BRITISH-ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY GROUP HELD A CONFERENCE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PanARMENIAN.Net
11.05.2009 12:06 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In Remembrance of the 94th Anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide, the British-Armenian All-Party Parliamentary
Group, under the auspices of the Armenian Embassy in Britain, held a
conference, entitled: "The Armenian Genocide. International Recognition
and Current Challenges " on Thursday 7th May 2009, in Committee Room
3 of the House of Commons, London SW1A OAA, British Parliament.
The invited speakers were Professor Israel Charny from Israel and Mr
Harut Sassounian from USA. Due to illness, Professor Charny did not
attend the event and, instead, sent his article, which was read by
Mr. Peter Barker, a former broadcaster of the BBC Radio 3 Programme.
The conference was chaired by the Baroness Cox of Queensbury, Chairman
of the BAAPPG and the Vote of Thanks was given by His Excellency
Ambassador Gabrielyan.
Based on the contents of the two Speakers speeches ,the
British-Armenian All-Party Parliamentary Group will issue a Statement ,
lobbying the Governments of Britain , USA and Turkey to recognize the
Armenian Genocide , committed by the Ottoman Government of 1915, Odette
Bazil, Co-Founder and Executive Secretary of The British-Armenian
All-Party Parliamentary Group reported to PanARMENIAN.Net.