The opening speech by H.E. Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia during an international conference “The Crime of Genocide: Prevention, condemnation and eliminat

Honorable Mr. President,\n Respectable guests,\n Ladies and Gentlemen,\n The prehistory of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide adopted by the UN on December 9, 1948 is related to the most tragic page in the history of the Armenian people. It was the absence of condemnation and elimination of consequences of the Armenian G

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Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian participated in the 9th session of the Cooperation Council between the Republic of Armenia and European Union in Brussels

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Minister Nalbandian meets with the Secretary General of the Council of the European Union Javier Solana and Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht in Brussels.

On 18 of June Minister Edward Nalbandian, who was in Brussels on a working visit, had a meeting with the European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner. During the talks the two gave a positive assessment to the implementation of the European Ne

Armenia’s initiations at the United Nations Human Rights Council 6th Session

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Minister Oskanian Speaks On Genocide Remembrance in Brussels

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STATEMENT BY FOREIGN MINISTER VARTAN OSKANIAN AT THE 14TH OSCE MINISTERIAL

Mr. Chairman,The agenda before this 14th Meeting of the Ministerial Council of the OSCE has far-reaching implications. In some cases, it extends and deepens our past commitments. In others, it expands the scope of our overall pre-occupations with security, and its complex, multidimensional components.The decisions we are about to adopt on the exploitation of children, hate crimes, human traffickin

Statement by H. E. Mr. Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia 13th Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council

It is 30 years since the Helsinki Final Act. The world and the purposes for which it was enacted are no longer with us. Yet the principles, norms and values of that document have endured the test of time, although the vehicles and instruments that have articulated and politically promoted and protected those fundamental principles of human rights

Ultimate Crime, Ultimate Challenge

On behalf of the National Commission, I wish to publicly express our sincere appreciation to everyone who has participated in this conference. I want to thank the Zoryan Institute for their professional and organizational counsel. I especially wish to thank the scholars, writers, professors - all with serious work and time commitments