Republic of Armenia President Serzh Sargsyan expressed his gratitude from the UN podium to the nations that had recognized the Armenian Genocide and Pope Francis for the historical Mass he had celebrated.
President Serzh Sargsyan expresses his gratitude from UN podium to Pope Francis and nations that recognized Armenian Genocide
STEPANAKERT, SEPTEMBER 30, ARTSAKHPRESS: Giving a speech at the 70th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, President Sargsyan emphasized that Armenia’s determination to keep the prevention of the crime of genocide on the international agenda was testified by the Resolutions periodically tabled at the Human Rights Council, and the latest one to that effect was adopted this year. Building further upon it, just a few days ago the UN General Assembly passed a resolution establishing December 9 as “the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime.”
“Last year, on the eve of the Armenian Genocide Centennial, from this podium I expressed our gratitude to the nations that recognized the Armenian Genocide and named them all individually. I called upon the international community to bolster the struggle against the recurrence of the crime of genocide through recognition and condemnation.
Today, from this very podium, I thank Pope Francis, and acknowledge the historical Mass he celebrated; the European Parliament, and recall the Resolution it adopted; the German President, and, believe me, his well-known statement will thenceforth take part in the pages of our nation’s history textbooks. I thank the legislative bodies of Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, numerous provincial and city councils, as well as dozens and hundreds political and non-governmental organizations.
I thank the Presidents of Russia, France, Cyprus, and Serbia, as well as delegations of numerous other countries that on April 24 paid tribute to the victims of the Armenian Genocide in Yerevan,” Serzh Sargsyan noted.
