"Today marks the 109th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide and the civilized world commemorates the holy victims of the first
genocide of the 20th century, Mets Yeghern.
At the beginning of the last century, Armenians living in
Ottoman Turkey were subjected to organized mass crimes: brutal murders, forced
deportation and inhumane torture.
Despite the continuously improving international frameworks
for the protection of human rights and the rule of law, the rights of people
forcibly displaced from their native homes and subjected to inhuman torture
have not been restored. Impunity for such acts inevitably breeds new crimes.
Still in 1948 on December 9, the international convention
"On the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide" was
adopted, but even today there is a danger of new genocides and other crimes
against humanity in different corners of the world. In 2023, the ethnic
Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh became a victim of various
manifestations of ill-treatment and was forcibly displaced.
Today we bow our heads to the memory of the holy victims
of the Armenian Genocide and reaffirm our commitment to condemning the crime,
recognizing the truth and restoring justice.
We consider it necessary to unite all efforts to prevent
similar crimes in the modern civilized world and implement proper policies in
that direction.
Implementation of effective structures to combat such
crimes should be on the agenda for all civilized societies.