INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GENOCIDE SCHOLARS RECOGNIZED ASSYRIAN AND GREEK GENOCIDES
PanARMENIAN.Net
18.12.2007 15:41 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In a groundbreaking move, the International
Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) has voted overwhelmingly to
recognize the genocides inflicted on Assyrian and Greek populations
of the Ottoman Empire between 1914 and 1923, independent French
journalist Jean Eckian told PanARMENIAN.Net.
The resolution passed with the support of 83 per cent of IAGS
members. The resolution declares that "it is the conviction of the
International Association of Genocide Scholars that the Ottoman
campaign against Christian minorities of the Empire between 1914 and
1923 constituted Genocide against Armenians, Assyrians, and Pontian
and Anatolian Greeks." It calls upon the government of Turkey "to
acknowledge the genocides against these populations, to issue a formal
apology, and to take prompt and meaningful steps toward restitution."
In 1997, the IAGS officially recognized the Armenian Genocide. The
current resolution notes that while activist and scholarly efforts
have resulted in widespread recognition of the Armenian Genocide,
there has been "little recognition of similar genocides against other
Christian minorities of the Ottoman Empire."
The resolution reads that "denial of genocide is widely recognized as
the final stage of genocide, enshrining impunity for the perpetrators
of genocide, and demonstrably paving the way for future genocides."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
