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UN genocide exhibit on Rwanda delayed after Turkey objects
By Reuters

A UN exhibit on the 13th anniversary of the Rwanda genocide has been delayed after Turkish objections to a mention of the killing of Armenians in Turkey during World War One, organizers said on Monday.

The photo and text exhibit, organized in part by the British-based Aegis Trust, was scheduled to be opened on Monday by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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But Turkey objected to a sentence in the text, which showed how the Armenian killings contributed to the creation of the term genocide, according to James Smith, chief executive of Aegis, whose mission is to prevent genocide.

It said: "Following World War One, during which 1 million Armenians were murdered in Turkey, Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin urged the League of Nations to recognize crimes of barbarity as international crimes," Smith said.

Organizers said they were informed of the delay by the UN Department of Public Information, which had initially approved the exhibit in the visitors' lobby. The secretary-general's office then consented to the postponement.

UN officials confirmed that objections by Turkey and others, which they did not mention, were responsible for the delay. One staff member said an official in the Department of Public Information had not sent the text to other divisions for fact-checking.

"The exhibition has been postponed until the regular review process is completed," UN associate spokesman Farhan Haq said.

David Browan, communications director for Aegis, told Reuters that Armenian diplomats had agreed to the removal of the words "in Turkey," which was acceptable to his group. But he said, "We understand that was not acceptable to the UN."

Some 1.5 million Armenians perished at the hands of Ottoman Turks, according to historians. Turkey denies any systematic genocide, saying large numbers of both Christian Armenians and Muslim Turks died in a partisan conflict raging at that time.

Aegis, however, is resisting removing references to the Armenian killings in connection with the exhibit on Rwanda, where at least 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by Hutus. The murders began on April 6, 1994.

The exhibit also mentions the Nazi extermination of Jews in World War Two and has passing references to Cambodia's killing fields and crimes in Bosnia, East Timor and Sudan.

But a U.N. official insisted the exhibit would take place. "We are committed to it. It is a very important issue," said Manoel de Almeida e Silva, an official in the strategic communications division
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  1.   Turkish turpitude 11:02  |  Star of David 10/04/07
  2.   Just admit it! 11:32  |  Ryan 10/04/07
  3.   Star of David #1 11:43  |  Fatih 10/04/07
  4.   knowing fact 11:48  |  yuksel 10/04/07
  5.   #3 fatih 12:07  |  Star of David 10/04/07
  6.   #3 Fatih 12:10  |  Star of David 10/04/07
  7.   Rwanda 12:38  |  Nerys 10/04/07
  8.   what happened 12:43  |  yuksel 10/04/07
  9.   and still 12:50  |  Nerys 10/04/07
  10.   Star of David #5, 6 13:11  |  Fatih 10/04/07
  11.   Yuksel What about the west part of Turkey 13:19  |  Aby 10/04/07
  12.   # 3 Fatih 13:33  |  Lynn 10/04/07
  13.   WHERE THE HELL IS MEHMET???????? 14:25  |  alonitzafoni 10/04/07
  14.   No recovery in sight 14:37  |  Dani Reiss 10/04/07
  15.   "In Turkey" 14:57  |  Dani Reiss 10/04/07
  16.   it`s nothing as it seems 18:15  |  Mike 10/04/07
  17.   it`s nothing as it seems (II) 19:10  |  Mike 10/04/07
  18.   it`s nothing as it seems (III) 19:31  |  Mike 10/04/07
  19.   it`s nothing as it seems (IV) 19:42  |  Mike 10/04/07
  20.   Let`s embrace Armenians and the truth. 01:16  |  Fortuna Benmayor 11/04/07
  21.   Ottoman Turks were found INNOCENT in Malta Trial(1921) 15:12  |  Mike 11/04/07
  22.   Disputes can not be solved by political actions 15:16  |  Mike 11/04/07
  23.   Let Armenia and Turkey discuss armenian issue in a fair trial 15:21  |  Mike 11/04/07
  24.   To Mike or is it Mehmet? 23:04  |  Dikran 11/04/07
  25.   Mike is a Zionist American student in History at U.C.L.A 17:03  |  Mike 12/04/07
  26.   the memorandum submitted by Winston S. Churchill on July 19, 1920 17:21  |  Mike 12/04/07
  27.   British Archives. PRO?F. 0. 371/ on Malta Tribunal 17:27  |  Mike 12/04/07
  28.   (III) British Archives. PRO_F. 0. 371 on Malta Tribunal 17:37  |  Mike 12/04/07
  29.   (I) Reply of British Embassy in Washington on Malta Tribunal 17:48  |  Mike 12/04/07
  30.   (II) Reply of British Embassy in Washington on Malta Tribunal 17:49  |  Mike 12/04/07
  31.   End of Story _ Malta Tribunal 17:54  |  Mike 12/04/07
  32.   Mike, you just proved my point (1) 06:00  |  Dikran 13/04/07
  33.   Mike, you just proved my point (2) 06:07  |  Dikran 13/04/07
  34.   Mike, you just proved my point (3) 06:30  |  Dikran 13/04/07
  35.   Mike, you just proved my point (4) 07:00  |  Dikran 13/04/07
  36.   Mike, you just proved my point (5) 07:18  |  Dikran 13/04/07
  37.   Mike, you just proved my point (6) 07:34  |  Dikran 13/04/07
  38.   Mike, you just proved my point (7) 07:46  |  Dikran 13/04/07
  39.   Mike, you just proved my point (9) 08:24  |  Dikran 13/04/07
  40.   truth 13:30  |  wise-up 13/04/07
  41.   questions 16:58  |  wise-up 13/04/07
  42.   Mike, you just proved my point 19:16  |  Dikran 13/04/07
  43.   to wise-up 19:29  |  Dikran 13/04/07
  44.   43 21:03  |  wise-up 13/04/07
  45.   Hovhannes Katchaznouni, First PM of the Ind. Armenia about facts 01:57  |  Alina Souren 16/04/07
  46.   First PM of the Ind. Armenia about facts - 2 01:59  |  Alina Souren 16/04/07
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  48.   First PM of the Ind. Armenia about facts - 4 02:02  |  Alina Souren 16/04/07
  49.   First PM of the Ind. Armenia about facts - 5 02:04  |  Alina Souren 16/04/07
  50.   First PM of the Ind. Armenia about facts - 6 02:05  |  Alina Souren 16/04/07
  51.   First PM of the Ind. Armenia about facts - 7 02:06  |  Alina Souren 16/04/07
  52.   First PM of the Ind. Armenia about facts - 8 02:07  |  Alina Souren 16/04/07
  53.   First PM of the Ind. Armenia about facts - 9 02:08  |  Alina Souren 16/04/07
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