Federation of Armenian Organisations in The Netherlands (FAON)
Address: Weesperstraat 91
2574 VS The Hague, The Netherlands
Telephone: +31704490209
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Contact: M. Hakhverdian
E-mail: [email protected]
Press Release
The Hague, 22 April 2010 – On Saturday 24 April 2010 the Armenian community
of Holland will commemorate the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide by
laying wreaths at the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Assen, The Netherlands.
The ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. at the cemetery ³De Boskamp². Many
interested and prominent peoplesuch as Member of Dutch Parliament Mr. J.
Voordewind of Christian Union faction and Member of Dutch Senate, Chairman
of SGP faction Mr. G. Holdijk, are expected to attend. The programme is part
of the annual commemoration of the Armenian genocide of 1915, which is
organised by 24 April Committee of the Federation of Armenian Organisations
in the Netherlands (FAON).
The commemoration event started this year on Tuesday 20 April with a rally
and demonstration in Het Plein in The Hague, in front of the Dutch
Parliament. This event was organised by the Joint Armenian Organisations of
The Netherland, namely the 24 April Committee of the Federation of Armenian
Organisations in The Netherlands (FAON) and Hay Tad Netherlands.
Successively Members of Dutch Parliament Mr. Harry van Bommel of Socialist
Party (SP), Mr. Kees van der Staaij of Reformed Party SGP, Mrs. Kathleen
Ferrier of Christian Democrat Appeal (CDA), Mr. Joël Voordewind of Christian
Union (CU) and Mr. Hans ten Broeke of Liberal Party (VVD) addressed the
rally and made very clear that Turkey¹s Armenian Genocide denial is
unacceptable. Ronny Naftaniel, director of Centre for Information and
Documentation Israel (CIDI), gave full support to the Armenians and
condemned Turkish official position on the Armenian Genocide. The
organisations¹ starting shot for a Genocide memorial in The Hague was
explicitly welcomed by him as well as by Mr. J. Voordewind, Mr. H. ten
Broeke and Mr. K. Van der Staaij. Speeches also were delivered by leaders of
24 April Committee and Hay Tad. Duduk music and Armenian songs were also
performed on the stage.
Date: Saturday, 24 April 2010 at 1 p.m.
Place: Cemetery ‘de Boskamp’ in Assen
Address: Boskamp 5 – 9405 NN Assen