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  • Armenian Genocide Commemorative Events At Heart Of British Government

    PRESS RELEASE
    The Armenian Community (UK)
    an occassional publication dedicated to British-Armenian Affairs
    Garod House, 42 Blythe Rd., London W14 0HA
    20 June 2005

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    ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS AT HEART OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT


    LONDON (15th June 2005) At 10a.m. on June 15th 2005, a series of
    important events commenced at the heart of the British Government.
    The British-Armenian All Party Parliamentary Group, sponsored by the
    AGBU, held three separate events aimed at reminding the British
    government that the United Kingdom has still failed to recognise the
    Armenian Genocide.


    Church Service

    At St. Margaret's Church in Westminster Abbey, a Memorial Service took
    place in the presence of such British dignitaries, such as Baroness
    Cox, Lord Avebury, Lord Biffen, Baroness Flather, Baroness Park of
    Monmouth and The Earl of Shannon alongside Members of Parliament,
    Robert Wareing and Paddy Tipping. An Armenian delegation was also
    present including His Excellency Vartan Oskanyan, Foreign minister of
    Armenia, Sarkis Assadurian, former Canadian M.P. and French
    M.P. Francois Rochebloine.


    Conference on Genocide

    Following the Memorial Service a Conference took place in the Moses
    Room of the House of Lords. Baroness Cox opened proceedings with an
    impassioned analysis of the non-recognition of the Armenian Genocide
    by the British Government. Armenian Foreign Minister Oskanyan followed
    in a similar vein, speaking eloquently about the denial promulgated by
    the Turkish Government, and backed up by some Western powers,
    including Great Britain. He also thanked Odette Bazil and the BAAPG
    for organising this event given that as a result of the General
    Election April 24th was not fully commemorated this year.

    Both Sarkis Assadurian and Francois Rochebloine considered how they
    had worked in their respective countries' recognition of the Armenian
    Genocide, and notably Rochebloine laughed off the mountain of denial
    materials that were sent to him personally, in a bid to persuade him
    otherwise.

    Finally James Smith of the Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre and the Aegis
    Trust spoke about how their organisations went about remembering the
    Holocaust and the Rwandan Genocide.

    Also present were British MPs, diplomats, other politicians, Foreign
    and Commonwealth Office advisers, journalists, academics, as well as
    members of the British Armenian community.

    The questions from the floor made for a lively session after the
    presentations, with historian John Fox drawing attention to an article
    in the current issue of History Today that belittled Armenian
    historians, suggesting that 'Armenian' historiography is keen to
    enforce a standard line on how the genocide is interpreted.

    Foreign Minister Oskanyan was asked his opinion on Armenian-Turkish
    reconciliation, whilst James Smith was asked what the Aegis Trust was
    doing to combat Armenian Genocide denial, especially given his
    organisations' role on the Holocaust Memorial Day Steering Group.



    British Armenian Community Ignores Friends

    The Rabbi Baaden who had contributed to the Memorial Service earlier
    in the day, made an extremely pertinent point. He stated that he has
    been keen to involve himself in matters relating to the recognition of
    the Armenian Genocide, but stated with some exasperation, that nobody
    from the Armenian community had approached him despite knowledge of
    his commitment within UK community organisations for at least three
    years.



    Petition to British Prime Minister

    After lunch a delegation went to 10 Downing Street to present
    thousands of petitions that the British-Armenian All Party
    Parliamentary Group has been collecting in the last few months,
    demanding the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

    The day was a successful reminder that the Armenians of the United
    Kingdom will continue to pressure their Government until the latter
    ditches its subservience to Turkey in denying the truth.


    Nora Vosbigian
    London

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    The Armenian Community (UK) is an occassional publication on
    British-Armenian affairs.
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