Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead sponsor of the Armenian Genocide resolution in Congress delivered his remarks in Armenian.

A liturgy was held in Aleppo’s Church of the Holy Mother of God in commemoration of Genocide 98th anniversary.

An exhibition of the work, called “Lost then Found”, will go on show in New York this May for ten days, before coming to London.

Police used pepper spray to disperse the 250 protesters, who had gathered outside the Turkish consulate.

Ambassador Arsen Shoyan delivered a speech, stressing the need for the international recognition of the Genocide.

The Rijkmuseum features more than 8,000 works that tell "the story of 800 years of Dutch art and history, from the Middle Ages to the present day."

Last October Unesco appealed for the protection of the site, which it described as "one of the most beautiful mosques in the Muslim world".

Xinjiang sees recurrent outbreaks of violence pitting members of the indigenous Turkic Muslim Uighur ethnic group against the authorities.

The conference will also feature EXPO-2013 as an open platform to highlight the participating countries’ technical achievements.