Soykırım Tasarısı Güney Avustralya’da Kabul Edildi

Ermeni Soykirimi Yasa Tasarisi Guney Avustralya Parlamentosunca kabul edildi. Guney Avustralya Parlamentosu bu kararin ardindan Avustralya Federal Hukumeti’ne karari tanimasi yolunda cagrida bulundu. Melburn Baskonsoloslugu’nun duyurusu saygi ile duyurulur.

1. Guney Avustralya Parlamentosu Alt Meclisi 30 Nisan 2009 tarihli oturumunda, metni 3. maddede sunulan karar tasarisini kabul etmistir.

2. Sayin Cumhurbaskanimizin ifade ettikleri gibi, Batili muttefiklerimizce yalnizca “Hristiyanlarin” acilarinin paylasilmasi, buna karsin halen su anda etnik temizlige ugramis, “bu aciyi yasamakta olan” bir milyon Azeri kardesimiz ile Birinci Dunya Savasi’nda Balkanlarda, Giritte, Kafkaslarda katledilmis yuzbinlerce Musluman Turk’un acilarinin hatirlanmamasi manidardir.

3. “That, whereas the genocide by the Ottoman state between 1915-1923 of Armenians, Hellenes, Syrian and other minorities in Asia Minor is one of the greatest crimes against humanity, the people of South Australia and this House –

(a) join the members of the Armenian-Australian, Pontian Greek-Australian and Syrian-Australian communities in honouring the memory of the innocent men, women and children who fell victim to the first modern genocide;

(b) condemns the genocide of the Armenians, Pontian Greeks, Syrian Orthodox and other Christian minorities, and all other acts of genocide as the ultimate act of racial, religious and cultural intolerance;

(c) recognises the importance of remembering and learning from such dark chapters in human history to ensure that such crimes against humanity are not allowed to be repeated;

(d) condemns and prevents all attempts to use the passage of time to deny or distort the historical truth of the genocide of the Armenians and other acts of genocide committed during this century;

(e) acknowledges the significant humanitarian contribution made by the people of South Australia to the victims and survivors of the Armenian Genocide and the Pontian Genocide; and

(f) calls on the Commonwealth Parliament officially to condemn the genocide.”