British-Armenian Parliamentary Group held a conference on Armenian Genocide

PanARMENIAN.Net - In Remembrance of the 94th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the British-Armenian All-Party Parliamentary Group, under the auspices of the Armenian Embassy in Britain, held a conference, entitled: "The Armenian Genocide. International Recognition and Current Challenges " on Thursday 7th May 2009, in Committee Room 3 of the House of Commons, London SW1A OAA, British Parliament.

The invited speakers were Professor Israel Charny from Israel and Mr Harut Sassounian from USA. Due to illness, Professor Charny did not attend the event and, instead, sent his article, which was read by Mr. Peter Barker, a former broadcaster of the BBC Radio 3 Programme.



The conference was chaired by the Baroness Cox of Queensbury, Chairman of the BAAPPG and the Vote of Thanks was given by His Excellency Ambassador Gabrielyan.



Based on the contents of the two Speakers speeches ,the British-Armenian All-Party Parliamentary Group will issue a Statement , lobbying the Governments of Britain , USA and Turkey to recognize the Armenian Genocide , committed by the Ottoman Government of 1915,

Odette Bazil, Co-Founder and Executive Secretary of The British-Armenian All-Party Parliamentary Group reported to PanARMENIAN.Net