Symposium on Genocide Prevention in UN

05 April, 2013

On April 4, 2013, the Permanent Mission of Armenia to the UN in collaboration with the Armenian and non-Armenian NGOs held a symposium in the United Nations with a purpose to share and discuss preventive strategies and initiatives and the role of governments, the UN, and civil society groups in the prevention of genocide.

The event was kicked off with the opening remarks by Ambassador Garen Nazarian, Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations, who stated that horror of genocide is repeating itself in different parts of the world and innocent civilians continue to be persecuted for no other reason than their ethnicity, religion or national origin and international cooperation and action is required to facilitate the timely prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide.

He continued that the UN Human Right Council recently adopted a resolution initiated by Armenia and co-sponsored by almost 60 member states which stresses the importance of the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and that perpetrators of genocide crime should be held criminally accountable on the national or international level and affirmed. Ambassador Nazarian emphasized the importance of education including human rights education in the prevention of genocide. He further noted that the process of international recognition of the Armenian genocide will be continued despite Turkey's denial of that indisputable historical fact
Ambassador also welcomed the clear position adopted by the many countries on the Armenian Genocide and expressed gratitude to all those, including Turkish scholars, students and simply citizens of that country, who realize the significance of preventing crimes against humanity and support the process of international recognition of that crime.

Chaired by Dr. Ani Kalayjian, President of the Association for Trauma Outreach & Prevention, the symposium featured genocide scholars, authors as panelist. It also featured screening of Michael Hagopian’s “Voices from the Lake” documentary which was introduced by recognized filmmaker and producer Carla Garapedian, as well as presenting awards to essay contest winners – students who wrote essays on genocidal atrocities around the world.

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