AZERBAIJAN MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM UNESCO FOR DEMOLISHING ARMENIAN KHACHKARS
PanARMENIAN.Net
19.10.2006 18:09 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ 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 requested an international
investigation and open denunciation of the crime perpetrated on the
Armenian cemetery of Old Julfa by the army of Azerbaijan, independent
French journalist Jean Ackikian told PanARMENIAN.Net.
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 submitted to the UNESCO Director-General comprehensive
documentation on the subject, as well as a signed Memorandum in which
five recommendations are 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 seek for exclusion
of Azerbaijan from the UNESCO through the mediation of the European
governments, Switzerland, Russia and Canada.