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21 PACE delegates signed a written declaration on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide. The text of the declaration, published on the organization’s official website, reads as follows:

“Recognition of genocides is an act which contributes to the respect for human dignity and the prevention of crimes against humanity; The fact of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Empire has been documented, recognised, and affirmed
in the form of media and eyewitness reports, laws, resolutions, and statements by the United Nations, the European Parliament and Parliaments of the Council of Europe member States, including Sweden, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Switzerland, France, Italy, Belgium, Greece, Cyprus, the
Russian Federation, as well as the US House of Representatives and 43 US States, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, Canada, Uruguay and Lebanon.

The undersigned, members of the Parliamentary Assembly, call upon all members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to take the necessary steps for the recognition of the genocide perpetrated against Armenians and other Christians in the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the 20th century, which will strongly contribute to an eventual similar act of recognition by the Turkish authorities of this odious crime against humanity and, as a result, will lead to the normalisation of relations between Armenia and Turkey and thus contribute to regional peace, security and stability.”

POSTANJYAN Zaruhi, Armenia, EPP/CD
ALIGRUDIĆ Miloš, Serbia, EDG
BAKOYANNIS Theodora, Greece, EPP/CD
CONNARTY Michael, United Kingdom, SOC
FARINA Renato, Italy, EPP/CD
FRANKEN Hans, Netherlands, EPP/CD
HALICKI Andrzej, Poland, EPP/CD
HARUTYUNYAN Davit, Armenia, EDG
HOVHANNISYAN Arpine, Armenia, EPP/CD
HUNKO Andrej, Germany, UEL
KALMAR Ferenc, Hungary, EPP/CD
KARAPETYAN Naira, Armenia, EPP/CD
MUNOZ-ALONSO Alejandro, Spain, EPP/CD
OMTZIGT Pieter, Netherlands, EPP/CD
RAČAN Ivan, Croatia, SOC
ROUQUET Rene, France, SOC
SHEVCHENKO Oleksandr, Ukraine, NR
SOBOLEV Serhiy, Ukraine, EPP/CD
SZABO Vilmos, Hungary, SOC
VILLUMSEN Nikolaj, Denmark, UEL
VIROLAINEN Anne-Mari, Finland, EPP/CD