PARIS — An international conference organized by the International
Scientific Council for the study of the Armenian Genocide (CSI) titled
“Genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in the Great War.
1915-2015: One hundred years of research” solemnly opened at the
Sorbonne on March 25. The three day conference is held under the
patronage of French President Francois Hollande.
This exceptional event has brought together tens of researchers and historians from different countries of the world.

French Minister of Education and Research, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem,
inaugurated the International Symposium, delivering a powerful speech
recounting the dark hours of the first genocide of the twentieth
century. She said “the rigorous study of sources, survivor testimonies
and documents has established this truth that no longer must be debated
in the academic community about the reality of the Armenian genocide.”
Among the historians in attendance are Yves Ternon, Stephan
Astourian, Erdal Kaynar, Claire Mouradian, Sait Çetinnoglu Mustafa
Aksakal, Richard Hovannisian, Vincent Duclert, Raymond Kevorkian,
KM-Ümit Kurt, Ara Sarafian, Hans-Lukas Kieser, Georges Bensoussan, David
Gaunt, Sia Anagnostopoulou, Joël Kotek, Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau, Hamit
Borzasian, Peter Holquist, Erik-Jan Zürcher, Mikaël Nichanian, Dzovinar
Kevonian, Edhem Eldem, Ayhan Aktar, Boris Adjemian, Henry Rousso,
Mutafian clude Alban Perrin, Hira Kaynar, Jesn-Pierre Chretien, Dominik
Schaller, Roger Smith, Christian Ingrao, Nicols Werth, Helene Dumas and
Taner Akcam.
Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem will attend the commemorations in Yerevan on April 24 with President Francois Hollande.

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Armenian National Assembly Adopts Greek and Assyrian Genocide Recognition Statement

YEREVAN — The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on Tuesday
voted unanimously in favor of a statement recognizing the genocide of
Greeks and Assyrians in Ottoman Turkey.

All 117 members of the 131-seat body who were present in the chamber supported the document drafted jointly by all six factions.

The statement says that the National Assembly of the Republic of
Armenia, guided by the respective principles and provisions of the
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 96(1) of 11 December 1946,
the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the
Crime of Genocide of 9 December 1948, the United Nations Convention on
the Non­Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes
Against Humanity of 26 November 1968, as well the international acts on
the human rights; recording the centuries­old friendly relations of the
Armenian, Greek and Assyrian peoples, states that it condemns the
genocide of the Greeks and Assyrians, committed by the Ottoman Turkey in
1915­1923.

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