JUGHA ERASED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH
ArmRadio.am
18.10.2006 10:18
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006, an international delegation comprised
of representatives of different National Parliaments and a Scottish
history-of-art specialist, were received by Mr. Kotchiro Matsuura,
Director-General of UNESCO, from whom they will be solemnly requesting
an international investigation and open denunciation of the crime
perpetrated on the memorial site of Jugha (Djoulfa/Julfa) by the army
of Azerbaijan.
The delegation was formed at the behest of the Parliamentary Group
Switzerland-Armenia – mainly the Co-Chairmen – the National Councilors
Dominique de Buman (Vice-Chairman of the Christian Democratic-Party)
and Ueli Leuenberger (Vice-Chairman of the Green Party) – with the
support of Mr. Charles Aznavour, Ambassador of Armenia to UNESCO. The
Parliamentarians will submit to the Director-General exhaustive
documentation on the subject, as well as a signed Memorandum in which
five recommendations will be presented to the state of Azerbaijan,
among which, the construction of a Christian memorial on the site of
the old cemetery. If Azerbaijan does not answer these recommendations,
the delegation of the members of Parliament will ask the exclusion
of Azerbaijan of UNESCO with arbitration of the European governments,
Switzerland, Russia and Canada.