We cannot speak about genocides without mentioning Armenian Genocide

PanARMENIAN.Net - Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone castigated the United Nations for first postponing and then rewording a Rwandan genocide exhibit under the pressure from Turkey, Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) reported.



"We thank Congressman Pallone for speaking to his Congressional colleagues - and the American public - about Turkey's pressure on the United Nations to water down the reference to the Armenian Genocide in the recently opened Rwanda Genocide exhibit. We value Frank Pallone's leadership and share his principled view that the international community's efforts to prevent and punish genocide should be not reduced to the level acceptable to a Turkish government that is actively pursuing a campaign of the Armenian Genocide denial - both here in the United States and around the world," ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian said.



"How, exactly, are you educating the public about genocide when you refuse to call the first genocide of the 20th century by its name? The word "genocide" was actually created as a way to describe the barbaric crimes inflicted against the Armenians between 1915 and 1923, but now the word cannot be used in an exhibit at the UN. This is utterly ridiculous . . . Would you ever have an exhibit on Christianity without mentioning the birth of Christ?" Frank Pallone stated in his speech.