DECISION OF US FEDERAL APPEALS COURT – DEFEAT FOR ALL MANKIND

PanARMENIAN.Net
28.08.2009 13:14 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ US Federal Appeals Court’s decision prohibiting
decedents of Armenian Genocide victims to sue foreign insurance
companies for unpaid claims is a disgrace, Arpi Vardanyan, AAA Regional
Director for Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, told a press conference in
Yerevan. "Even though US Administration has not officially recognized
the fact of Armenian Genocide, that doesn’t mean separate states in
America have not condemned and acknowledged such atrocity against
humankind. George Bush and Barack Obama have not pronounced the phrase
‘Armenian Genocide’, but President Ronald Reagan did recognize the
fact. Schoolchildren in US are taught about the first genocide of the
XX century, and 43 states have applied to US Administration with a
claim to declare April 24 an Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day," AA
Regional Director stated, adding that those facts were not reflected in
Appellate Court’s decision which focused only on one side of reality.

"I don’t know to what extent Turkish lobby affected the decision,
but one thing I can say for sure: such decision cannot be viewed
as Turkish organizations’ victory and Armenian lobby’s defeat,"
Arpi Vardanyan said. A decision prohibiting descendents of Genocide
victims to sue insurance companies is a defeat for all mankind,
she finds. "Denial policy by world’s governments today will lead to
negation of other Genocides tomorrow," AAA regional Director stressed.

On August 20, US Federal Court ruled that descendents of Armenian
Genocide victims cannot sue foreign insurance companies for unpaid
claims since US Government doesn’t officially recognize that an
Armenian Genocide occurred.