Today, on April 24, the Armenian people worldwide commemorate the martyrs of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the 20th century.
As a result of this planned and unprecedented crime against humanity, 1.5 million Armenians were killed in 1915-1923, and hundreds of thousands were subjected to violence and forced deportation, depriving them of the opportunity to preserve their identity in their homeland. This crime carried out against an entire people because of its nationality, Armenian, later became the basis for the definition of the crime of genocide and was reflected in the International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide.
After more than a century, it can be recorded that the international community’s solidarity in condemning and recognizing the crime of genocide is the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by about three dozen countries at the state level, as well as the adoption of relevant resolutions and declarations by several international structures, the UN human the unanimous adoption of the “Prevention of Genocide” resolutions authored by RA within the rights council.
The international recognition of the Genocide aims to prevent the repetition of a similar crime against humanity in any other corner of the world, including the threat of new ethnic cleansing. It is indifference, tolerance, and impunity that make possible the execution of this mass crime.
Unfortunately, today and a century ago, the danger of genocidal policy is palpable in different corners of the world. Even today, Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh face the threat of genocide and ethnic cleansing. The continuous aggressive policy of Azerbaijan towards the people of Nagorno-Karabakh, the anti-Armenian rhetoric, and the actions aimed at depriving them of their homeland, and erasing the Armenian trace, are nothing but a manifestation of genocidal intentions.
Today, once again bowing our heads to the memory of the holy martyrs of the Armenian Genocide and as a pioneer in advancing the genocide prevention agenda, we reaffirm our commitment to justice, recognition of the truth, the prevention of new genocides and crimes against humanity, and the fight against discrimination and intolerance on ethnic, religious and racial grounds.
