ARMENIAN NGOS AGAINST THE MOVING OF UN REGIONAL OFFICES TO ISTANBUL
Anna Nazaryan
“Radiolur”
18:44 16.04.2013
Turkey is trying to affect the UN decisions and spares no financial
means to transfer the UN regional offices to Istanbul. A number of
Armenian NGOs assess this as a political step and are concerned with
the initiative, which is a violation of the fundamental principles
and objectives of the UN, particularly some points of the UN Charter.
The Armenian NGOs have addressed a letter to UN Secretary General
Ban Ki-Moon. A few days ago they applied to the visiting Deputy Prime
Minister of Slovenia, urging the EU to give assessment to the issue.
Another letter has been prepared in cooperation with representatives
of the National Assembly and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, member
of the Public Council, President of the Association for Stable Human
Development Karine Danielyan told reporters today. Everything should
be done to prevent the transfer of UN regional offices to Istanbul.
Head of the Center for the Development of Civil Society Svetlana
Aslanyan added that other countries also stand against the initiative.
Former Human Rights Defender Larisa Alaverdyan said the intention
to move UN regional offices to Istanbul pursues political purposes,
although it is said that the initiative aims to eliminate the technical
obstacles and settle the financial issues.
Turkey is rather generous unlike many other UN member states, and most
probably, this has served as a ground for the move of UN offices to
Istanbul, Larisa Alaverdyan said.
Turkey will thus have an opportunity to influence UN decisions,
which does not meet Armenia’s interests, the ex-Ombudswoman said.
How can a country that has committed genocide try to convince the
world of its humanism? Ethnographer Hranush Kharatyan believes the
world should know that the Ottoman Empire is a ‘genocidal country.’
Greece has officially declared it stands against the intention to move
US regional offices to Istanbul. It’s time for Armenia to do the same,
she said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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