COMMEMORATION EVENT OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS TO BE HELD IN HOLLAND

NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY
APRIL 16, 2009
AMSTERDAM

Commemoration of the 94th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915
is organised by the 24 April Committee of the Federation of Armenian
Organisations in the Netherlands (FAON).

Lectures will be given by experts from a variety of fields including
Dr. Ton Zwaan, researcher at the Centre for Holocaust and Genocide
Studies and professor at the University of Amsterdam, Mr. Harry van
Bommel, member of Socialist Party faction in the Dutch Parliament,
Prof. Dr. Mihran Dabag, director of the Institute for Diaspora and
Genocide Studies at Ruhr University in Bochum in Germany, Mr. Recep
Marasli, writer and poet, Mr.

Osman Koker, publicist, Mr Viguen Tchitetchian, Ambassador of Armenia
to Belgium and Mr Ronny Naftaniel, director of Centre for Information
and Documentation on Israel (CIDI).

The event will also include artistic interludes such as performances
by Nicolai Romashuk Jr., Ruzan Hakobyan and Hambardzum Sahakyan.

During the commemoration particular attention will be paid to the
100th anniversary of Adana massacre by Ottoman Turks. Exhibition
Adana: Past and Present will be organized with indication of Armenian
buildings and institutions, which have been perished as a result of
the Armenian Genocide.

A commemoration event will be also organized in Assen on 24 April
2009. The local community will lay wreaths at the Armenian monument
a Commemorative Ceremony will take place.