Discussions, which were devoted to the 65th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, were held on Monday and Thursday at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters.    

Addressing at the event, Armenia’s Permanent Representative to UN, Ambassador Garen Nazarian, highly appreciated  lawyer Raphael Lemkin’s contribution to the preparation of the Convention and his indispensable role in the legal definition of the crime of genocide. 

Recalling to the audience that Lemkin’s study of the Armenian Genocide had become instrumental in his choosing of his profession, the Armenian ambassador noted that Lemkin had devoted the rest of his life to the exposure of the truth of the genocide and its prevention.      

Ambassador Nazarian added that Armenia continues to take steps toward the prevention and condemnation of the grave crimes against humanity, and express its unconditional support to the UN offices’ activities toward genocide prevention.        

The discussants and the speakers also reflected on the forthcoming centennial commemoration of the Armenian Genocide of 1915.