Decision of US Federal Appeals Court - defeat for all mankindAugust 28, 2009 - 14:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - US Federal Appeals Court's decision prohibiting decedents of Armenian Genocide victims to sue foreign insurance companies for unpaid claims is a disgrace, Arpi Vardanyan, AAA Regional Director for Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, told a press conference in Yerevan. "Even though US Administration has not officially recognized the fact of Armenian Genocide, that doesn't mean separate states in America have not condemned and acknowledged such atrocity against humankind. George Bush and Barack Obama have not pronounced the phrase 'Armenian Genocide', but President Ronald Reagan did recognize the fact. Schoolchildren in US are taught about the first genocide of the XX century, and 43 states have applied to US Administration with a claim to declare April 24 an Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day," AA Regional Director stated, adding that those facts were not reflected in Appellate Court's decision which focused only on one side of reality. "I don't know to what extent Turkish lobby affected the decision, but one thing I can say for sure: such decision cannot be viewed as Turkish organizations' victory and Armenian lobby's defeat," Arpi Vardanyan said. A decision prohibiting descendents of Genocide victims to sue insurance companies is a defeat for all mankind, she finds. "Denial policy by world's governments today will lead to negation of other Genocides tomorrow," AAA regional Director stressed. On August 20, US Federal Court ruled that descendents of Armenian Genocide victims cannot sue foreign insurance companies for unpaid claims since US Government doesn't officially recognize that an Armenian Genocide occurred. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |