CANADIAN PRLMT's UPPER HOUSE RECOGNIZES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE -

[Kez]

One of the two houses of the Canadian parliament, the Senate, yesterday
passed a resolution recognizing the genocide of Armenians in 1915 in Ottoman
Turkey. Armenia's ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Canada, Ara
Papyan, told the "Aylur" programme by telephone that the resolution consisted
of two parts. In the first part, the Senate of the Canadian parliament
recognizes the genocide of Armenians in 1915 in Ottoman Turkey and calls on
the government to recognize the genocide as a historical truth and as the
first genocide against humanity in the 20th century. According to the second
part of the resolution, every year the date 24 April should be declared a day
of remembrance of the 1.5 million victims of the genocide throughout Canadian
territory. This is the first resolution in which the Canadian Senate has
recognized the Armenian genocide at the federal level, Ara Papyan said. He
also said that before it comes into legal force the resolution has a long way
to go and first must be passed by the second house of the Canadian
parliament, the House of Commons, where debates on this problem have already
been continuing for many years. "I am sure that the Senate's recognition of
the genocide will help the adoption of a similar document by the House of
Representatives, after which it is up to the Canadian government," Armenia's
ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Canada, Ara Papyan, said.

Comrade Kamo

[maxfish17]

Sorry to be a party pooper, but the Canadian Senate is nothing. Every Canadian knows that the Senate (they're just a bunch of appointees) has no power and exists for no reason besides Commonwealth tradition. The opinion of the Canadian Senate matters to no-one.

[Son of Scargill]

Maybe very true.But until last year,no nation,except the French,acknowledged this genocide.Turkey has been a good lap-dog.So they haven't tried to upset them by accusing them of genocide.Times and tides are changing,maybe not justice,but at least recognition wll prevail.

[Moskitto]

Once people recognise the Armenian Genocide maybe people will recognise the Herero Genocide of 1904. Or maybe not until the German government stops calling it "Our unfortunate involvement in Namibia."

It's sad that every Genocide always has someone wanting to deny it.

[maxfish17]

It's pathetic that while people who deny the holocaust are considered haters and criminals, entire governments deny the Armenian Genocide and nobody cares.

[Felicia]

I agree with us, we're finallly making a good decision! :)

[ID2002]

...a little late...but it is an interesting research idea.

...I'm Canadian too!

[Conghaileach]

I wonder if the British mass starvation throughout Ireland in the 1840s will ever be recognised as genocide? They murdered over 1 million people, and forced another 1.5 million to emigrate to Amerika and England.

[Moskitto]

It was more than that. The Irish population still hasn't recovered. Also the government refused to release the oats because it would have lowered the price of oats.

And this isn't people judging it by modern standards, people at the time hated it.

I made exactly the same point as maxfish in the topic about Leopold II.

France is always at the forfront of genocide recognition, they were pressing the international community to recognise the Cambodian genocide during the 1980s.