PARUYR HAYRIKIAN: ARMENIA MUST COME UP WITH INITIATIVE IN UN ON
OCCACION OF 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF GREAT GENOCIDE
YEREVAN, APRIL 4, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenia with its allies must come
up with an initiative in the United Nations Organization on the
occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Great Armenian Genocide. Paruyr
Hayrikian, the Chairman of National Self-Determination Union, assured
this at the April 2 sitting of the Presidium of the union. In his
letter addressed to Vartan Oskanian, RA Foreign Minister, Hayrikian
mentioned that the initiative particularly concerns the recognition of
the 1915-1923 Genocide committed against the Armenian nation in their
historical homeland, Armenians’ right to liquidate the consequences
of the Genocide and adoption of a resolution concerning international
community’s obligation to assist Armenians in that issue. Hayrikian
calls on to submit as a draft resolution and main fact the “1987
resolution adopted by the Council of Europe, as well as the maps
underlining the borders of Armenian autonomy given under the rule
of European General Governors in the territory of Turkey in 1914;
the areas recognized as Armenian by numerous states of the world by
the 1920 Sevr agreement; the areas in this region populated with
Armenians before 1920 Turk-Kamal and communist armed forces joint
attack on Armenia and 1920-1921 occupation of Azerbaijan and Armenia
by communist armed forced, where no Armenians live now, especially
Kars, Ardahan and Nakhijevan.