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EUROPEAN DELEGATION OF THE ARMENIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
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TURKEY MUST RECOGNIZE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PRIOR TO ITS ADMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
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STATUS
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On November 14th, the General Assembly of the European Parliament is scheduled to adopt the "Report on Turkey’s Application for Accession to the European Union," (Report A5-02-97/2000, by Philippe Morillon). Several amendments regarding the Armenian Genocide will be presented for inclusion in the final report.
On October 10th, during preliminary examination by the European Parliament Committees Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security, and Defence, the author of the report, M. Morillon, refused to include Turkey's recognition of the Armenian Genocide as a precondition for that country's admission into the EU. Apparently under pressure by threats from the Turkish government, M. Morillon refused the amendments suggested by three politcal parties, and pulled the compromise amendment he was prepared to introduce. Similarly, other Parliamentarians prepared to raise the Armenian Genocide recognition issue, including Mr. Cohn Bendit, also succumbed to Turkish threats. The Report was finally adopted by a majority vote with no reference to the Armenian
Genocide.
The 1987 European Parliament resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide called upon Turkey to acknowledge this crime against humanity as a precondition to being admitted to the European Union.
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ACTION
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The European Delegation of the Armenian National Committee (ANC-Europe) urges all Armenian communities to contact members of the Europarliament and urge them to support the incorporation of amendments regarding the Armenian Genocide in the "Report on Turkey’s Application for Accession to the European Union."
- Click here to view a sample letter which may be copied and pasted into your e-mail program for distribution to Europarliamentarians. Personalized letters are more effective; so please, take a moment to add your thoughts to the letter.
Please note that English language letters may be sent to British, Dutch, German and Scandinavian Deputies. French language letters may be forwarded to French, Italian and Belgian (French-speaking) Deputies. Spanish language letters may be sent to Spanish and Portuguese Deputies.
- Click here to see the contact information (phone, fax, and e-mail) for all Europarliamentarians. For your convenience, we have grouped contact information by country.
- Click here to see comma separated e-mail addresses, grouped by country, which can be pasted in the "to" field of popular e-mail programs like Eudora or Microsoft Outlook.
For more information, please e-mail the European Delegation of the Armenian National Committee at cdcaeurope@aol.com.
