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House of Commons Debate - 23 March 2015

What follows is a personal view.

Listening in the House of Commons to the David Liddington, the 

Minister for Europe, respond with the government's line was a 

profoundly depressing experience. Despite two recent visits 

to Armenia and laying flowers at the memorial, nothing has 

changed in the government's policy even in the centenary year.

The UK will only recognise the genocide if an international court 

decides so. It appears theories have to do this.

The only steps that the UK will take is to facilitate people to people 

exchanges as a low level, such as journalists visiting each other's 

country.

No minister will go to Yerevan on the 24th. The MP chair of the British 

Armenian All Party Parliamentary Group will be present but it was 

not clear to me if he will represent the government as well as the 

group. 

Just imagine the scene on the 24th.

The presidents of France, Russia and Poland (and any others I've

not read about yet) in the front row.

Somewhere in the back, a solitary MP with the British ambassador.

This is the way the UK will "endorse the views of the then government"

referring to the Tripartite May 1915 Declaration. There's no substance

behind those regularly repeated Foreign & Commonwealth words.

The different levels of representation will be painfully noticed, and the

UK will suffer reputational damage.

Make up your own mind by clicking on

www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm150323/debtext/150323-0005.htm#1503242000002

Interesting Article on Remembering The Armenian Genocide
from the Barnabas Fund 

Click on

https://barnabasfund.org/news/magazine-mar-april-2015-remembering-the-forgotten-genocide ​ 

23 March - London, UCL (AGCCC)
Exhibition & reception 

29 March - University of Cambridge, Fitzwilliam College

'Genocide Denial and Consequences: 100 years after the Armenian Holocaust' conference

with Vicken Cheterian as one of the two keynote speakers 

10 April - London, Wembley Arena

'Wake up the Souls' world tour of System of a Down dedicated to the Armenian  Genocide

(http://www.systemofadown.com for video)

13 April - London, Purcell Room (RP Musical Management)
Annual Spring Remembrance Concert with Khachaturian Trio & guests
with program including Komitas,Mirzoyan, Dohnányi, Khachaturian, Rachmaninov, Babadjanian
Sponsored by AGBU London

18 April - London (AGCCC)
Prayers and laying of wreaths at Cenotaph
Centenary petition handed to 10 Downing Street
Procession to St Paul's Cathedral with banners and distribution of leaflets
Anglican church leaders to address procession from steps of the cathedral
Procession moves to Southwark Cathedral for afternoon service with
welcome by the Dean and keynote speech by Dr Charles Tannock MEP
Readers will be prominent persons including Vanessa Redgrave  & Glenda Jackson,  singing by Hasmig Papian 

20 April - Cheltenham GL50 4AZ, University of Gloucestershire, Francis Close  Campus

Lecture on An Inconvenient Genocide: 100 Years of Holocaust Denial

by James Derounian, Principal Lecturer

21 April - London, SOAS
Lecture by Prof Willian Schabas

21- 24 April - London, 10 Downing Street (AGCCC)
100 hour Vigil starting from 6 AM on Tuesday to 10 AM on Friday 

21April - Worldwide reading

see details after list, requires a UK organiser.

21 April - 16 May - London, Finborough Theatre

Commemorating the exact centenary of the deportations that 
began the Armenian Genocide, 
I Wish To Die Singing – Voices From The Armenian Genocide 
is a controversial documentary drama uncovering the forgotten 
secrets and atrocities of a denied genocide – featuring eye-witness 
reportage, images, music, poetry from Armenia's greatest poets, 
and verbatim survivor's testimonies from one of the greatest 
historical injustices of all time.

http://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/productions/2015/i-wish-to-die-singing.php

23-24 April - London, Ealing (AGCCC) 
Vigil at Armenian Genocide memorial apricot tree 

24 April - London, St James, Piccadilly, London (AGCCC) 
Centenary Memorial Concert with Sinfonietta Orchestra performing works by 
Khachaturian, Chobanian, Hovhaness, Harutunyan, Komitas & Mirzoyan

Johan Michael Katz conductor, Ani Batikian Solo violin

24 April - Cardiff (Mission Parish) 
Prayers and laying of flowers at the Temple of Peace khatchkar 
Book launch of Canon Patricks's new book on the genocide at the 

National Assembly of Wales with participation of distinguished speakers

24 April - Ireland (Dublin Mission Parish)
Photographic exhibition at Dunlaoghaire followed at dusk
by the release of 100 lanterns into the sky

24 April - Leek, Trinity Church, Derby Street

Out of Darkness into Light multi media evening event to mark the 

centenary of the Armenian Genocide and to remember other genocides, 

including testimony of righteous persons, with Tigran Aleksanyan 

playing the duduk

25 April - Manchester, Holy Trinity Church

Commemoration event at 4pm

25 April - Oxted, Surrey (AGCCC)
Repeat of St James memorial concert in United Reform Church 

25 April - London, Twyford High School

K.Tahta Sunday School Genocide Centenary event, including a play about the  life of Kevork Tahta, performed by parents and teachers of the school

25 April - Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Laying of Wreath in memory the Armenian Genocide victims in the church

World War 1 memorial

Prayers will also be delivered on the Sunday during church service.

26 April - Dublin (Mission Parish) 

Remembrance service at Tanney Church 

26 April - Bradford Cathedral

Worship and Prayer Vigil for persecuted Christians in the Middle East  and commemoration of the Armenian Genocide

2 May - South Woodford (AGCCC) 

Memorial Service at St Mary's Church with Armenian choir 

3 May - London, Royal Festival Hall (ROA Embassy)

Concert marking the 'horrific events in Armenia that took place during the First  World War'

Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Vassily Sinyavsky, Sergey Khachatrian  (violin),  Anush Hovahannisyan (soprano) and the Philharmonia Choir 

in a program with Mozart Requiem extracts, Gorcecki, Komitas, Yekmalian  Armenian Mass extracts, Khachaturian Violin Concerto and extracts from  Spartacus 

9 May - Oxford,  Magdalen College Auditorium ,7:30pm

'Remembering Komitas': a Concert to Commemorate the Centenary 

of the Armenian Genocide organised by Oxford University Armenian 

Society. 

with Ani Batikian (violin), Anais Heghoyan (mezzo-soprano), 

Artur Bobikyan (piano), Varazdat Khachatryan (piano), Shakeh Major 

Tchilingirian (solo dance) and Oxford Armenian Choir. 

May - St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Cardiff Mission Parish)
Unveiling of Genocide Memorial stone tablet in the presence of Archbishops, Bishops and dignitaries from both churches in appreciation 

of the Church of Wales recognition and their ongoing annual prayers 

Specific date in May to confirmed.

8 June - London, SOAS (AGCCC)
Lecture by Robert Fisk of The Independent 

12 July - London, Wigmore Hall (Armenian Institute with Alexander Chaushian)
In Memoriam Concert with international musicians 

including Levon Chilingirian, Sergey & Lousine Khachatryan, 

Kim Kashkashian,Alexander Chaushian, Steven Isserlis, Vahan

Mardisrossian, Ashley Wass and Sergel Babayan. 

7 November - London, St John’s Smith Square, London

 Centenary Commemoration Concert by AGBU London Chamber Orchestra, 

featuring Armenian  soloists from various countries.

18- 19 December - London, Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music
Performances of Davit Bek opera by London Armenian Opera. 

A Worldwide reading day for the Armenian Genocide Centennial

in Berlin as part of the prestigious international Literature Festival

organise by  Ararat and Nor Kyanq magazines

on 21 April 2015. 

Armenian Communities in many European countries are participating,  

Orhan Pamuk, Mario Vargas Llosa, Herta Muller, John Coetzee etc 

have signed up for this initiative that includes Nobel Prize laureates.

You can find some useful information here - http://www.worldwide-reading.com/.

Some literary texts will be presented by Armenian authors killed during 

the Genocide (Daniel Varuzhan, Siamanto, Ruben Sevak) or wrote 

about the Genocide (Yeghishe Charents, William Saroyan, Paruyr Sevak).

Click for further information;
http://www.worldwide-reading.com/.

The organizers also proposed “The Book of Whispers” by Romanian-

Armenian author Varujan Vosganian, published in 2009, which has 

been translated into numerous languages. Since 2013, it has been 

nominated for three times for the Literature Nobel Prize by the 

Writers’ Union of Armenia (in 2013 and 2014, it was nominated by 

the Writers’ Unions of Romania and Israel, too).

You can find the translated versions (chapters 7 and 8) here

 http://www.worldwide-reading.com/archiv/24-april-2015-weltweite-lesung-zum-hundertsten-jahrestag-des-voelkermordes-an-den-armeniern/lesetexte

It would be a great pleasure to have a possibility to organize similar 

readings of this book in your cities which will be followed with the 

discussions about the Armenian Genocide.

We would be grateful if you spread this information in your newspapers 

and magazines and let us know whether it is possible to organize such 

an event in your city.

Press office of the Union of Armenians in Romania
Chief Editor, Mihai Stepan-Cazazian
Ararat and Nor Kyanq magazines"