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29 January 2008
ARMENIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE RESOLUTIONS IN THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
Strasbourg, France–On the 25th of January, the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe (PACE) put into official circulation a Motion
for a Resolution titled "The State of Cultural Heritage in Turkey" and
a Motion for a Recommendation on "The Present State of Armenian
Cultural Treasures in Turkey."
Cosponsored by more than 25 members of parliament representing 21
European countries and all five of PACE’s political groups, the
motions make reference to the Genocide and attendant dispossession of
the Armenian people and call upon Turkey, among other points, to
undertake a comprehensive inventory and the subsequent restoration and
operationalization of Armenian and other cultural heritage destroyed
or ruined during the past century, including all ancient and medieval
Armenian capital cities, churches, fortresses, cemeteries, and other
treasures of historic Armenia currently under its jurisdiction.
The motions, which are customarily referred to committee before being
considered in plenary session, also address the freedom of expression,
the teaching of genocide, minority rights and restitution, and the
accomplishment of reconciliation through the truth, and look forward
to "the long-awaited celebration of the Armenian cultural heritage
based on a full Turkish-Armenian normalization anchored in the
assumption of history, the pacific resolution of all outstanding
matters, and a complete Europeanization of their relationship."
The actual motions can be found at
s/WorkingDocs/Doc08/EDOC11510.htm
and orkingDocs/Doc08/EDOC11511.htm.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
