Chief Rabbi of Israel Visits
Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan
The Chief Rabbi of Israel Yona Metzger arrived in Armenia on the 21st of November, 2005
The visit is held by invitation of Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, reported the press
center of the Chancellery of Holy Echmiadzin.
On Wednesday 22nd November, Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger visited the Armenian Genocide Museum
in Yerevan and later attended the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial for the victims of the Armenian Genocide
where he paid his respects and laid a wreath.
PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK TO READ FULL PRESS RELEASE FROM HOLY ETCHMIADZIN
Official Recognition by the
City Of Edinburgh Council
of the Armenian Genocide
17th November 2005
At the sitting of the City Council of Edinburg, Capital City of Scotland, the Council agreed
to pass a motion proposed by the Leader of the Labour majority Mr Donald Anderson supporting
the view that the Ottoman actions against the Armenian community did constitute genocide.Prior to the meeting enormous work and lobbying was carried out over the last six months by Turkish
organisations to prevent the consideration of the motion and for the Council to refrain from voting on the
issue.
At the meeting of the Council on Thursday 17th of November, 2005, deputations were allowed to attend
the Council meeting and present arguments for and against adoption of the Motion.
Deputations from three Turkish organisations presented arguments against the motion through three speakers.
The Armenian deputations were from the
Armenian Community & Church Council of Great Britain (ACCC)
and from Campaign for Recognition of the Armenian Genocide (CRAG).
The speakers from the Armenian deputations were Dr Harry Hagopian and Dr Hagop Bessos and they were
accompanied by Dr Donald Bloxham, Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh who presented
arguments in favour of passing the Motion from a Historian's viewpoint. Despite en-bloc opposition from the Council members from the Conservative Party, the motion was passed
( 29 votes in favour, 16 votes against ) with the support of the members from the Labour and of the Liberal
Democratic Parties.
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CAIA - Centre for Armenian Information & Advice
On 12th November 2005 the CAIA held its Annual General Meeting hand the members have elected
a Board of Directors/Trustees to serve for the ensuing year.
TO READ FULL PRESS RELEASE PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK
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TO OPEN THE ABOVE MENTIONED APPLICATION FORM IN PRINTABLE .PDF PLEASE CLICK HERE
Please post or take completed forms to The Armenian Embassy, 25A Cheniston Gardens, London W8 6TG
BRITISH HISTORIAN SAYS
" TURKS MUST ADMIT ARMENIAN DEATHS "
Eminent historian and lecturer at Edinburgh University, Donald Bloxham has written to The Scotsman saying "
Those who deny the orchestrated mass murder of the majority of the Ottoman Armenian community are akin to flat-earth theorists -- They are flying in the face of a mountain of evidence that has
convinced every objective specialist historian that genocide took place in 1915-16"
TO READ FULL ARTICLE PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK: http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=1990622005 
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Turkish Parliament Sends Petition to Peers and M.Ps:
"- - - the Blue Book - - - is not a reliable historical account of the Ottoman Armenian's revolt
and the Ottoman government's subsequent response. It is a fraud based on fabrications,
half truths and biased reports - - - "
= Special Meeting Held in House of Lords
= Historian Ara Sarafian Issues Comprehensive Report Refuting Turkish Position.
Sarafian maintains that Turkish parliamentarians deliberately avoided addressing
questions they themselves raised as a strategic ploy. This was most evident from the letter sent to
British parliamentarians. Sarafian referred to his written report which refuted the Turkish position.
He said the Turkish stance was akin to Holocaust deniers and this was why Sarafian called Turkish
Parliamentarians "deniers".
CLICK HERE TO READ PRESS RELEASE BY THE GOMIDAS INSTITUTE
READ THE FULL TEXT OF THE TURKISH PARLIAMENT'S PETITION (PDF)
READ THE FULL TEXT OF THE REPORT ISSUED BY MR. ARA SARAFIAN (PDF)
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British Government Refuses
to "Reconsider" the "BLUE BOOK"
The British Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Foreign & Commonwealth Office - through its Ambassador to Turkey Sir Peter Westmacott, refused to entertain the request made
by the Turkish Parliament last April to "reconsider" the "Blue Book", a 1916
parliamentary report, formally titled, "
Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire
1915-16," that documents the sytematic, deliberate and politically motivated nature
of the Armenian Genocide.
In a letter, Sir Peter Westmacott officially explained that the Blue Book was the
property and publication of the British Parliament. He emphasized that – contrary to
the insinuations of the Turkish parliamentarians – "none of the individual reports
[presented in the document] has been refuted" and that the moral and intellectual
probity of the authors, Lord Bryce and the prominent historian Arnold J. Toynbee
– may not be questioned.
PRESIDENT OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION CALLS ON
TURKEY TO RECOGNISE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
For the first time the Commission has Directly Pressed Ankara to end its Campaign of Armenian Genocide Denial
In an unprecedented move the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, has directly called upon Turkey to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide.
During a recent speech at Harvard University, Mr. Barroso stressed, "We should bear in mind that Turkey is an important state and has great
potential from the viewpoint of the social and economic future of Europe. However the problem of Kurds and national minorities still remains a
very delicate matter for Turkey. National minorities in Turkey constantly face infringement of their human rights."
In his remarks about European relations with Turkey, Mr Barroso stated that Ankara is developing relations with Greece and should adopt a
similarly constructive approach toward Armenia. He explained that, "Turks should acknowledge the reality of the Armenian Genocide. Orhan
Pamuk's case is an inadmissible step from the standpoint of freedom of speech. Turkey should refrain from simplified attitude towards the
Armenian issue. Europeans dislike the words 'there was no Genocide.' Ankara's best move would be the acknowledgment of the Armenian Genocide and opening the borders with Armenia."
Anti-Armenian Materials Seized
at London Airport
ANKARA--The Anadolu News Agency reports that according to an October 23 article in the Turkish Zaman Daily,
police seized Anti-Armenian CDs and DVDs en route to Scotland at London's Stansted Airport on Saturday 22
October. The materials were headed for a symposium scheduled to take place on October 24 at the Edinburgh City Hall in Scotland.
According to Zaman, the conference, "1915 Ottoman-Turk Armenian Tragedy of the War Period," was organized by
the Turkish community in Britain to review the "events of 1915 from their own perspective." It also reports that the
symposium is organized by the Federation to Fight Against the Unfounded Armenian Allegations (ASEF) and the Britain Turkish Associations Confederation.
Source: ASBAREZ.Com
" Audere est Facere " - To Dare is To Do
E.U. - Turkey and the Armenian Genocide
By Dr. Harry Hagopian
"Once recognition by Turkey of this human rights travesty occurs, and the sacrifices of well over one million
Armenian men, women and children during the period 1915-1923 are marked with closure, we could underline with conviction the maxim audere est facere
- to dare is to do - in the sense that we dared together to overcome the physical, psychological and historical traumas of a painful and stolen past."
PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK TO READ FULL ARTICLE (.PDF) 
TIME Prints Full-Page Letter to Rectify Turkish DVD Flap
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier
"If TIME magazine thinks that this right of reply settles all accounts, it is sadly mistaken. TIME magazine's
response does not redress the terrible suffering of those who saw this sordid tool of denialist propaganda. Taking into
account the most heinous content of this DVD, our demands for redress go far beyond this simple right of reply and we intend to attain them,"
H. Mardirossian, Chairman, Armenian National Committee of France (CDCA),
TO READ FULL ARTICLE PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK
HOW CAN A COUNTRY THAT VICTIMISES ITS GREATEST
LIVING WRITER ALSO JOIN THE EU?
Salman Rushdie
The Times, UK Oct 14 2005 " --- the Turkish application is indeed a test case for the EU, a test of whether the Union has any
principles at all."
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An unprincipled Europe, which turns its back on great artists and fighters for freedom, will continue
to alienate its citizens, whose disenchantment has already been widely demonstrated by the votes
against the proposed new constitution. So the West is being tested as well as the East.
On both sides of the Bosphorus, the Pamuk case matters."
CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE 
 Encyclical of His Holiness Karekin II on the 1600th Anniversary of the
Creation of the Armenian Alphabet
On Saturday, October 8, 2005, the Armenian Church and Nation dispersed throughout the world celebrated the Feast of the Holy Translators. The Pontifical Encyclical of His
Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians can be read here
by CLICKING THIS LINK
From THE PRESS - 6th October, 2005:
"--- Armenian people had been subject to the most apalling genocide committed by the Turks during World War I,
a subject that has quite rightly come back to haunt Turkey this week in its attempt to join the European Union"
"--- I took the opportunity to sit for two minutes and say a prayer for the future of Armenia ---"
" I look forward to visiting Armenia again soon"
CLICK THIS LINK TO READ FULL ARTICLE BY THIS MEMBER OF THE GREATER LONDON ASSEMBLY
European Parliament Resolution:
Turkey's Recognition of Armenian Genocide is
Prerequisite to its Accession to the European Union
In a resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 28th September, 2005, by 356 votes in favour, 181 against
and 125 abstentions, Parliament noted the Commission's and Council's view that access negotiations with Turkey can start on 3 October.
As part of the same resolution, the European Parliament also noted the fact that Turkish authorities still had not
satisfied the requirements concerning the Armenian questions such as they were expressed by the European
Parliament in its resolution of June 18, 1987 calling on Turkey to recognise the Genocide of the Armenians in Ottoman Turkey, and the European Parliament therefore resolved to "call on Turkey to recognize the Genocide of the Armenians,"
and that the Parliament considers this act a "prerequisite to accession to the European Union."
British Armenian Community Celebrates
 Armenian Independence Day 
On Saturday 21st of September, 2005 the Armenian Community of London gathered together at the St. Yeghiche Church in
Kensington to celebrate the 14th Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Armenia.
The evening which was organised by the Executive Committee
of the ACCC was an immense success as the capacity audience of over 600 enjoyed brilliant performances by numerous young Armenian artists from both Britain as well as from Armenia.
The evening's programme also included short speeches by His Grace Bishop Nathan Hovhannisian, Primate of the Armenian Church in the U.K., Dr. Vahe Gabrielyan, Ambassador of
Armenia and Mr Ara Palamoudian, Chairman of the Armenian Community & Church Council of Great Britain.
Special thanks to all those who took part in the evening's programme. Their names and photographs appear in the evening's album of photographs. Thanks also to all those who helped in organising the evening and especially to Rousanna Tatulian and Matilda
Megerdichian who both worked extremely hard to bring together so many artists and performers and who were instrumental in producing such a successful programme.
Special mention should also be made of Varoujan Utuvjian and Aram Tateossian for their most important function of
so expertly operating the elaborate sound equipment, and last but not at all least thanks to Dr Harry Hagopian who
once again this year so eloquently and efficiently introduced and managed the evening's programme.
PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS
Balakian's 'Burning Tigris' Wins 2005 Raphael Lemkin Prize
New York, NY
Peter Balakian's The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response has been awarded the 2005 Raphael Lemkin Prize for the best scholarly
book in the preceding two years on the subject of genocide, mass killings, gross human rights violations, and the prevention of such crimes. The award is given by
the Institute for the Study of Genocide at John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.
The prize comes with a cash award and commemorates Raphael Lemkin, the legal
scholar who pioneered the international legal concept of genocide. Helen Fein, Chair of the prize committee called The Burning Tigris "a book of enduring scholarly value
and of important contemporary meaning." Previous winners include Samantha Power's A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide (winner of the
Pulitzer Prize), and Alison Des Forges Leave None To Tell The Story: Genocide In Rwanda. 
** BREAKING NEWS ** BREAKING NEWS **
U.S. HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE
OVERWHELMINGLY ADOPTS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE LEGISLATION
Passage Comes Despite the Strident Opposition from Turkish Embassy, The Livingston Group, and American Turkish Council
WASHINGTON, DC - 15 September 2005
Following almost three hours of remarks by a bipartisan group of 24 Members of Congress, the House International
Relations Committee, today, voted in favor of two measures calling for proper U.S. recognition of the Armenian
Genocide and urging Turkey to end its decades long denial of this crime against humanity, reported the Armenian
National Committee of America (ANCA). The votes clear yet another hurdle toward full House recognition of the Armenian Genocide ---
TO READ FULL REPORT PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK
(AT11)
NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA APPOINTED
Mr. Anthony Cantor
has been appointed Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of Armenia in succession to Thorhilda Abbott-Watt who will be transferring to another Diplomatic
Service appointment. Mr. Cantor will take up his appointment in January 2006.
Anthony John James Cantor (59) has served in the British Diplomatic Service for about forty years. He has occupied
different posts within the Foreign Ministry of Great Briain and in diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom abroad,
including Tokyo, Osaka, Hanover, Hanoi, Rangoon, Accra. He served as Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Paraguay from 2001 to 2005 - up to the new appointment.
Mr Cantor is married and has two daughters and a son.
CRAG CHAIRMAN PRESENTS DETAILED PAPER ON
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TO TOP LAWMAKERS AND SCHOLARS
Mr Raffi Sarkissian, Chairman of CRAG - Campaign for Recognition of the Armenian Genocide - presented a highly
detailed and scholarly paper to a special conference held on 1-2 September, 2005, at the Nottingham Trent
University, in the presence of highly eminent international judges, lawyers and scholars from Europe, Africa and the USA.
Keynote Speakers were Prof. Henry T. King, former prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials, Prof. Juan Mendes, U.N.
Special Adviser on the prevention of Genocide and H.E. Judge Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Judge of the International Criminal Court.
The International Conference on the Criminal Law of Genocide was intended to be an expert meeting on a subject
which is of the greatest importance to international law and international affairs and through the presentations of its
speakers and discussants, it was intended to bring a more profound understanding and analysis of the crime.
Immediately following the first keynote speaker, Mr. Sarkissian of CRAG presented to the conference his paper entitled
"THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE. A CONTEXTUAL VIEW OF THE CRIME AND POLITICS OF DENIAL" which was well received by the attendees.
= CLICK HERE TO READ THE PRESENTATION MADE BY CRAG'S R. SARKISSIAN ( .pdf) =
= CLICK HERE TO READ THE BROCHURE OF THE CONFERENCE (.pdf) =
CRAG is a Committee within the structure of the ACCC
Armenian Community & Church Council of Great Britain
APPEAL FROM THE ARMENIAN RELIEF SOCIETY - LONDON BRANCH FOR THE
"YERP KALIS E SEPTEMPERE"
PROJECT OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES MINISTRY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ
TIME Magazine Apologises
Harut Sassounian - California Courier - Reports:
- - - Six weeks ago, the Switzerland-Armenia Association (SAA) sent a letter of protest to TIME magazine
expressing its "shock and disappointment" that TIME included in its European Edition (June 6, 2005 issue), as a paid ad, a Turkish DVD that denied the Armenian Genocide.
James Kelly, the Managing Editor of TIME, responded last week to SAA's letter by stating: "We regret distributing
the [Turkish] DVD as part of TIME's European edition and are very sorry for the offense it has caused. The so-called 'documentary' portion of the DVD presents a one-sided view of history that
does not meet our standards for fairness and accuracy, and we would not have distributed it had we been aware of its content. Unfortunately the DVD was not adequately reviewed by anyone at TIME
because it was believed to be a benign promotion piece. I can assure you that we have changed our review process and will be much more vigilant in the future. We apologize to the Armenian
community, and to our readers." - - -
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