ARMENIAN/ASSYRIAN GENOCIDE DAY CONFERENCE

Armenian Solidarity with the Victims of All Genocides (ASVAG)

and Nor Serount Cultural Association

supported by

The Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East

The European NGO: "Working Group Recognition - Against Genocide, for International Understanding",

The Seyfo Centre,

The Aegis Trust and The Genocide Prevention All-Party Parliamentary Group

invite you to an

ARMENIAN/ASSYRIAN GENOCIDE DAY CONFERENCE

Sponsored and chaired by Andrew George M.P.

in The Grand Committee Room of the House of Commons, London

on Thursday, 24^th April (Armenian Genocide Day) at 11 a.m. till 1.00 p.m.

The following questions will be addressed:

Is Reconciliation possible after Genocide? Is denial of truth any basis for Reconciliation?

Taking the Armenian, Assyrian, Greek and Kurdish examples: Does the UK government hinder the process of reconciliation by its one-sided pro-Turkish government stance?

Will the planned state visit by HM the Queen to Turkey in May be a seal of approval on the Turkish government's distortion of the truth of the genocide, and the continuing cultural genocide in Turkey?

Presentations:

“The Psychological Effects of Genocide Denial” - By Ruth Barnett

“The Comparative Aftermath of the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide” - By Gregory Topalian

“The Assyrian/Aramean Perspective” - By Sabri Atman, The Seyfo Centre, Amsterdam

"International Law and the Genocide" Sars Aziz, The Seyfo Centre

“The Armenian, Assyrian, Greek, Kurdish and 'Other' Genocides: The Politics of Genocide Recognition and Denialism” - By Desmond Fernandes

“A bird's-eye-view on the phenomena of Genocide and the Armenian Experience of it” - Professor Khatchatur I. Pilikian.

For further information, contact Eilian Williams on: 0771 8982 732 or eilian@nant.wanadoo.co.uk

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