GENOCIDE PREVENTION ARTICLE ACCEPTED
Panorama.am
18:13 28/03/2008
Today in Geneva the UN Human Rights Council accepted the law on
prevention the Genocide by the initiative of Armenia. According to
the Foreign Affairs Ministry it is the first article on preventing
the Genocide accepted by the UN.
The significance of the current article is symbolic as the
60 anniversary of Genocide convention is to be celebrated this
year. By the initiative of Armenia a range of ceremonies will be
held commemorating the convention and condemning genocide as criminal
activity.
According to the same source the current article was co-authored by
the EU member countries, Switzerland, Australia, Argentina, Brazil,
Canada, Mexico, Norway and other countries.
Note that the UN Human Rights Council was established in 2006. This is
the principle branch of the UN dealing with the human rights affairs.