UNION OF ARMENIAN ASSOCIATIONS IN SWEDEN COMMENDS ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

PanARMENIAN.Net
17.03.2010 15:11 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Chairwoman of The Union of Armenian
Associations in Sweden, Erebouni Arakelian, addressed a letter to
Swedish Parliament Speaker Per Westerberg to express gratitude for
adoption of the resolution recognizing the genocide against Armenians,
Assyrians/Syrians/Chaldeans and Pontic Greeks.

The letter reads: "Honorable Mr. Speaker,

On behalf of our members, the Union of Armenian Associations in Sweden
would hereby express our appreciation for the Riksdag’s recognition
of the 1915 genocide against Armenians, Assyrians/Syrians/Chaldeans
and Pontic Greeks. However, this issue is far from being limited to
these ethnic groups, but concerns the entire humanity. Thus, it must
be recognized openly in order to aid the future generations to take
preventive measures against it.

Many years of silence have passed before the affected ethnic groups
have received a dignified recognition for their sufferings. The
scholarship has finally gathered enough information which proves
the reality of the genocide, which also lays as the basis for the
recognition by some twenty countries, to which the Swedish Riksdag
now has joined. Let others follow Your example.

The history is not negotiable and it is a matter of course that the
Riksdag has chosen to base its decision on the conviction regarding
the existing scholarly research. This was hardly the first time the
issue of recognition has been put on the Riksdag’s agenda. It has
taken more than ten years for the discussion to mature enough so that
the Members of the Parliament can feel convinced of the information
in order to confirm it. This is a sign of the fact that they have
chosen to rely on the accumulated research rather than writing their
own version of the history.

We are assured that the decision will foremost promote democratic
forces inside and outside Turkey as well as the reconciliation process
with Armenia, since the truth does not patronize undemocratic forces
just as well as the fact that covering up of the truth will impossibly
promote democracy and reconciliation."