– Take note of the State Council to the Great Council report on the, Massimo Sandri postulate and others, asking the Council of State. Le génocide des Arméniens a été reconnu par l'ONU en 1985 à travers l'adoption du rapport d'une de ses commissions d'experts, la sous-commission pour la prévention des discriminations et pour la protection des minorités, puis par le Parlement européen dans une résolution en 1987. La question de savoir si ces massacres furent commis intentionnellement – et donc se rapprochent du crime de génocide – relève donc de la recherche historique. When the story is concerned, external pressures are often felt to be unjust: Switzerland made itself experience in the recent past. LA PROBLEMATIQUE POSEE PAR LE POSTULAT. This act could be in both in Lausanne to Yerevan, a plaque in memory of the men and women killed in the horrible killings of 1915, and an approach of the State Council, supported by the Grand Council, with the federal authorities, Switzerland engaging in the same direction. 2. If the Treaty of Sèvres of 1920 recognized the Armenian political fact, the Treaty of Lausanne, 1923 between Turkey and the allies emerged victorious from the war, stripped, Armenia off the map, while not mentioning the extent of atrocities including. Signalons que la décision du Conseil national du 15 décembre 2003 rend de fait caduque la requête de M. le Député Sandri demandant d’entreprendre des démarches auprès de la Confédération en vue de demander une reconnaissance du génocide arménien. Pour le Conseil d’Etat, la question de la reconnaissance du génocide arménien se décompose en trois volets, le volet historique, le volet juridique et le volet diplomatique. A brave people of Armenian origin displaced: its eastern regions, formerly occupied by Russia, formed the smallest of the Soviet republics, or were absorbed by Iran, while the massacres of survivors of the vast Western region emigrated to Western Europe and overseas. By recognizing the Armenian genocide of 1915, Geneva places itself, in respect of the international texts on genocide, in the long list of recognition of that crime by numerous countries, by the United Nations and the European parliament. On peut citer enfin les prises de position du Conseil oecuménique des Églises, à travers la Déclaration adoptée en 1983. Thus adopted at the meeting of the State Council, in Lausanne on 12 January 2005. Indeed, the only point that nearly all these intellectuals agree about is the uselessness of external pressure. Despite the struggles for territorial extension, the Republic was squeezed between Ankara and Moscow. Swiss legislators have recognized the Armenian Genocide in 1995. THE ISSUE RAISED BY THE ASSUMPTION To date, the national parliaments of the following countries have recognized the Armenian Genocide: Uruguay, Cyprus, Argentina, Russia, Armenia, Greece, Lebanon, The national debate actually began in 1995 on the occasion of a, interpellation of the National Council requesting the Council Fankhauser, Federal to recognize the Armenian Genocide. En Suisse, le génocide arménien a été officiellement reconnu par le Grand Conseil genevois en 1998 et par le Conseil d’Etat du même canton en 2001. The transactions leading to massacres in question in the postulate of M. Sandri MP begin April 24, 1915, when a first roundup to behead the Armenian nation was launched. It is legally questionable to apply a concept (“genocide”) appeared before the Holocaust. Dans le contexte de la révolution soviétique de 1917 et des mouvements nationalistes caucasiens, naît une minuscule république arménienne en 1918. Issu de la fusion d’une population autochtone résidant autour du lac de Van et d’une peuplade indo-européenne apparue aux alentours du VIIe s. av. Depuis lors les Arméniens se battent pour la mémoire du génocide. Le débat au niveau national a réellement débuté en 1995 à l’occasion d’une interpellation de la Conseillère nationale Fankhauser demandant au Conseil fédéral de reconnaître le génocide arménien. 398 ‘The United States Training on and Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide Resolution’ proposal introduced in the House of Representatives on 18 November 1999, see the text of the Hearing before the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights of the Committee on the International Relations House of Representatives: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi‐bin/getdoc.cgi?I Paddress=wais.access.gpo.gov&dbname=106_house_hearings&docid=f:69533.pdf, [4] For the text of H. RES. 2.3 Diplomatically Under this dialogue, Switzerland has repeatedly addressed the Armenian question and encouraged Turkey to adopt a more conciliatory policy towards Armenia. These facts, incontestable in their significance and magnitude, have served as a reference for Raphael Lemkin, the lawyer who coined the notion of genocide. The 1915 events are historically attested by many sources. The Federal Council’s policy focuses on political regular dialogue with Turkey and seeks a sustainable balance in the Caucasus, The Treaty of Sevres (1920) was supposed to recognize a free and independent Armenian state extended to provinces in Eastern Anatolia. The co-signatories of the postulate would like their action to contribute to the lasting peace between Turkey and Armenia by sending a message of justice to the descendants of the Armenian victims. Le Parlement européen a … Against the opinion of the Federal Council, the Great House has indeed accepted this text on December 15, 2003 by 107 votes against 67. The Treaty of Sevres (1920) was supposed to recognize a free and independent Armenian state extended to provinces in Eastern Anatolia. La politique extérieure de la Suisse vise à un équilibre durable dans le Caucase, en particulier entre la Turquie et l’Arménie. The interpellation of Massimo Sandri and others on recognition of the Armenian Genocide.