Assembly of Armenians of Europe
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On its report on “Turkey’s progress towards accession” the European
Parliament calls on Turkey to recognize the Armenian Genocide
Brussels, 15/12/2004 – According to the recent information received from
the European Parliament (Strasbourg), the European Parliament voted the
84 amendments to the report on “Turkey’s progress towards accession” of
the rapporteur Camiel Eurlings and adopted the final text of the report.
Amendments regarding the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the
Republic of Turkey, the recognition of the Greek Cyprus State, the
minority rights (etc) were submitted to the vote by the European
Parliament during the plenary session on 15/12/2004.
The amendment 18 submitted by MEP Francis Wurtz and Dimitris
Papadimoulis on behalf of the GUE/NGL group was approved by the European
Parliament and will be included in the final text of the report:
“Calls on Turkey to promote the process of reconciliation with the
Armenian people by acknowledging the genocide perpetrated against the
Armenians as expressed in Parliament’s earlier resolutions with regard
to Turkey’s candidate status (from 18 June 1987 to 1 April 2004).
In the same report the European Parliament calls upon Turkey to improve
the situation of minority rights and protect their cultural heritage; to
engage a constant dialogue with the European Parliament on women’s
rights in Turkey and take note in this regard of the resolution on the
role of women in Turkey in social, economic and political life, etc.