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AZG Armenian Daily #226, 07/12/2007
National Interest
THE RESOLUTION OF WOODROW WILSON ? OUR DREAM OR AN
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENT
Ex-Ambassador of Armenia to Canada Ara Papian is
proceeding with his hard work to make the Resolution
by US President Woodrow Wilson to be recognized an
international legal document. A seminar on that
subject was held yesterday at the Museum of the
Armenian Genocide, Yerevan.
The seminar roused a great interest among the
listeners, and the lecturer was asked numerous
questions. The interest is quite natural, as the
Resolution, made November 22, 1920, defined the
Armenia-Turkey borders. Although its principles were
never put into practice, as the Sevres Treaty was
nullified and the Lausanne Treaty endorsed instead, it
never ceased being an international legal document,
which must be recognized at least by the USA.
The plans of Woodrow Wilson were canceled mainly be
the reason of liquidation of the Republic of Armenia,
but with the independence of Armenia restored, the
situation changes diametrically.
Ara Papian insists that modern Armenia has to stands
for its rights, as Wilson?s Resolution bears the Seal
of the United States of America and was signed by the
US President and the Secretary of State. Therefore it
has legal force, and Armenia must use it to defend its
rights, which are violated by Turkey.
However, the question, raised by Ex-Ambassador Ara
Papian, interested the experts and political
scientists. And although the subject includes a number
of uncertain and complicated questions, large-scale
discussions will only contribute developing new
approaches and apprehension of the problem.
Thus, the answer to the question, whether the
Resolution of Woodrow Wilson is the Armenians? dream
or an International legal document, for a large part
depends on Armenia itself. In case the initiative of
Ara Papian is supported by Armenian political and
diplomatic circles and becomes an issue of the foreign
policy of the Republic of Armenia, the chances of
restoring the historical truth will greatly increase.
By A. Manvelian, translated by A.M.
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