Issues of Interest & Concern

Issues that the ARF-D is following with interest and/or concern.

Social Democracy, Solidarity and Internationalism

March 31, 2011
SI-Presidium

George Papandreou, Alpha Condé, Jalal Talabani, Ricardo Lagos El País Inspirational movements have been sweeping the Arab world, driven forward by people united by a common purpose. It is about political, social and economic change. Political change to secure an open, democratic, and modern state based on respect for the freedoms and rights of...
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Statement of the SI Presidium in Athens

March 19, 2011
SocInternLogo

Socialist International Presidium meeting Athens, Greece, 19 March 2011 The Presidium of the Socialist International is today gathered in Athens, in the foothills of the Acropolis, at a crucial moment for democrats and the Arab world, where citizens have been mobilising for democracy, rights and freedoms. From Greece, the cradle of democracy and the...
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State of Denial: It’s time for Israel to rethink its rejection of the Armenian Genocide

October 19, 2010
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Shimon Peres, and the Armenian Genocide. Collage: Tablet Magazine; Erdogan photo: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images; Peres photo: Amos BenGershom/GPO via Getty Images; background photo: Wikimedia Commons BY PETER BALAKIAN TABLET MAGAZINE A New Read on Jewish Life There has been speculation about Turkey’s shifting international ties ever since the election of Prime...
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Turkey has gone back on its word

October 12, 2010
Signing of the Armenia-Turkey protocols, 10 October 2009, Zurich, Switzerland

BY EDWARD NALBANDIAN Wall Street Journal Last year on Oct. 10 in Zurich, after intensive negotiations, Armenia and Turkey reached agreement and the foreign ministers of the two countries signed the protocols on the establishment of diplomatic relations, opening of the border and development of bilateral relations. The Armenian-Turkish relations were in a deadlock...
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Senators Boxer and Menendez place “Hold” on Bryza nomination

September 22, 2010
SenatorsBoxerAndMenendez

Armenian National Committee of America 1711 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036 Tel. (202) 775-1918 * Fax. (202) 775-5648 * Email.anca@anca.org PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release ~ 2010-09-22 Contact: ELizabeth S. Chouldjian ~ Tel: (202) 775-1918 UPDATE II: SENATORS BOXER AND MENENDEZ PLACE “HOLD” ON BRYZA NOMINATION Senators Spoke Forcefully Against Controversial U.S. Ambassador...
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European court: Turkey failed in protecting Dink’s life

September 15, 2010
Hrant Dink, the former editor-in-chief of the Armenian Agos newspaper, was gunned down by a hard-line nationalist teenager in front of his office on Jan. 19, 2007.

STRASBOURG — Turkey failed in its duty to protect the life of slain Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink and to effectively investigate his murder, the European Court of Human Rights declared on Tuesday . In a long-awaited ruling endorsed unanimously, the court also included a reference to possible...
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Azerbaijan confirms, rejects new Karabakh peace plan

July 22, 2010
17 June 2010, St. Petersburg: Trilateral meeting of the Presidents of (L to R) Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia

Emil Danielyan RFE/RL Armenian Service After repeated denials, Azerbaijan on Thursday confirmed Armenian claims that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presented his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts with a new plan to end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at their meeting in Saint Petersburg last month. Elkhan Polukhov, a spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, was reported to...
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Joint Statement by the Heads of Delegation of the Minsk Group Co-Chair countries

July 17, 2010
Armenia's and Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministers with the Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 17 July 2010 – The Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Minister of France Bernard Kouchner, and Deputy Secretary of State of the United States James Steinberg, released the following statement today: The Heads of Delegation of the OSCE...
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Turkish TV program suspended for comments on Genocide

July 8, 2010
TekeTek

By Nanore Barsoumian The Armenian Weekly At 8 p.m. on July 13, television viewers in Turkey who tune in to watch Haberturk TV station’s “Teke Tek” (“One to One”) debate show will instead see a program prepared by the Turkish state’s television and radio monitoring agency, the RTUK. Teke Tek was recently penalized by...
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Turkish Armenians uneasy over deputy patriarch appointment

July 7, 2010
Patriarch Mesrob Moutafyan

AYŞE KARABAT Today’s Zaman Some segments of the Turkish Armenian community are uneasy about the appointment of a general deputy patriarch instead of electing a new patriarch to replace seriously ill Patriarch Mesrob Mutafyan, or Mesrob II. The uneasiness has been brought to the agenda by Taraf daily columnist Markar Esayan and the Turkish-Armenian...
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