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OSCE Support to Humanitarian Agencies in Kosovo Refugee Crisis
Vol. 6 no. 4 o s c e APRIL 1999 NEWSLETTER OSCE Support to Humanitarian Agencies in Kosovo Refugee Crisis IN THIS ISSUE • CiO Visits Albania and fYROM 3 OSCE/Szandelszky • Report from BiH Ombudsmen 4 • OSCE Mission to Ukraine 5 • Seminar in Warnemünde 6 • Press Profile 7 • In Brief 8 • News from the Field 9 • Report from the HCNM 10 • Report of the Representative on Freedom of the Media 11 • Update from the ODIHR 13 • Report from the PA 15 Refugees arriving at the Blace border station in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia The rapidly evolving refugee crisis in that the local resources of international At the end of April, the total strength of Kosovo and surrounding countries which aid organizations where overwhelmed. the remaining KVM was 337. Of these, began at the end of March took on enor- There was not enough personnel on the 181 were fully occupied with assisting mous proportions. During the month of ground and emergency stocks in place the humanitarian effort – 75 in Albania April, approximately 700,000 people were insufficient. Since the recently and 106 in the former Yugoslav Repub- fled or were expelled from Kosovo, evacuated OSCE Kosovo Verification lic of Macedonia. The responsibilities of while hundreds of thousands more were Mission (KVM) was the only interna- the two task forces were similar, but not reported to have been displaced from tional organization with a substantial exactly the same, taking into account their homes inside Kosovo. At the end number of people, vehicles and equip- the different circumstances and environ- of April, the number of refugees in ment in the area, the OSCE decided on ment prevailing in the two countries. -
Nagorno-Karabakh's
Nagorno-Karabakh’s Gathering War Clouds Europe Report N°244 | 1 June 2017 Headquarters International Crisis Group Avenue Louise 149 • 1050 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32 2 502 90 38 • Fax: +32 2 502 50 38 [email protected] Preventing War. Shaping Peace. Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................... i I. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1 II. Ongoing Risks of War ....................................................................................................... 2 A. Military Tactics .......................................................................................................... 4 B. Potential Humanitarian Implications ....................................................................... 6 III. Shifts in Public Moods and Policies ................................................................................. 8 A. Azerbaijan’s Society ................................................................................................... 8 1. Popular pressure on the government ................................................................... 8 2. A tougher stance ................................................................................................... 10 B. Armenia’s Society ....................................................................................................... 12 1. Public mobilisation and anger -
Armen Sarkissian • Adama Dieng • Henry Theriault • Fernand De Varennes • Mô Bleeker • Kyriakos Kyriakou-Hadjiyianni •
GENOCIDE PREVENTION THROUGH EDUCATION 9-11 DECEMBER 2018 YEREVAN • ARMENIA ORGANIZERS Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia WITH SUPPORT OF IN COOPERATION WITH UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON GENOCIDE PREVENTION AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT TABLE of CONTENTS 9 Message from the Organizers 12 PROGRAM 9-11 December 2018 16 HIGH LEVEL SEGMENT • Zohrab Mnatsakanyan • Armen Sarkissian • Adama Dieng • Henry Theriault • Fernand de Varennes • Mô Bleeker • Kyriakos Kyriakou-Hadjiyianni • 47 PLENARY Dunja SESSION: Mijatović 70th Anniversaries of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the Uni- versal Declaration of Human Rights. 69 PANEL ONE: Supporting Genocide Prevention through Perpetua- tion of Remembrance Days of Genocide Victims. 101 PANEL TWO: New Approaches to Education and Art about Geno- cide and its Prevention. 123 PANEL THREE: Combating Genocide Denial and Propaganda of Xenophobia. 161 PANEL FOUR: The Role of Education and Awareness Raising in the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide. 190 PREVENTION 194 SIDE EVENTS 200 AFTERWORD 10 MESSAGE FROM THE ORGANIZERS he 3rd Global Forum against the Crime of Genocide was held in 2018 and was dedicated to the issues of genocide preven- T tion through education, culture and museums. It examined the challenges and opportunities, experiences and perspectives of the genocide education. This book encompasses presentations that address among other things the role of genocide museums, memorial sites and institutes for perpetuation of remembrance, as well as such complex issues as - tings in which reconciliation, memory, and empathy help to restore aworking modicum with of groups-in-conflicttrust and open communication; in non-traditional combatting educational genocide set denial and propaganda of xenophobia. -
Rassegna Armenisti Italiani
PADUS-ARAXES RASSEGNA ARMENISTI ITALIANI 2005 VIII I PARTE Relazioni dell’Ottavo Seminario degli Armenisti Italiani (Casa Armena di Milano, 13 novembre 2004) 2 DIRETTORE RESPONSABILE Paolo Veronese DIRETTORE Boghos Levon Zekiyan COMITATO SCIENTIFICO Antonia Arslan Giancarlo Bolognesi Moreno Morani Giusto Traina Gabriella Uluhogian Boghos Levon Zekiyan REDAZIONE c/o Aldo Ferrari [email protected] ISSN: 2280-4269 SEDE LEGALE c/o Università degli Studi di Venezia, S. Polo 2035, 30125 Venezia Autorizzazione del Tribunale di Venezia n. 1309 del 2 dicembre 1998 3 Gabriella Uluhogian Un itinerario agli studi armeni: riflessioni di un’armena della diaspora Licenza autobiografica Ho pronunciato la prima parola in armeno quando avevo due anni: questa parola era ciucik . Certamente nessuno dei presenti la riconoscerà, né la troverebbe in un vocabolario: quando vedevo la mamma seria per qualche mio capriccio, invocavo il suo perdono, pronunciando storpiata la stessa parola che mi sentivo dire nei momenti di tenerezza: t‘ ŕ‘nik o t‘ ŕč‘niks «uccellino mio». Ho saputo per la prima volta del genocidio quando avevo sette anni: i miei compagni di scuola avevano tutti i nonni o almeno tre, due nonni: io avevo una sola nonna. Dove erano gli altri? La risposta era stata pacata, ma veritiera: il nonno materno era morto di malattia a Costantinopoli, e i nonni paterni e vari zii erano stati uccisi dai turchi (del nonno Kapriel porto il nome, della nonna il terzo nome Narkiss, mentre il mio secondo nome è Giovanna, da Hovhannes fratello maggiore di mio padre). Alla mia domanda stupita «perché sono stati uccisi»?, la risposta era stata «perché erano armeni». -
Jsp 800 Defence Movements and Transportation Regulations
JSP 800 DEFENCE MOVEMENTS AND TRANSPORTATION REGULATIONS VOLUME 2 PASSENGER TRAVEL INSTRUCTIONS Third Edition By Command of the Defence Council MINISTRY OF DEFENCE January 2010 FOREWORD This document outlines the Joint Service Policy for movement of passengers and provides guidance to formations and units. This volume of JSP 800 is a ‘live’ publication and will be subject to amendment in order to keep it relevant. The travel instructions in this manual replace those formally published in the following areas: a. The previous edition of JSP 800 which should now be destroyed. b. Instructions previously covered in Defence Council Instructions (DCIs) and those DINs which expire on issue of this edition. Personal contact details of junior staff redacted under section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act The Sponsor of JSP 800 Volume 2 is the Deputy Head, SCM. Each Chapter of this volume has a Chapter Sponsor, identified in the contents list, and who is responsible for the maintenance of and update of the content via the process undertaken by the Defence Passenger Policy Committee and associated Working Groups . Chapter Sponsors should review their chapters, to ensure accuracy and relevance, and pass proposed amendments to the Technical Author who will aim to publish amendments to the intranet as a minimum on an annual basis. This volume will contain some reference to DCIs and DINs. It must be noted that these were the latest edition at the time of printing and may have been superseded. Some duplication necessarily exists between these instructions and those contained in other volumes of JSP 800 although this has been minimised. -
A Stability Pact for the Caucasus in Theory and Practice
CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES WORKING DOCUMENT NO. 152 SEPTEMBER 2000 A STABILITY PACT FOR THE CAUCASUS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE - A SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE MICHAEL EMERSON NATHALIE TOCCI AND ELENA PROKHOROVA CEPS Working Documents are published to give an early indication of the work in progress within CEPS research programmes and to stimulate reactions from other experts in the field. Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed are attributable only to the authors in a personal capacity and not to any institution with which they are associated. ISBN 92-9079-309-0 © Copyright 2000, Michael Emerson, Nathalie Tocci and Elena Prokhorova A Stability Pact for the Caucasus in Theory and Practice - A Supplementary Note CEPS Working Document No. 152, November 2000 Michael Emerson, Nathalie Tocci & Elena Prokhorova* Abstract In response to appeals of the leaders of the South Caucasus for a Stability Pact for the region, CEPS published in May 2000 a consultative document with a comprehensive proposal (available on www.ceps.be). Subsequently the authors have held extensive consultations with the leaders in all three states of the South Caucasus, and in four of the key autonomies (Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhazia, Adjaria, Ossetia). The present paper draws together the information and ideas collected during these consultations, although the conclusions are only attributable to the authors. The main argument of the original document is maintained, and strengthened with more precise views on how the conflicts might be solved within the framework of a Stability Pact. However the proposed Stability Pact process could be more than just an approach to conflict resolution. It has systemic or even constitutional aspects, with elements to overcome the transitional problems of the weak state and ease the confrontations of traditional notions such as independence versus territorial integrity, or the choice between federation and confederation, which are part of the present impasse. -
Giacomo Gorrini Was One of the Internationally Best-Known Italians in the First Half of the Past Century
Giacomo Gorrini was one of the internationally best-known Italians in the first half of the past century. Maybe he has not been sufficiently wellknown in Italy until now, but he is remembered and honoured everywhere in the world. A great servant of Italy, a constructor of International relations, a jurist and a writer, the founder and first president of the Italian foreign ministry’s archive, Gorrini was an upright and sensible man. His attitude towards life changed abruptly after he witnessed all kinds of atrocities for a whole month without being able to step in and stop them. He rescued some doomed Armenian victims, but not so many as he would have liked to. As the war broke out, Italy and Turkey were enemies. Then politician Gorrini turned into a great humanist and he devoted more than 20 years of his life to truth and justice. His declarations about the events he had witnessed were reported in all the world’s media of the time and provided irrefutable evidence of what was being carried out in the “darkness and the earsplitting silence of Evil” in Anatolia: the systematic destruction of a millenary people and its culture. In a few days’ time, on 24th April, the world will commemorate the 95th anniversary of the Armenian genocide and Giacomo Gorrini’s name will again be on the lips and in the prayers of Armenians all over the world: three million five hundred people in independent Armenia and 7 million in the diaspora, scattered around the world, indisputable evidence of what Gorrini witnessed and actually happened. -
Sabiha Gökçen's 80-Year-Old Secret‖: Kemalist Nation
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO ―Sabiha Gökçen‘s 80-Year-Old Secret‖: Kemalist Nation Formation and the Ottoman Armenians A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Communication by Fatma Ulgen Committee in charge: Professor Robert Horwitz, Chair Professor Ivan Evans Professor Gary Fields Professor Daniel Hallin Professor Hasan Kayalı Copyright Fatma Ulgen, 2010 All rights reserved. The dissertation of Fatma Ulgen is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication on microfilm and electronically: _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Chair University of California, San Diego 2010 iii DEDICATION For my mother and father, without whom there would be no life, no love, no light, and for Hrant Dink (15 September 1954 - 19 January 2007 iv EPIGRAPH ―In the summertime, we would go on the roof…Sit there and look at the stars…You could reach the stars there…Over here, you can‘t.‖ Haydanus Peterson, a survivor of the Armenian Genocide, reminiscing about the old country [Moush, Turkey] in Fresno, California 72 years later. Courtesy of the Zoryan Institute Oral History Archive v TABLE OF CONTENTS Signature Page…………………………………………………………….... -
Turkish Cultural Diplomacy
OCTOBER 5, 2019 Mirror-SpeTHE ARMENIAN ctator Volume LXXXX, NO. 12, Issue 4605 $ 2.00 NEWS The First English Language Armenian Weekly in the United States Since 1932 INBRIEF Kim Kardashian Turkish Reveals ‘Big Plans’ For Armenia LOS ANGELES (RFE/RL) — American reality Cultural TV star Kim Kardashian has pledged to explore the possibility of manufacturing her new shapewear line in Armenia and other business opportunities during her upcoming trip to the country. Diplomacy Kardashian has been invited to participate as a “special keynote speaker” and panelist in the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) that Ara Güler Photography will be held in Yerevan on October 6-9. The forum Exhibit in NY Inaugurated by is expected to bring together 2,500 tech profes- sionals from more than 70 countries. President Erdo an “I will be visiting Armenia in the next 2 weeks g and hope to seek ways I can help increase trade and hopefully create jobs for Armenians which By Aram Arkun Cutting the ribbon to inaugurate the exhibition (Sarkis Baharoglu photo) includes @skims production there in the future,” Mirror-Spectator Staff Kardashian said late on Thursday, September 26. “I’ve been working extremely hard on this matter Erdogan, and continues until October 10. poser Fahir Atakoglu, who used a photo- and hope my trip to Armenia will bring some amaz- NEW YORK — An exhibition of the President Erdo an entered the hall with graph of Istanbul by Güler on his 2008 ing news because I have big plans!” the Armenian- works of award-winning Turkish-Armenian his wife, Emine gGülbaran, and a large album, “Istanbul in Blue.” John Bailey, American celebrity added in a series of tweets. -
THE BENEFITS of ETHNIC WAR Understanding Eurasia's
v53.i4.524.king 9/27/01 5:18 PM Page 524 THE BENEFITS OF ETHNIC WAR Understanding Eurasia’s Unrecognized States By CHARLES KING* AR is the engine of state building, but it is also good for busi- Wness. Historically, the three have often amounted to the same thing. The consolidation of national states in western Europe was in part a function of the interests of royal leaders in securing sufficient rev- enue for war making. In turn, costly military engagements were highly profitable enterprises for the suppliers of men, ships, and weaponry. The great affairs of statecraft, says Shakespeare’s Richard II as he seizes his uncle’s fortune to finance a war, “do ask some charge.” The distinc- tion between freebooter and founding father, privateer and president, has often been far murkier in fact than national mythmaking normally allows. Only recently, however, have these insights figured in discussions of contemporary ethnic conflict and civil war. Focused studies of the me- chanics of warfare, particularly in cases such as Sudan, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, have highlighted the complex economic incentives that can push violence forward, as well as the ways in which the easy labels that analysts use to identify such conflicts—as “ethnic” or “religious,” say—always cloud more than they clarify.1 Yet how precisely does the chaos of war become transformed into networks of profit, and how in turn can these informal networks harden into the institutions of states? Post-Soviet Eurasia provides an enlightening instance of these processes in train. In the 1990s a half dozen small wars raged across the region, a series of armed conflicts that future historians might term collectively the * The author would like to thank three anonymous referees for comments on an earlier draft of this article and Lori Khatchadourian, Nelson Kasfir, Christianne Hardy Wohlforth, Chester Crocker, and Michael Brown for helpful conversations. -
From Confidence Tricks to Confidence Building: Resolving Conflict in the OSCE Area
From Confidence Tricks to Confidence Building: Resolving Conflict in the OSCE Area MAY 2011 This meeting note was prepared by On April 3, 2011, the International Peace Institute (IPI) convened in its Vienna Walter Kemp, Director for Europe office a meeting to discuss confidence-building measures in the OSCE area. The and Central Asia, with assistance meeting's participants included representatives of the OSCE’s participating from Ian Hrovatin and David states, executive structures, and Parliamentary Assembly, as well as interna - Muckenhuber, all of IPI Vienna. tional experts. Discussions were held under the Chatham House Rule of It is based on written and oral nonattribution. contributions made by participants at a workshop on confidence- Background building measures in the OSCE area. It reflects the rapporteur's interpre - The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) was a tation of the discussions and does pioneer in introducing confidence- and security-building measures (CSBMs). not necessarily represent the views For example, it did so in the 1986 and 1994 Vienna Documents, which have of all other participants. since been updated. These measures are designed to improve transparency Sharpening its international profile and predictability in achieving disarmament, and to build trust between and broadening its reach to Europe parties, in order to reduce tensions and avoid the use of force. CSBMs have and beyond, IPI announced the been instrumental in reducing tensions in, for example, Southeastern Europe establishment of its new Vienna office in September 2010. and the South Caucasus. IPI has had a forty-one-year partner - However, the nature of conflict has changed. -
THE ARMENIAN Mirrorc SPECTATOR Since 1932
THE ARMENIAN MIRRORc SPECTATOR Since 1932 Volume LXXXXI, NO. 41, Issue 4683 MAY 1, 2021 $2.00 Thank You President Biden KEN MARTIN PHOTO STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DAY WASHINGTON — Each year on this day, we remem- ber the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Ar- menian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again occurring. Beginning on April 24, 1915, with the arrest of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople by Ottoman au- thorities, one and a half million Armenians were deported, massacred, or marched to their deaths in a campaign of ex- termination. We honor the victims of the Meds Yeghern so that the horrors of what happened are never lost to history. And we remember so that we remain ever-vigilant against the corrosive influence of hate in all its forms. Of those who survived, most were forced to find new homes and new lives around the world, including in the A large crowd turned out for the Boston April 24 commemoration. (See story inside) United States. With strength and resilience, the Armenian people survived and rebuilt their community. Over the decades Armenian immigrants have enriched the United States in countless ways, but they have never forgotten the tragic history that brought so many of their ancestors to our Armenia Delighted with US shores. We honor their story. We see that pain. We affirm the history. We do this not to cast blame but to ensure that what happened is never repeated. Recognition of Genocide Today, as we mourn what was lost, let us also turn our eyes to the future — toward the world that we wish to build trauma of the 106 year-old Genocide.