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CITY UNIVERSITY OF PARIS The House of Armenian Students 85 years old

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arton113652-480x321Inaugurated in 1930, the House of Armenian Students celebrating its 85 years of existence. The event was duly celebrated on June 19 at a party organized by residents of the house with the complicity of some elders.

The evening started at 19: 30 pm by a very nice surprise against residents, staff and friends of the family by Charles Aznavour came to greet them on this occasion. The moment was intense, marked by great warmth. Impressed and moved by the giant of poetry and the international variety, residents chanted his departure his song “Take me to the end of the earth”.

An hour later, the elegant lounge of the Hellenic Foundation made available to the House of Armenia by Maria Gravari-Barbas, its director, hosted the concert which provided input current residents and other older. Among them: Lusine Abgaryan, Ani Danielyan, Narek Galoyan, Ardavazd Khachatryan, Artur Makaryan, Maria and Nare Petrosyan, Hagop Talatinian, lilit Vardanyan. The evening was presented with humor and finesse by Tsovinar Banushyan. The program for this brilliant concert, works by Chopin, Lovland, Satie, Babadjanian, Carl Reinecke, Ravel, Hahn, Schubert, Komitas, Manual de Falla and Kachmaninov. Arriving the same day Yerevan, the great Armenian virtuoso Svetlana Navassardian who regularly resides in the City, once again dazzles the audience by interpreting with his usual impetuosity three works of Aram Khatchadourian. As a prelude to the program, Mr. Vahe Vahramian (Deputy Delegate to UNESCO) and Mr. Tigran Galstyan (Prime advisor), representing the Embassy of Armenia, the director remettaient a message from Mr. Armen Achotyan, Minister National Education and Higher Education of Armenia, addressed to the Rector of Paris, the President and the Managing Director of the City on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the CIUP and 85th anniversary of the MEA.

Among the audience, Mrs. Gravari-Barbas, Director of the Hellenic Foundation, several members of the Internal Council of the House of Armenian Students: Ms. Nanig Kiatibian, President of the Association of Friends of the Foundation Marie Nubar and her husband, Dr. . Kiatibian Hughes, Michel Sabbagh, Vice President of the Armenian General Benevolent Union, Ms. Prof. Denise Paulin, Mr. Philippe Khoubesserian, Serge Fermandjian (French-Armenian Association of cooperation), Alexandre Aslanian.

The next day, a wreath composed of 85 roses was placed on the tomb of Marie Boghos Nubar and at Père let go, while an Office of the Dead was celebrated Sunday, June 21 in the Armenian Cathedral of St. Jean Goujon remember the founders and all the departed related to the life of the house (Personal, residents, benefactors, and members of the Association of Friends of the Foundation Marie Nubar).

On May 29, as part of the commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the Genocide and the 85th anniversary of the inauguration of the MEA, a memorial window, the work of painter Robert Ayvazyan (Yerevan) was inaugurated in the Boghos Nubar sitting of the House of Armenian Students in the presence of Ms Elena Menguy, Deputy General Delegate.

Saturday, July 4, 2015,
Stéphane © armenews.com

Paris Triumph of Armenia in concert “Youth for Peace” at UNESCO

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Photo Krikor Djirdjirian

Photo Krikor Djirdjirian

Armenia has made an extraordinary demonstration of his musical talents with the concert organized by the Permanent Delegation to UNESCO on June 3 in Paris.

Young National Orchestra of Armenia led by Sergey Smbatyan, conquered an audience that does not hide his pleasure in cheering up, repeatedly, the benefits of these exceptional talents. Since the great cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan to the magnificent singers Inga and Anush Arshakyans, through the ethno-jazz jazz Katuner Together, the show excited about his professionalism and filled a packed room.

The orchestra played in a remarkable way the works of Aram Khatchadourian, Komitas, and also accompanied with great mastery, the superb performances of Michael Voskanyan at târ, Gevorg Dabaghyan, the duduk, Narek Kazazyan at Kanun, as well as the accordionist Roland Romanelli. With this beautiful musical performance, probably one of the most successful in recent years on the Armenian stage, Armenia has given the extent of his artistic expertise and professionalism.

This concert, which was attended notably Viguen Sargsyan, representing the President of the Republic of Armenia, Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO – who introduced the evening with speeches – and Ambassador of Armenia Vigen Tchitetchian, s ‘ended as it should by a long standing ovation from an audience thrilled.

Thursday, June 4, 2015,
By Ara © armenews.com

Paris: Manuel Valls and 20,000 protesters a historic day

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arton110929-480x320“The first responsibility is to look at the crime in front: yes, it was genocide” Manuel Valls held a strong speech in April 24, 2015 he himself described as a “historic”. Facing a crowd of thousands of people carrying Armenian flags and placards “memory, justice and reparation,” French Prime Minister recalled that “France is always on the side of the victims.”

And “victims today are also the Christians of the East.” Before the Komitas statue (8th arrondissement of Paris), he called for “be especially vigilant to the fate of Syrian Armenians.” “Once again, the Armenians are persecuted because they are Armenians. Close your eyes would be guilty, “he said to applause from an audience that has sometimes waited several hours to be present in this first commemoration of genocide centennial. Many celebrities were there to remember, including Harlem Désir, Jean-Marc Todeschini, Serge and Arno Klarsfeld, Nikos Aliagas Ambassador Viguen Tchitetchian Alexis Govcyan, Chantal Jouanno, Nathalie Koscuisko-Morizet, Patrick Devedjian, Philippe Kaltenbach, René Rouquet Luc Carvounas or Pauline Véron.

In this special year, Anne Hidalgo recalled that a large-scale exhibition will open to the public next Tuesday. The mayor of Paris is committed in the name of the capital, to “speed the movement for recognition of the genocide by supporting the criminalization of its denial.”

This wish was mentioned in the speech of François Hollande that morning in Yerevan. A speech Mourad Papazian, co-president of the American Chamber of Commerce, also called “history.” Pondering Turkish society today Mourad Papazian said: “Is it not in vain, 100 years later, to continue the denial of its history? Deny its own history, it’s private his own people a brighter future. “ Addressing the Prime Minister, he added, “we believe that the plan against racism and anti-Semitism that you announced could also include an anti-denial pane. It would be a new contribution of France to the Armenian cause. “

Kim Kardashian, Kanye West set to renew vows in Paris

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kardashian_west.thumbThey had one of the most talked about marriages of all time last year.
And it seem Kim Kardashian and Kanye West enjoyed it to much they are planning on doing it all over again – just one year on.
The couple – who have 21-month-old daughter North together – are reportedly planning on renewing their vows in Paris and are hoping to secure the most romantic venue in the city to celebrate it, The Mirror reports.

The 37-year-old rapper was keen to organize a trip to the top of the city’s iconic Eiffel Tower for the celebration.

A friend shared: “They couldn’t imagine anywhere more romantic to celebrate one year of married life.”

However, his initial idea of having the tower illuminated with their names has been refused by the authorities.
A source added to the Daily Star newspaper: “[He was] a bit upset. He thought he could pull a few strings, but they said ‘non’.”
Kanye – who wed the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star in Florence, Italy in May 2014 – is believed to be organising a romantic boat trip up the River Seine, accompanied by a string quartet and opera singers.
The pair are currently in Israel to have their little girl baptised and they recently visited Armenia with Kim’s sister Khloe Kardashian so the family can learn more about their heritage.

Kim’s rep denied the pair are planning on renewing their vows in Paris.

RELEASE Fourth Congress of Western Armenians in Paris

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Fourth Congress of Western Armenians in Paris

Fourth Congress of Western Armenians in Paris

The fourth Congress of Western Armenians will be held Saturday and Sunday at the Hotel Méridien Etoile Hotel; Paris, 81 Boulevard Gouvion St. Cyr. (Subway line 1 “Porte Maillot”).

The primary goal of the “National Congress of Western Armenians” is to promote all activities to defend the interests and rights of Western Armenians, descendants of former citizens of the Ottoman Empire, contribute to the development of Armenian culture whose language and literature, and the safeguarding and protection of Armenian historical rights, provide a reflection on the progress of the peace by peaceful means in areas of conflict through conferences or meetings.

Therefore, the “Armenian National Congress Westerners” will:

- Be sure to obtain national and international recognition as a representative body, including working for making part of the Economic and Social Council of the UN.
- Contribute and participate with derecherches and academic levels who are interested in the genocide and its consequences.
- Working for the preservation of civilization and the Armenian culture and for the conservation and restoration of architectural monuments.
- Study and evaluate the collective and private damage suffered by the Armenian people since 1915. This will organize and mobilize international lawyers to file a motion to national and international courts.
- Establish and develop democratically branches in Armenian communities, taking into account the specificities of each.
- Ensure, during the activity of CNAO, collaborate with the authorities of the Republic of Armenia, sharing tasks.

Syllabus

Saturday March 28

Registration: 8:30 am. till 10 am.

Session 1: 10 am till 1:30 pm (with a coffee break of 20 minutes).

President of the Session; Mr. Souren Seraydarian.

Representative of the embassy of the Republic of Armenia

MP Representing Shirag Torosyan … MP Ali Halo Parliament of KRG

MP Yerwant Eminyan representative of the Armenian community of Kurdistan

Bondos Greek community statement Shabo Akgul representative of the Assyrian community

Mikail Aslan representative of the Dersim Zaza community

MP Raffi Hovhanissian

MP Shant Tchintchinian

Hintchagian party representative

Ramgavar party representative

Yelanguezian Juan (Argentina)

Lunch: Buffet lunch served entre 1.30 and 2.30 pm.

Session 2: Presentation of the deferral on the rights of the Western Armenians to the 4th Congress.

2.30 pm.till 6.30 pm.

President of the Session: Mr. Sevak Artsruni.

Panelists: Vahan Melikyan and Levon Gevorgyan.

(Coffee break at 4.30 pm). Questions, discussions and Proposals.

7.00 pm. Reception.

Sunday March 29

Voluntary participation in the holy mass at the Armenian Cathedral St. John the Baptist

Session 3: 2 pm till 6.30 pm (coffee break around 4.15pm.)

President of the Session: Mr. Souren Seraydarian

Approval of the text of the Memorandum Discussion on Strategic Elements

Expansion of the international working group on continuous dialog with Turkish civil

society and state Representatives as well as follow up judicial action.

Approval of the 4th Congress Press releases and letters.

Friday, March 27, 2015,
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Turkey Fidan admitted MİT faction executed 3 PKK women in Paris, KCK head claims

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n_71523_1Cemil Bayık, the head of the Kurdistan Communities’ Union (KCK), has reportedly said that Hakan Fidan, head of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), admitted that a group within the intelligence body was responsible for the execution of three Kurdish women linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Paris in 2013.

In an interview published on Sunday in the Cumhuriyet daily, Bayık, who is also the “number two” man in the outlawed PKK, claimed that the Paris murders were committed by a faction consisting of ultranationalists and members of the “parallel state,” in reference to the Gülen movement, also known as Hizmet movement, within MİT, adding, “But he [Fidan] is the head of MİT, and it is impossible to think he is not aware of the assassinations.”

Three Kurdish women, Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Söylemez, were found dead with gunshot wounds at a Kurdish information center in Paris in January 2013. The killing of the PKK-linked women is yet to be solved.

When asked whether MİT executed key members of the PKK while it was involved in the talks with the group, Bayık, who clearly expressed his lack of confidence in Fidan’s argument that he was not aware of the killings, stated that besides MİT, other international actors took part in the murders to interrupt the Kurdish settlement process. The talks were initiated in 2011 in order to seek a solution to the country’s decades-long Kurdish problem, which cost nearly 40,000 lives.

Continuing his argument that MİT is aware of the killing, Bayık went on to say, “Any information on this issue was tampered with, but those perpetrators are clear from our point of view.”

Öcalan to issue letter for Nevruz

While a heated debate continues as to whether jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan will send a video message to the people for the approaching Nevruz celebrations, which would be expected to contribute to the establishment of peace in the country, pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) İstanbul deputy Sırrı Süreyya Önder has said that Öcalan will issue a letter instead of a video message.

As such a potential Nevruz message would be expected to have a positive impact on the ongoing peace talks, Önder, who visited Öcalan with a delegation of HDP deputies on Saturday, stressed that the letter that Öcalan is currently composing will include extensive reviews regarding the settlement process.

“In his letter, Öcalan is preparing to share his ideas with the Turkish people and world public regarding concrete steps for solution of the Kurdish problem. The letter will include the main principles of the path to the peace,” Önder noted.

Source: todayzaman

Paris: International Scientific Committee for the study of the Armenian Genocide

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Cover of the book The Armenian Genocide, a century of research (1915-2015)

Cover of the book The Armenian Genocide, a century of research (1915-2015)

The international conference organized by the International Scientific Council for the study of the Armenian Genocide (CSI) “Genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in the Great War. 1915-2015: one hundred years of research “will be held in Paris from 25 to 28 March 2015 under the patronage of the President of the Republic, François Hollande.

Syllabus

Wednesday, March 25

Grand Amphitheatre of the Sorbonne, 76 rue des Ecoles, 75005 Paris

4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Official speeches and messages of support

Inaugural lecture by Pierre-Cyrille Hautcoeur, President of the School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences and Yves Ternon, historian, member of the Scientific Council of the Holocaust Memorial, president of CSI

Thursday, March 26

Memorial of the Shoah, 17 rue Geoffroy The Asnier, 75004 Paris

10h-12h30 – First Panel: Space-time, the steps of the genocidal process

Chair: Catherine Nicault, historian, University of Reims. Discussant: Stephan Astourian, historian, UC Berkeley

  • The legacy of Abdülhamid II by Janet Klein, Historian, University of Akron.
  • The Ottoman opposition, the Committee of Union and Progress and the 1908 revolution Erdal Kaynar, historian, Polonsky Academy of the Van Leer Institute, EHESS.
  • The “European Concert” and reforms in the eastern provinces, 1878-1914 by Claire Mouradian, historian, CNRS.
  • The Organization for Special Sait Cetinoglu, historian, Free University of Ankara.
  • The entrance of the Ottoman Empire in the war, 1914-1915 by Mustafa Aksakal, historian, Georgetown University.

12h30-13h30: lunch

13h30-15h – Second Panel: Perpetrators, Victims, Rescuers

Chair: Richard Hovannisian, historian, UCLA. Discussant: Vincent Duclert, historian, EHESS.

  • The first phase of the Destruction: Deportations and Massacres (April-August 1015) by Raymond Kevorkian, historian, University of Paris VIII.
  • The second phase of genocide KM-historian, Rutgers University.
  • Forced conversions by Umit Kurt, historian, Sabancı University.

15h-15h15: Pause

15h15-16h20 – Third Panel -: Witnesses

Chair: Wolfgang Gust, journalist. Discussant: Ara Sarafian, historian, Gomidas Institute.

  • European and American witnesses by Hans-Lukas Kieser, historian, University of Zurich.
  • Armenian witnesses Amatuni Virabyan, historian, State Archives of Armenia.

16h20-16h30: pause

16h30-19h – Fourth Panel: The other Empire minorities

Chair: Gérard Chaliand, geostrategist. Discussant: Laurent-Olivier Mallet, historian, University of Montpellier.

  • The Jews of the Ottoman Empire in the late nineteenth century by Georges Bensoussan, historian, the Holocaust Memorial.
  • The complexity of the genocide of the Assyrian-Chaldeans by David Gaunt, a historian, Centre for Baltic and East European University of Soedertoern.
  • The Ottoman Greeks by Sia Anagnostopoulou, historian, University of Athens.
  • Kurdish-Yezidi-Armenians, many facets of a community in exile (s) by Estelle Amy of Bretèque, anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, CNRS.

Friday, March 27

EHESS, 105 Boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris

10h-12h30 – Fifth Panel: Logic of war, economic, ideological

Chair: Joël Kotek, a political scientist, historian, University of Brussels. Discussant: Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau, historian, EHESS.

  • Ideological, demographic and economic logic of genocide by Hamit Bozarslan, political scientist, historian, EHESS.
  • The logic of pre-genocidal massacres by Vincent Duclert, historian, EHESS.
  • The world in turmoil: waves of refugees and massacres in the occupied northern Persia (1914-1918) by PeterHolquist, historian, University of Pennsylvania.
  • The mechanisms of decision making of the Young Turk leadership (1913-1915) by Erik-Jan Zürcher, historian, University of Leiden.
  • The confiscation of Armenian property during the genocide by Mehmet Polatel, historian, Koç University.

12h30-13h30: lunch

13h30-16h – Sixth Panel: International Relations and Criminal Law

Chair: Peter Mertens, lawyer, Sociology of Literature Centre, Free University of Brussels. Discussant: Vincent Nioré, lawyer and president of the Institute for Criminal Law

  • The trials of Constantinople (1919-1920) by Mikaël Nichanian, historian, National Library of France.
  • The breakdown of consensus. The Perinçek case, the Armenian genocide and international criminal law by Sevane Garibian, lawyer, Universities of Geneva and Neuchâtel.
  • The status of Armenian stateless refugees and international action of the League of Nations and the International Labour Office by Dzovinar Kevonian, historian, Institute for Political Social Sciences, University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense
  • Raphael Lemkin, the extermination of the Armenians and the invention of the word genocide by Annette Becker, historian, University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense
  • Lemkin and the Armenian genocide, a legal play by Olivier Beauvallet, international judge.

16h-16h15: Pause

16h15-18h20 – Seventh Panel: historiography, a new research field

Chair: Michel Marian, philosopher, Institute of Political Studies in Paris. Discussant: Edhem Eldem, historian, Boğaziçi University.

  • The historiography of the Armenian genocide, a new field of research by Gaïdz Minassian, journalist and political scientist, Institute of Political Studies in Paris.
  • Reflections on Ottoman historiography (years 1960-1990) about the role of non-Muslims and Ottoman Armenians in commerce and the urban economy by Stephan Astourian, historian, University of Berkeley.
  • Ottoman governors opposed to deportations and massacres of Armenians by Ayhan Aktar, historian, Bilgi University.
  • The speech of Turkey on the genocide of Armenians by Jennifer Dixon, political scientist, Villanova University.

18h20-18h30: Pause

18h30-20h30 – Eighth Panel: Perspectives on clearing trails or the Armenian ghost

Chair: Patrick Donabedian, art historian, University of Aix-Marseille. Discussant: Antoine Spire, journalist, vice president of Lycra.

  • The permanence of traces of the 1915 genocide in the Armenian memory; role of politics in their registration or erasure by Janine Altounian, essayist, translator, Freud specialist.
  • Confiscation and destruction of property by Armenian Dickran Kouymjian, historian, California State University.
  • After photograph by Pascaline Marre, photographer and Anouche Kunth, historian, CNRS.
  • Aram Andonian, the Nubar library and the creation of a heritage in exile after the destruction of Ottoman Armenians by Boris Adjemian, historian, Library Nubar AGBU.

Saturday, March 28

National Library of France, Quai François Mauriac, 75013 Paris

10h-12h30 – Ninth Panel: Memory, transmission, history, negation

Chair: Henry Rousso, historian, CNRS. Discussant: Claude Mutafian historian.

  • The sacrifice, witness and forgiveness: The Candidate Zareh Vorpouni by Marc Nichanian, professor of philosophy, Sabancı University.
  • Gender, genocide survival. Islamized Armenians new working memory Ayşe Gül Altinay, anthropologist, Sabancı University.
  • The teaching of genocide: European examples Alban Perrin, historian, the Holocaust Memorial, Institute of Political Studies in Bordeaux.
  • The Founding Myths of Turkish denial by Büşra Ersanli, political scientist, University of Marmara.
  • The memory of the genocide in Turkey Armenians by Hira Kaynar, historian, EHESS.

12h30-13h30: lunch

13h30-15h: Tenth Panel: Features & comparatismes, I

Chairman: Jean-Pierre Chrétien, historian, CNRS. Discussant: Meir Waintrater journalist.

  • Genocidal thinking: a comparative perspective by Dominik Schaller, historian, University of Heidelberg.
  • The genocide of Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks by the Ottomans by Roger Smith, historian, College of William and Mary.
  • The Armenian Genocide in the light of a general theory of genocide by Bernard Bruneteau, Professor of Political Science, University of Rennes I.

15.00-15.15: Pause

15h15-17h – Eleventh Panel: Features & comparatismes, II

Chair: Claire Mouradian, historian, CNRS. Discussant: Yves Ternon, historian, member of the Scientific Council of the Shoah Memorial.

  • Singularity of the Holocaust by Christian Ingrao, historian, CNRS.
  • Singularity of the famine in Ukraine by Nicolas Werth, historian, CNRS.
  • Singularity of the genocide of Tutsis by Helene Dumas, historian, EHESS.

17h00-17h15: pause

5:15 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.: Closing Conference

Chair: Gaïdz Minassian, journalist and political scientist, Institute of Political Studies in Paris.

  • Symposium balance by Raymond Kevorkian, historian, University of Paris VIII.
  • 1915 and the social sciences by Taner Akcam, historian, University of Clarke.
  • Turkism and pan-Turkism by Erik-Jan Zürcher, historian, University of Leiden.
  • The contemporary revisionism and its defenders Richard Hovannisian, historian, UCLA.
  • The outlook from the perspective of international justice by Nicholas Koumjian, prosecutor at the international courts.
  • The publication of research on the Armenian genocide in Turkey by Ragıp Zarakolu, editor.

Practical information

Registration by email within the limit of available seats.

Founding members of the CSI

Annette Becker, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Paris-Ouest Nanterre La Défense), member of the Institut Universitaire de France.

Hamit Bozarslan, historian, political scientist, director of studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS).

Vincent Duclert, historian, lecturer and researcher at the Center for Sociological and Political Studies Raymond Aron (EHESS).

Raymond Kevorkian, historian, emeritus director of research at the French Institute of Geopolitics, University of Paris VIII.

Gaïdz Minassian, journalist, doctor of political science lecturer at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris.

Claire Mouradian, historian, research director at the CNRS.

Mikaël Nichanian, historian, curator at the National Library of France, associate researcher at the College de France.

Yves Ternon, historian, member of the Scientific Council of the Shoah Memorial, President of CSI.

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Paris: 100 roses for Armenian women and the centenary with Mayor Anne Hidalgo

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The tribute of Anne Hidalgo mayor of Paris to Armenian women

The tribute of Anne Hidalgo mayor of Paris to Armenian women

Sunday in the spring sunshine of March 8 in the Garden of Yerevan on the occasion of the International Day of Women’s Rights, the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo inaugurated, in partnership with Blue Cross of Armenians in France, an audience 100 roses in honor of Armenian women and to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian Genocide (1915-2015).

In the presence of the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia in France Vigen Tchitetchian, elected officials, including the member René Rouquet Levon Sayan, Alexis Govciyan Ara Toranian, Harout Mardirossian, Antoine Bagdikian, Robert Kéchichian … more assistants the Mayor of Paris and Patrick Klugman, International Relations and Francophonie, the mayor of the 8th arrondissement of Paris, Madame Jeanne of Hautesserre paid tribute to Armenian women victims of genocide, showing “solidarity of the Republic to Armenians and which will see French meditate and reflect on what was the genocide of Armenians in the humanity of history and perpetuate the memory of having these innocent victims. »

Beatrice Ananyan, President of Blue Cross Armenians of France will point specifically “the rights violated, robbed” of Armenian women, “first target of the plan to exterminate the Armenians. Thousands of women murdered, deported, disappeared. Thousands of women stolen, raped, married to their executioners. Thousands of women abandoned, forgotten. “But women, who among the survivors overcoming despair, will engage in Armenia’s liberation struggle in 1918.” They have found the courage to transmit life and memory. For them, we women of Armenian origin, in France today, we wanted to include this legacy forever in the Earth, trees or roses, symbols of our amputated genealogy of life and rebirth and our roots in the host country that was France. »

The Ambassador of Armenia Viguen Tchitetchian, has congratulated his side and thanked Blue Cross for his action in this symbolic year of the Armenian genocide. He also thanked the mayor of the 8th arrondissement with special attention for Anne Hidalgo accompanying, as Mayor of the capital, the events related to the genocide centennial. For the ambassador, March 8 will “unforgettable”. “A great demonstration in the struggle for human dignity. Beauty roses against barbarism. Memory roses against denial. Goodness of roses against intolerance on the other. “He has said. Then quoting one of the outstanding thoughts of comedian Pierre Dac (1893-1975), he said: “If the gray matter was more pink, the world would be less dark thoughts.”

DSC09231-480x320-480x320Anne Hidalgo, this is, as always, “intense moments when we recall the memory.” She warmly thank Blue Cross Armenian de France behind this wonderful idea to plant a hundred roses in honor of Armenian women who have died in the genocide of Armenians “, recalling that Paris would be extremely engaged in this cycle of commemorations. Speaking of Armenian roots planted in Paris and in France, metaphor to that of roses, Anne Hidalgo say that they “gave good fruit and beautiful flowers. They gave a highly engaged community of women and men. Committed to the values ​​of the Republic. Values ​​that resonate from Paris to Yerevan and beyond […] A community is a source of pride for all and we all […] We share this idea that to build a country in which your ancestors planted their roots, found refuge, found protection; must be built with pride in its origins. She adds she completes the identity of this beautiful beautiful people of France that we build together. »

The Mayor of Paris expressed his admiration for the Armenian community bringing these values ​​and this story with energy, gently but determination. This inauguration in honor of women who have died in the genocide of the Armenians is for her iconic. Because the first victims of crimes of barbarism of war, is often women and children. In that “this day is symbolic for the start of the Armenian genocide commemorations honoring the women,” she said.

“We came to say that this genocide, the first genocide of the twentieth century, unfortunately, gruesomely inspired other genocides of the twentieth century. “Evoking the Holocaust and the genocide in Rwanda, Anne Hidalgo says,” I know you are very present in this memory of peoples and very present without causing memories of competition.

About Eastern Christians massacred in the name of ideology, it says that “the East is no longer the East. The East is what it is because there are minorities, including Christians of the East.

They are alive

In tribute “to women who could not see their children grow up, those who died in the terrible suffering and those who passed this memory, we say, with roses, this March 8, International Women’s Day, you are with us and you are alive. Evidence that those who committed the genocide could not get their way. In this city that has universal values ​​that resonate with the values ​​of our country. In this city, today we say to all women who could not see the beautiful sunrise in the aftermath of the genocide, we tell them that through you, through us, through the values ​​that are ours, and through this beautiful garden and the roses, they very much alive in the heart of our city and our heart. »

In the interview, Anne Hidalgo condemned Holocaust denial and support the attitude of the President “who is firmly engaged with the Armenians, including international justice to condemn Holocaust denial. Besides a part of Turkish civil society also accompanies this movement for memory and truth. Without truth, it is difficult to project into the future. We see that there is this desire to deny. It’s a way to kill even those who have died and those who survived. This is not acceptable. Humanity needs to watch what she was capable of generating lucidly, that is the worst barbarities. We need to deconstruct the process that still yielding groups of countries to want to wipe out humanity of other groups and other countries. I think as you Christians of the East. They are one of the essential elements of the balance of the East. we must deconstruct this barbarity, deconstruct these terrorists processes, the processes that deny the value and dignity of man. »

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Armenian youth hinders Azeri propaganda event in Paris

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188851The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS) tried to stage a propaganda event dedicated to the 23rd anniversary of the Aghdam events in Paris’s Adyar Theater building.

Beside the few guests of the Azerbaijani event, members of the Armenian youth organization Nazarbek were present, protesting against distortion of history by Azerbaijan, Panorama.am reports.

The representatives of France’s Armenian community informed those present about violations of human rights and free speech in Azerbaijan, referring to the arrested human rights defenders.

The participants shouted, “France is not for sale!” and distributed flyers informing about the real circumstances of the tragedy to the audience. Nazarbek also organized a meeting with Hovhannes Gevorgyan, the NKR representative to France, during which a commemorative ceremony dedicated to the victims of the 1988 Sumgait massacre of Armenians in Azerbaijan took place.

On February 26, 1992, during the war in Karabakh, around 200 to 300 people (according to Human Rights Watch, and 600 according to the version propagated by Azerbaijan) were killed in unknown circumstances near the city of Aghdam. They have been deliberately withheld by the Azerbaijani authorities in the midst of the military actions. Population of Khojaly, one of the firing points of the blockaded Stepanakert (among five others), was forcefully kept in the village for months and not evacuated by the authorities of Azerbaijan deliberately, in order to later use them as human shields.

Residents of Khojaly, coming out through the humanitarian corridor, which the self-defense forces of NKR had left open, freely passed more than 10 km and reached the city of Aghdam controlled by the Azerbaijani troops. Later, dead bodies of the villagers were found not far from the positions of Azerbaijani troops. The exact death toll remains unknown, with Baku publishing contradictory data. Parliamentary Commission investigating the tragic death of the civilians in Aghdam was dissolved by the order of Heydar Aliyev, with investigative materials kept secret.

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France: Hollande urges Turkey to “break taboos” over Armenian Genocide

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Holand of FranceWednesday, January 28, before an audience of 450 guests gathered at the Hotel du Collector, at the annual dinner organized by the Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations in France, it’s Franz-Olivier Giesbert who had donned the costume emcee to announce the speeches of the two co-chairs of the CCAF, Mourad Papazian and Ara Toranian before the speech of President Hollande and the delivery of the Medal of Courage from the CFC to Charles Aznavour, very moved by Alexis Govciyan. (See speech of the two lowest co-chairs).

Numerous personalities from the political, artistic and media world had moved for this special dinner marking the centenary commemoration of the Armenian genocide, thus affirming their full support for the Armenian cause.

Paris (AFP) – President Francois Hollande called Wednesday on Turkey to continue its “truth force” about the Armenian genocide a century earlier, saying that “it is time to break taboos.”

“The truth of effort must continue and I am convinced that this centenary year will see new gestures, new steps on the road to recognition,” said he was at the annual dinner of the Coordinating Council of Organizations Armenian of France met in a Paris hotel.

Recalling that the Turkish authorities had wanted a year ago “to join in the commemoration and the suffering of the Armenian people,” the head of the French state, however, felt that it was only “a first movement “who” can not stop there. “

Hollande also recalled that he had “welcomed this sign” a year ago during a trip to Yerevan but he had “stressed (during this movement) that it could not be enough.”

“It is time to break the taboos and the two nations, Armenia and Turkey, invent a new start,” he said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister, had last year an unexpected gesture, with the condolences of his country “to the grandchildren of Armenians killed in 1915”. But Armenia rejected these condolences, demanding recognition of the genocide and “repent”.

Turkey has always refused to admit any planned disposal, evoking the death of about 500,000 Armenians (against 1.5 million according to Armenia).

Disours Ara Toranian

Let me, first of all, thank you for honoring your presence this second dinner CCAF. I would also like to thank Honourable Ministers, Madam Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, and all the ambassadors and personalities – Charles Aznavour Bernard-Henri Levy) who are with us this year so symbolic since for the first time in history, we will commemorate the centenary of genocide.

This is an exceptional event – the next of these will take place in three decades to a hundred years of the Holocaust – and your presence tonight shows that France is already the appointment of History at a height worthy of his rank.

To commemorate, it is characteristic of humanity, said the philosopher Alain. Especially when it comes to deaths that were as grave as our collective memory. On the land where they were exterminated, there is indeed no monument for Armenians, not even the slightest plate. There mausoleums for their executioners. And the only memorial dedicated to the victims of genocide in the land where they were murdered in the desert of Der Zor, Syria, the final destination of the deportation convoys, was blasted on September 18 by a jihadist organization whose ties with Ankara posed question.

This determination to pursue their dead into ossuaries reflects a criminal madness that is the most absolute savagery. A barbarity that has transcended time, to disfigure again this region from persecuting it remains Armenians, Yazidis, free Kurds, Assyrian-Chaldeans of our brothers in misfortune also targeted by the 1915 genocide.

But alas this barbarism also crossed the room to come knocking at the heart our capital, Paris, our press, Charlie Hebdo, our Jewish community, Porte de Vincennes, and on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz which has become the day to commemorate the Holocaust, the deadliest genocide of the twentieth century.

Mr. Chairman, as we well know, the more the world becomes more global, the more questions are globalized and we need solidarity. We live in the time that was given birth yesterday and what we will or we will not give birth today of tomorrow.

As your presence announced on 24 April in Yerevan, is an early response to all diversions operations aimed at creating an international event that same competitor in Turkey on April 24. Coarse maneuvers do not hesitate to change the historical dates for the purposes of the revisionist cause, the Battle of Gallipoli, the subject of this gathering which Erdogan has invited 101 heads of state, has always been celebrated on April 25th Day Allied landings and not April 24, which is worldwide the traditional day of commemoration of the Armenian Genocide.

Mr. Chairman, The Armenian communities this year under the sign of memory and justice. But due to time constraints, I will not dwell this evening on the issue of property grabbing Armenians, their concealment, the issue refunds, repairs and status denial, we are still waiting to be protected by law. I will speak no serious threats to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, still face pan-Turkism, Azerbaijan and jihadists who went to Baku service since 1992.

For we are here too, beyond the evocation of the 1915 genocide and the dramatic events of 2015, to celebrate life, brotherhood and the spirit of resistance. This spirit, which vibrates in us the mere mention of our elders, those supporters Mavericks Manouchian group, the Jews, the Spaniards, the Armenians, the Italians and the Poles who gave their lives for the cause of freedom and France, which in reality are one and. This spirit of resistance that is at the heart of the values ​​of the republic, which we have seen the historical reminiscence on January 11 throughout the country. A movement which we were naturally involved, and that makes me say today that our greatest glory at all, is not in never falling, but to pick ourselves up, every time. Sets and solidarity.

Speech Mourad Papazian

There are 100 years … 100 years! A century! In 1915, the Turkish government launched the plan to exterminate the Armenian people. The elimination of a people of a territory. Men, women, children, the elderly have suffered the horror, atrocity, inhumanity, with death as perspective and survival as the slimmest of hopes. But hope nonetheless. Suffering is absolute, paroxysmal pain, pervasive trauma. For if in 1915, the government of Talaat, the Turkish Hitler, defined and executed the first genocide of the twentieth century, in 2015, 100 years later, a century later, the Erdogan government and organizes Davutoghlu denial of the Armenian Genocide . Here we are in 2015. This time we all dreaded. Now that in itself is a sad moment. This moment in history which leads us to the conclusion that successive Turkish governments have not done their working memory. 100 years have passed! 1 century! An eternity! Without the Turkish authorities, whatever they are, have expressed any sign towards recognition of the genocide committed in 1915, under a scheme Empire. Worse, they established a state lying on the Armenian Genocide by writing the story in reverse of reality. Worse, they still celebrate today Talaat memory, the Turkish Hitler, since Istanbul erected a mausoleum Talaat on the hill of Liberty, as the largest artery in Ankara is the Talaat avenue, since large cities Turkey have Talaat streets. Imagine now a street Hitler would fall under impossible! The unthinkable! Even the unimaginable! Turkey is unfortunately possible! And no voice is raised to condemn this unacceptable reality! Worse, Taner AgCam As written, the Turkish government has industrialized denial of the Armenian genocide. The Turkish communities throughout the world and in France too, are organized, politicized funded. Paramilitary militias are present in the territory.

Today we were in Strasbourg at the hearing of the ECHR which must rule on the case against Perinçek Switzerland. This hearing sadly convinced us that the Turkish authorities are in a radicalization of attitude. The radicalization of the lie, the radicalization of denial, the radicalization of their anti-Armenian posture. This morning in Strasbourg, the French government was, as the CFC, third party next to Switzerland in the Perincek case against Switzerland. A comforting support and confirming your will, Mr. President, penalizing denial of the Armenian genocide by a government bill. The judgment of the ECHR will depend the future of laws criminalizing denial of the Armenian genocide.

Justice is at the heart of the struggle of the Armenian people for decades.

2015 must be the year of truth and justice. The reconciliation process must be based on the repairs. 2015 must be the year of the great voices. Great Voices must manifest clearly and powerfully, with authority. As Jaurès, we celebrated in Yerevan in September, which had risen several times to the National Assembly to denounce the massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, as Mitterrand, who was the first head of state to have recognized the Armenian genocide in 1984, as you Mr. President, that you have demonstrated your commitment to the Armenian cause on many occasions, both in the National Assembly with the launch of penalization process of denial of the Armenian genocide, that by participating in the commemorations of the Armenian Genocide in Paris yesterday and tomorrow in Yerevan. And finally, on your initiative, the presence of France in support of Switzerland in the Perinçek trial is a major commitment that we measure at fair value. Hopefully it will be decisive.

You should know cause history. And the dream we all do together is to write this page of history with the ink of reconciliation. Reconciliation is possible only if it is backed by the truth, if it is based on justice and if it is the result of a process of repair. And forgiveness is the result of repairs. Forgiveness does not forget the past, but it widens the future! With Ghandi, we might remember that “the weak can not forgive. Forgiveness belongs to the strong. »

So yes, everything is still possible. And 2015 may be the year in which forgiveness can become a future perspective for Turkey, Armenia and the Armenian nation worldwide. And you, Mr. President of the Republic, one of the few people in the world that can build a bridge between us and accelerate during the year 2015, the reconciliation process on the basis of the triptych truth-justice-repairs.

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