Leonardo Despui: Azerbaijan can commit genocide against Karabakh

December 14, 2010 - 13:43 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the international community could help establish peace in the region, according to an Argentine scholar.

Addressing “The Crime of Genocide: Prevention, condemnation and elimination of consequences” international conference in Yerevan, UN rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, Mr. Leonardo Despui stated that recognition of the Armenian Genocide could also help resolve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict against the background of Azerbaijan’s contact threats.

“The international community should take action to prevent possible repetition of the Genocide, this time threatened by Turkey’s partner, Azerbaijan,” he said.

Mr. Despui reminded that on June 18, 1987 the UN committee on human rights and the European Parliament have passed a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century.

“”However, the efforts to punish the perpetrators turned fruitless,” he said.