GENOCIDE MEMORIAL FLAME ARRIVES IN ARMENIA
ArmInfo News Agency, Armenia
Sept 26 2007
ArmInfo. Torch procession that started on August 8 in the Eastern
Chad as a token of protest against the genocide in Darfur and all
the displays of genocide in the world arrived in Armenia late in
the evening Tuesday. Director of Yerevan Genocide Museum-Institute
Hayk Demoyan told ArmInfo the torch was carried through Rwanda and
Cambodia. From Armenia it will be taken to Sarajevo.
Representatives of the Armenian Assembly of America, Catholicos of
All Armenians Karekin II and Primus of the Anglican Church Archbishop
of Canterbury participated in the torch lighting.
Actress and UNICEF Good Will Ambassador Mia Farrow initiated the
campaign called "Maria for Darfur." The torch will be carried also
to Bosnia, Germany and some two dozens of cities in the USA.
The torch against violence and massacres was lit a year before the
beginning of Olympic Games in China. Mia Farrow says Sudan Government
permitted Chinese oil companies to use the natural resources of
the country and to sent 80% of proceeds in the military actions in
Darfur. She urges everyone not to support the Chinese and Sudanese
authorities. International experts say about 200,000 people were
killed and 2,5 million have became refugees over the 4 years of the
civil war in Darfur. Earlier in August Sudanese authorities agreed
to receive Un peacemakers.