“My Visit to the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex is an Experience that I Treasure in My Heart”

Valeria Thus is currently a Masters student in Human Rights International Law at the University of Buenos Aires and an alumna of the Raphael Lemkin scholarship granted by the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute (AGMI) of Yerevan. She is working on her thesis, "The Legal Anti-negationism: Reflections from a Human Rights Perspective."

Change in US Position on Genocide?

The US Ambassador to Armenia said on April 21 that he expected a change in the United States’ position on the Armenian Genocide, reported Tert.am.

Speaking at a conference organized by the Armenian Genocide Museum and Institute, John Heffern said that President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry are expected to make “strong” statements.

Armenian Genocide Museum in Uruguay: The First Step

Vartan Matiossian

In 1963 a joint initiative of the youth organizations of the local Armenian community led to the unprecedented commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the genocide and its recognition by Uruguay in 1965. A communique dated July 5, 2013, signed by Archbishop Hakob Kelendjian, Primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Uruguay, and Mr. Ruben Aprahamian, honorary consul of the Republic of Armenia, has reported the formation of the Commission of Commemoration of the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide of the Armenian Community of Uruguay. The committee has been formed by representatives of all religious and lay organizations of the community, whose center is Montevideo, the capital.