide, declared Ara Abrahamyan, the Chairman of
the World Armenian Congress and Armenians’ Union of Russia. According
to him, a proper legal basis has been prepared for applying to the UN
International Court of Justice. "The position of Armenian authorities
on the issue is not very understandable to me. As a non-governmental
organization, we are not entitled to apply to the UN International
Court of Justice, it should be done by the Armenian leadership,
which does not want to do that now. The reasons are not clear so far,
although I have been repeatedly discussing the issue with RA President
Robert Kocharyan," Ara Abrahamyan underlined.

He reported also that the group of experts of the World Armenian
Congress and Armenians’ Union of Russia has prepared a thee-volume
collection of archive materials on the resolution of the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict, and intends to hold an international conference
on the issue in March 2007. "Recognition of the Armenian Genocide
and resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict are pan-Armenian
issues, and we must participate in their settlement all together,"
Ara Abrahamyan said.