Welcoming Address by President Serzh Sargsyan to the Participants of the Second Pan-Armenian Forum of Lawyers

Distinguished Participants of the Conference,
Dear Compatriots,

I cordially salute all participants of the Second Pan-Armenian Forum of Lawyers in Yerevan. I am very glad that the RA Ministry of Diaspora and the Pan-Armenian Conference of Lawyers organization have initiated bringing together under one roof prominent representatives of the Armenian legal mind.

Pan-Armenian professional initiatives have become one of the most important areas of Armenia-Spyurk cooperation. And they have already started yielding results, revealing new opportunities for the efficient use of the Armenians’ potential all over the world.

It is no accident that the Armenian lawyers are holding in the center of their attention the legal problems of the Armenian Genocide. You have been bringing your active theoretical and practical participation to its international recognition. Your efforts aimed at bringing the attention of the state and political structures of different countries to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and revealing the truth to the entire world are commendable. These efforts will contribute to the prevention of the hideous crime of genocide everywhere in the world.

International recognition of the Armenian Genocide, its condemnation and elimination of the consequences will always be an imperative. As long as there exists the Armenian state, all efforts to deny and send to oblivion this historical reality will be doomed to failure. The greatest crime against humanity must be recognized and condemned once and for all and first of all by Turkey itself.

Dear Friends,

The State Committee on Coordination of the events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was formed in April, 2011. Formed were also international advisory groups, as well as corresponding regional commissions in Spyurk. Many of you, undoubtedly, have already been actively engaged in these works.

Today, on the eve of the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, you have the opportunity to blend your knowledge and experience, come up with proposals and scientific conclusions.
I wish the Second Pan-Armenian Forum of Lawyers all the best and efficient work.