UN ADOPTS ARMENIAN INITIATIVE
Support A1+!The UN Human Rights Council adopted the Resolution on the Protection of cultural heritage as an important component of the promotion and protection of cultural rights, coauthored and proposed by Armenia.
This interregional resolution was coauthored by the members and observers of the Human rights Council Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Russia, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, Angola, Kazakhstan, Ethiopia, Belarus and other countries. It urges to honor and preserve cultural heritage as a component of the cultural identity of peoples and individuals, tolerance, respect, dialogue and collaboration between peoples and civilizations.
The resolution defines the destruction of cultural heritage as a violation of cultural rights, and underlines the responsibility of nations for intentional destruction and failure to prevent, stop and prosecute. During the session Armenia presented materials on the destruction of the Armenian medieval cemetery of Djolfa and the Armenian cultural heritage in Nakhidjevan in general.
On September 28 the UN Human Rights Council passed a decision on the Prevention of Genocide. It is the continuation of former initiatives by Armenia to prevent genocides, and is aimed at developing a system inside the UN’s main organization which deals with human rights for the early prevention of genocides and promotion of collaboration between relevant mechanisms.
The resolution was co-authored by 62 countries, which is evidence to political demand and support for the initiative.
