Armenia Keeps Helping Establishment of International Mechanisms to Prevent GenocideJune 22, 2006 - 14:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Globalization and electronic media enhance the level of information and increase responsibility, Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian said at the opening of the first session of the UN Council on Human Rights in Geneva. "Entering neighbor's drawing-room is just as easy as one's own. Hearing shouts from the adjacent room and not respond to them is as difficult, as not noting noise in one's own home. The current generation can unite time, skills and resources to create a new and efficient international system, which will enjoy not only moral authority, but will also be a long-standing defender of the weak,» he remarked.Oskanian underscored that Armenia has been helping to establish international mechanisms to prevent Genocide and its causes. «These causes imply not only «cleansing» of a people, living in its historical fatherland, but also successful attempts to wipe out such facts from humanity's memory,» the Minister said, reports the Armenian MFA Press Service. Top stories Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |