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25.04.2012
Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan had a working visit to Kanaker Zeitun district
Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan started his working visit to Kanaker Zeitun district from yard areas.By the Municipality programs provided for 2012 large scale improvement is going on in Kanaker Zeitun district as well: yard areas are being improved, bowers, benches and children's playing attractions are being placed, asphalt cover in the central and secondary streets is being renewed, green areas are being refreshed.In all the yard areas the responsible persons presented the Mayor... more →
25.04.2012
Mayor Taron Margaryan had a meeting with the leaders of the Oriental Martial Arts Federation
Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan hosted the leaders of the Armenian Federation of Oriental martial Arts greeting the initiative of the memorandum signed by them recently and expressed willingness of the Municipality to support sport development in the capital. The head of the Kick-Boxing Federation of Armenia Garnik Hairapetyan presented Mayor Taron Margaryan the signed memorandum according to which the member federations will joint efforts to impart patriotism among the young of... more →
24.04.2012
The fact of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman government has been documented, recognized, and affirmed in the form of media and eyewitness reports, laws, resolutions, and statements by many states and international organizations. The complete catalogue of all documents categorizing the 1915-23 widespread massacre of the Armenian population in Ottoman Empire as a premeditated and thoroughly executed act of Genocide, is extensive. Below is a brief list of those states and organizations,... more →
24.04.2012
The term Genocide was coined by Polish-Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin in 1944, whose family was one of the victims of the Jewish Holocaust. By defining this term, Prof. Lemkin sought to describe Nazi politics of systematic murder, violence and cruelty and atrocities committed against the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as well. On December 9, 1948, the United Nations approved the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The Convention defines Genocide as... more →
24.04.2012
President Serzh Sargsyan’s Address on the occasion of the Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day
Dear Compatriots, Today we, just as many, many others all over the world, bow to the memory of the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide. Today, we ascend silently the Tsitsernakaberd hill because the unspeakable had happened. And we engraved nothing on the walls of the Memorial, because there are no words that can express what we are going through. Beloved Armenian nation, In the millennia-old scroll of our history, we have gathered and accrued pages which uncover our past and... more →
24.04.2012
Tribute to the memory of victims of the Armenian Genocide
The highest leadership of the Republic of Armenia, headed by the President Serzh Sargsyan, paid tribute to the memory of the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide committed in the 1915 by the Ottoman Empire. His Holiness Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II conducted the spiritual service, and all the officials bowed their heads and with one minute of silence respected the memory of the 1.5 million Armenians. Representatives of the legislative and executive bodies, highest officer... more →