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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 09-09-03
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[01] GAROYIAN ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
[01] GAROYIAN ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Cyprus has always stood by the side of the Armenian people with regard
to their struggle for recognition of the Armenian Genocide, pledged
House of Representatives Speaker Marios Garoyian.
In his opening address Thursday at the Conference on The Armenian
Genocide and International Law in Beirut, Garoyian noted whether
committed in times of peace or war Genocide constitutes a crime,
condemnable and punishable under International Law.
Garoyian said that "although the United Nations Convention on the
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide provides for an
effective international tool against this crime, adhering to a
Convention is only the first important step of what should actually and
ultimately be pursued.
Referring to the Armenian Genocide, Garoyian said that the Genocide of
one and a half million Armenians by the Ottomans, in and around the
year 1915, undoubtedly constitutes such a crime, for which Turkey has
been toiling to prevent recognition.
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