An Armenian Genocide Centennial commemoration event was held in Arnhem, the Netherlands.

The event was organized by the Association of Armenian Women of Gelderland, the Society of Young Armenians of Arnhem and the Armenian Apostolic Church of Arnhem, and with the support of the Armenian embassy.

Manoshak Ohannesian, Minas Arsenian, and Alice Tovmasian made statements on behalf of the organizers of the event.

The Ambassador of Armenia to the Netherlands, Dziunik Aghajanian, addressed the attendees calling for consolidation and patience.

“Our cause is still ahead of us. We have demands; demands for justice which would require our united efforts, persistence and patience to advance our permanent fight, in order to put an end to impunity; the impunity that is being nourished by denialist ideologies, political expediency, governments acting solely on economic and strategic interests, those that pronounce themselves as protagonists of human rights, yet do not have the courage to call the crime by its name, to denounce it completely; a phenomenon that does not allow unhindered implementation of international commitments aimed at prevention of genocide,” Aghajanian stated.

In addition, a requiem service was performed at the commemorative event, followed by the lighting of one hundred candles symbolizing the centenary of the Armenian Genocide.

Also, several episodes were shown of a program of Dutch Public TV of 1983-1985, the “Tower of Babel,” which was dedicated to the genocide.

Navasard choir performed musical pieces and students from “Nor Aig” Sunday school recited verses devoted to the Armenian Genocide.