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Commemorating 1915 in Istanbul and Worldwide

Commemorating 1915 in Istanbul and Worldwide

Commemorating the Genocide in Canada (video-clip)

Commemorating the Genocide in Canada (video-clip)

"Genocide" of Monuments Continues (Slides)

"Genocide" of Monuments Continues (Slides)

Commemorating 1915 in Istanbul and Worldwide

Commemorating 1915 in Istanbul and Worldwide

International Affirmation And Recognition of the Armenian Genocide

Iran September 09,2004:The president of Islamic Republic of Iran Seyed Mohammad Khatami visited the Memorial Complex Tsitsernakaberd in Yerevan and laid a wreath on the Memorial for the Victims of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915.

United States Of America April 7,2004:The state of Montana has become the 32nd US state to recognize the Armenian Genocide. "I welcome the efforts of the Hay Dat Committee seeking recognition of the barbarian genocide committed by the government of the Ottoman Turkey in 1915-1923, the genocide to which 1.5 million Christians -
Armenian men, women, and children - fell prey," the Governor of Montana, Judy Martz, noted in her latter to the Hay Dat office. She also said it was necessary to commemorate the 89th anniversary of the genocide since it will play a great role in the cause of ruling out a chance that such crimes will be repeated.

Argentina March 31, 2004:The National Senate of Argentina issued a declaration related to the Armenian Genocide which declares:
1. In solidarity with the Armenian Community, the victims of the first genocide of the 20th century,to implement a new commemoration of the crime that ended the lives of more than 1.5 million Armenians by the Turkish State between the years 1915-1918. 2. To condemn all forms of human rights violations of people, and not to allow crimes against humanity to go unpunished.
(Bill Number: 571/04)

Switzerland December 13, 2003: The Swiss lower house of parliament has voted to describe the mass killings of Armenians during the last years of the Ottoman Empire as genocide.

Argentina August 20, 2003:The National Senate of Argentina issued a declaration related to the Armenian Genocide which declares:
With deep sorrow we commemorate the 88th anniversary of the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians, perpetrated by the Turkish State between the years 1915 and 1923. This is also a manifesto of much empathy repudiating the considerable crimes against humanity that are still unpunished. Guillermo Raúl Jenefes.-
(Bill Number: 664/03)

Senate Of Canada June 13, 2002:This House calls upon the Government of Canada:
(a) to recognize the genocide of the Armenians and to condemn any attempt to deny or distort a historical truth as being anything less than genocide, a crime against humanity, and(b) to designate April 24th of every year hereafter throughout Canada as a day of remembrance of the 1.5 million Armenians who fell victim to the first genocide of the twentieth century
European parliamentFebruary 28, 2002: "reiterates in this respect the position in its resolution of 18 June 1987 recognizing the genocide upon Armenians in 1915 and calls upon Turkey to create a basis for reconciliation;""The recognition of the Armenian genocide by the European Parliament and by several Member States and the fact that the Turkish regime after the First World War had several of those responsible for the genocide severely punished ought to provide a basis for the EU to present constructive proposals to Turkey on the handling of the matter, e.g. by setting up a multicultural international committee of historians on the 1915 Armenian genocide."

Pop John Paul II September 26, 2001:Pop John Paul II paid a homage in front of monument of the Armenian Genocide in zizernakabert in Yerevan, capital of Armenia and prayed for the victims. He also transplanted in memorial of those victims.
Read the official prayer of John Paul II at Tzitzernagaberd from the web site of the Vatican

France 10th January 2001: The commission of foreign relation of French parliament accepted a bill concerning the Armenian Genocide & set it in the order of high assembly of French parliament .
18th January 2001: French parliament recognized the Armenian Genocide in full agreement & include it in the republic laws book.
29th January 2001: The municipality of Paris decided to build statue of komitas in Paris to commemorate the Armenian Genocide .
30th January 2001: The confirmed bill of French parliament was signed by the president of France, Jacques Chirac & the Prime minister, Lionel Jospin.
Italy17th November 2000: The parliament of Italy confirmed a resolution concerning the Armenian Genocide.
France 8th November 2000: The French senate has recognized the Armenian Genocide. In the confirmed resolution has come ((The senate of France acknowledge the Armenian massacre in 1915 in Ottoman empire, as a Genocide)).

Lebanon 11th March 2000: The parliament of Lebanon recognized the Armenian Genocide in full agreement & in this case condemned the Turkish government; in the course of it, it asked parliament of all the countries to join to Lebanon in this case.

Sweden 29th March 2000: The parliament of Sweden confirmed a resolution that according to it the Armenian Genocide were recognized & at the same time emphasized that recognition of this Genocide by Turkey is necessary for establishing firmness in Caucasus & strengthen the democratic actions in Turkey.

Belgium 26th March 1998: The senate of Belgium confirmed a resolution based upon its request of Turkey for recognition the Armenian Genocide in 1915 by the last government of Ottoman empire.

Lebanon 3rd April 1997: The parliament of Lebanon confirmed a resolution concerning announcing the 24th April as the date of commiseration with Armenians. At the end of this meeting, the parliament chief delivered the resolution to the parliament for voting & then all the members voted it in full agreement.

Greece 25th April 1996: The parliament of Greece after lectures of many of the delegations who all condemned the Armenian Genocide by Turkey, confirmed a law in 3 points in all agreement that according to it the date 24th April announced the commemorating date of Armenian Genocide by Turkey.

Canada 23rd April 1996: The house of commons of Canada recognized the 81st anniversary of the disaster of massacring 1.5 million Armenians by Turkey & announced the week 20-27th April of every year as the commemorating week of inhumanity acts of mankind against each other.

Russia 14th April 1995: The state Duma of Russia (the parliament) announced that according to existing undeniable documents concerning performance of massacring the Armenians in extremely large numbers in the region of Western Armenia in the years 1915-1922 & performing the accepted conventions by United Nation in this case and also for performing philanthropic traditions of Russian government once more & emphasis on this matter that in the same year (1915) by attempts of Russia, the big European governments titled the committed measures by the government of Turkey against Armenians, "crime against humanity"; meantime the state Duma of federal Russia condemned the performers of the Genocide 1915-1922, express it's sympathy with Armenian nation & announced that the date 24th April, the commemorating date for Genocide's victims.

Uruguay April 1995: The parliament of Uruguay brought up the Genocide subject against Armenian nation once more & meantime condemning Turkey, asked for recognition by that government.

Russia 22nd April 1994: The Russian Duma confirmed the resolution concerning recognition the Armenian Genocide as the first Genocide of the century in full agreement.

Cyprus April 1990: Meanwhile the parliament of Cyprus condemned the Armenian Genocide, announced the 24th April as the national commemorating date for this Genocide.

European parliament 18th June 1987: The European parliament recognized the Armenian Genocide & in the course of this decision, notified all the member government of this parliament to allocate a date to commemorating the crimes and massacres which were committed during the 20th century.

Argentina June 1985: The congress of Argentina confirmed a resolution concerning the Armenian Genocide.

Turkish Coalition of America "TCA" on Google !!!

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release ~ 2009-08-11
Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian ~ Tel: (202) 775-1918

TURKISH GROUP PRESSURES GOOGLE TO BECOME COMPLICIT IN GENOCIDE DENIAL
Launches Online Campaign to Reinstate Google Ads Misinformation Campaign
WASHINGTON, DC – The Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) today launched an online campaign to pressure internet giant Google into complicity in its denial of the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).The move comes in response to Google’s recent decision to stand by its “Don’t be Evil” motto by stopping advertisements, placed by the TCA, which drove internet traffic to websites denying the Armenian Genocide. The TCA’s earlier Google Ads were triggered with search entries including “Armenia”, “Armenian”, “Armenian Genocide” and led to the Turkish Coalition of America website which includes revisionist materials denying the centrally planned and systematically carried out campaign of extermination of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Turkish Government from 1915-1923. The group also advocates against passage of Congressional legislation, H.Res.252, recognizing the Armenian Genocide.“The Turkish Coalition of America’s efforts to strong-arm Google to join their Armenian Genocide denial campaign is as misguided as their broader efforts to cover-up this crime against humanity,” said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. “We commend Google for reviewing its ad policy and respecting its ‘Don’t be Evil’ motto by turning down ads advocating hate and lies.”Google reviewed its policy on running Armenian Genocide denial ads in June, 2009, after receiving thousands of letters from concerned Armenian Americans and human rights activists expressing outrage at the ads. An ANCA Action Alert distributed on May 28th explained that “These ads are misleading to Google patrons, profoundly offensive to victims and survivors of all genocides, and contribute to an environment of outright denial and impunity in the face of mass atrocities that continues to fuel the cycle of genocide to this very day.” A Facebook Causes page, titled “Stop Turkey's Anti-Armenian Genocide Propaganda on Google AdWords!” has over 9100 members.The ANCA has posted an alert urging activists to contact Google in support of their policy against genocide denial.
Click here to take action.

Source : ANCA http://www.anca.org/press_releases/press_releases.php?prid=1747

Armenian Genocide Quotes

Mustafa "Ataturk" Kemal
Founder of the modern Turkish Republic in 1923 and revered throughout Turkey, in an interview published on August 1, 1926 in The Los Angeles Examiner, talking about former Young Turks in his country…
"These left-overs from the former Young Turk Party, who should have been made to account for the millions of our Christian subjects who were ruthlessly driven en masse, from their homes and massacred, have been restive under the Republican rule."

Adolf Hitler
While persuading his associates that a Jewish holocaust would be tolerated by the west stated…
"Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?"

Yossi Beilin
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister. April 27, 1994 on the floor of the Knesset in response to a TV interview of the Turkish Ambassador
4/27/1994 - "It was not war. It was most certainly massacre and genocide, something the world must remember... We will always reject any attempt to erase its record, even for some political advantage."

Gerald Ford
Addressing the US House of Representatives.
"Mr. Speaker, with mixed emotions we mark the 50th anniversary of the Turkish genocide of the Armenian people. In taking notice of the shocking events in 1915, we observe this anniversary with sorrow in recalling the massacres of Armenians and with pride in saluting those brave patriots who survived to fight on the side of freedom during World War I. - Congressional Record, pg. 8890"

Enver Pasha
One of the triumvirate rulers publicly declared on 19 May 1916… 5/19/1916 -
"The Ottoman Empire should be cleaned up of the Armenians and the Lebanese. We have destroyed the former by the sword, we shall destroy the latter through starvation."

Enver Pasha
One of the triumvirate rulers publicly declared on 19 May 1916… 5/19/1916 -
"You are greatly mistaken. We have this country absolutely under our control. I have no desire to shift the blame onto our underlings and I am entirely willing to accept the responsibility myself for everything that has taken place."

Talat Pasha
In a conversation with Dr. Mordtmann of the German Embassy in June 1915… 6/1/1915 - "Turkey is taking advantage of the war in order to thoroughly liquidate (grundlich aufzaumen) its internal foes, i.e., the indigenous Christians, without being thereby disturbed by foreign intervention. What on earth do you want? The question is settled. There are no more Armenians."

Cemal Pasha
To a German officer upon seeing the deportations in Mamure said…
"I am ashamed of my nation (Ich schame mich fur meine Nation)"

Cemal Pasha
Minister of the Interior of Turkey publicly declared on March 15 that on the basis of computations undertaken by Ministry Experts…
"800,000 Armenian deportees were actually killed...by holding the guilty accountable the government is intent on cleansing the bloody past."

Prince Abdul Mecid
Heir-Apparent to the Ottoman Throne, during an interview…
"I refer to those awful massacres. They are the greatest stain that has ever disgraced our nation and race. They were entirely the work of Talat and Enver. I heard some days before they began that they were intended. I went to Istanbul and insisted on seeing Enver. I asked him if it was true that they intended to recommence the massacres which had been our shame and disgrace under Abdul Hamid. The only reply I could get from him was: 'It is decided. It is the program.'"

Grand Vezir Damad Ferid Pasha
Equivalent rank in the US would be head of the cabinet I think. He described the treatment of the Armenians as…
"A crime that drew the revulsion of the entire humankind."

Mustafa Arif
Minister of Interior stated on 13 December 1918… 12/13/1918 -
"Surely a few Armenians aided and abetted our enemy, and a few Armenian Deputies committed crimes against the Turkish nation... it is incumbent upon a government to pursue the guilty ones. Unfortunately, our wartime leaders, imbued with a spirit of brigandage, carried out the law of deportation in a manner that could surpass the proclivities of the most bloodthirsty bandits. They decided to exterminate the Armenians, and they did exterminate them."

Henry Morgenthau,
Sr.U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire Ambassador Morgenthau's Story, 1919 1/1/1919 - "When the Turkish authorities gave the orders for these deportations, they were merely giving the death warrant to a whole race; they understood this well, and, in their conversations with me, they made no particular attempt to conceal the fact. . . . I am confident that the whole history of the human race contains no such horrible episode as this. The great massacres and persecutions of the past seem almost insignificant when compared to the sufferings of the Armenian race in 1915."

British Viscount James Bryce
October 6, 1915, speech 10/6/1915 -
"The massacres are the result of a policy which, as far as can be ascertained, has been entertained for some considerable time by the gang of unscrupulous adventurers who are now in possession of the Government of the Turkish Empire. They hesitated to put it in practice until they thought the favorable moment had come, and that moment seems to have arrived about the month of April."

Count Wolff-Metternich
German Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire July 10, 1916, cable to the German Chancellor
7/10/1916 -
"In its attempt to carry out its purpose to resolve the Armenian question by the destruction of the Armenian race, the Turkish government has refused to be deterred neither by our representations, nor by those of the American Embassy, nor by the delegate of the Pope, nor by the threats of the Allied Powers, nor in deference to the public opinion of the West representing one-half of the world."

Theodore Roosevelt
May 11, 1918, letter to Cleveland Hoadley Dodge 5/11/1918 -
". . . the Armenian massacre was the greatest crime of the war, and the failure to act against Turkey is to condone it . . . the failure to deal radically with the Turkish horror means that all talk of guaranteeing the future peace of the world is mischievous nonsense."

Herbert Hoover
The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, 1952 1/1/1952 -
"The association of Mount Ararat and Noah, the staunch Christians who were massacred periodically by the Mohammedan Turks, and the Sunday School collections over fifty years for alleviating their miseries—all cumulate to impress the name Armenia on the front of the American mind."

Jimmy Carter
May 16, 1978, White House ceremony 5/16/1978 -
"It is generally not known in the world that, in the years preceding 1916, there was a concerted effort made to eliminate all the Armenian people, probably one of the greatest tragedies that ever befell any group. And there weren't any Nuremberg trials."

Ronald Reagan
April 22, 1981, proclamation 4/22/1981 -
"Like the genocide of the Armenians before it, and the genocide of the Cambodians which followed it, . . . the lessons of the Holocaust must never be forgotten."

George Bush Sr.
April 20, 1990, speech in Orlando, Florida 4/20/1990 -
"[We join] Armenians around the world [as we remember] the terrible massacres suffered in 1915–1923 at the hands of the rulers of the Ottoman Empire. The United States responded to this crime against humanity by leading diplomatic and private relief efforts."

Prime Minister of Great Britain (1940-45, 1951-55)
"In 1915 the Turkish Government began and ruthlessly carried out the infamous general massacre and deportation of Armenians in Asia Minor." "There is no reasonable doubt that this crime was planned and executed for political reasons."

Caroline, Baroness Cox,
House of Lords 4/1/1999 -
"If nations are allowed to commit genocide with impunity, to hide their guilt in a camouflage of lies and denials, there is a real danger that other brutal regimes will be encouraged to attempt genocides. Unless we speak today of the Armenian genocide and unless the Government recognizes this historical fact, we shall leave this century of unprecedented genocides with this blot on our consciences."

Admiral Mark L. Bristol,
U.S. High Commissioner to Turkey
"The Armenians are a race like the Jews-they have little or no national spirit and poor moral character."

Prof. Colin Tatz, Director,
Centre for Comparative Genocide Studies 1/1/1996 -
"The Turkish denial [of the Armenian Genocide] is probably the foremost example of historical perversion. With a mix of academic sophistication and diplomatic thuggery -- of which we at Macquarie University have been targets -- the Turks have put both memory and history into reverse gear."

Stanley Cohen,
Professor of Criminology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 12/1/1995 -
"The nearest successful example [of collective denial] in the modern era is the 80 years of official denial by successive Turkish governments of the 1915-17 genocide against the Armenians in which 1.5 million people lost their lives. This denial has been sustained by deliberate propaganda, lying and cover-ups, forging documents, suppression of archives, and bribing scholars."

Source: http://www.genocide1915.info/quotes/

Sibel Edmonds

Former FBI Language Specialist Sibel Edmonds finally gets to testify under oath, after being hit with a gag order. For more information on her and the deposition,

see http://www.bradblog.com/

Sibel Edmonds

Investigazioni FBI sui pagamenti a politici USA da parte della Turchia perchè neghino il Genocidio Armeno.

Armenia

Area: 29,800 sq kmPopulation: 3,213,011 (2001 census), of whichurban: 2,066,153 (64.3%)rural: 1,146,858 (35.7%)Capital City: Yerevan (population: 1.2 million)Ethnic Group: Armenian 98%, Yezidi 1.2%, Russian 0.5%, Greek and other 0.3% (2001 census)A total of 3,145,354 Armenians, 40,620 Yezidis, 14,660 Rusians, 3,409 Assyrians, 1,633 Ukrainians, 1,519 Kurds, 1,176 Greeks, 4,640 other (2001 census).Languages: Eastern Armenian 97.7%, Yezidi 1%, Russian 0.9%, other 0.4% (2001 census)Religion(s): Armenian Apostolic Church 94.7%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi 1.3%Currency: DramMajor political parties: Republican Party, Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaks), Heritage Party, United Labour Party, Prosperous Armenia, Country of Law Party, Peoples' Party, National Unity Party, Republic Party, National Democratic Party, National Democratic Union, National Democratic Alliance Party, Democratic Party, Armenian Pan-National Movement, Communist Party of Armenia.Government: Presidential RepublicHead of State: President Serge SarkisianPrime Minister/Premier: Tigran SarkisianForeign Minister: Eduard NalbandyanMembership of international groupings/organisations: BSEC, CCC, CE, CIS, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, ECOSOC, ESCAP, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, NAM (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

Presidential Election

A presidential election was held in Armenia on 19 February 2008. Prime Minister of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan won the election in the first round according to official results, but this is disputed by former President Levon Ter-Petrossian, who officially placed second.
The candidacy of Sargsyan was backed by incumbent President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan[1][2] (who is ineligible for a third consecutive term).[3] Other candidates included Ter-Petrossian[1][3][4] and Vahan Hovhannisyan, the Vice President of the National Assembly, representing the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.[5] The largest opposition party, Rule of Law, nominated former parliamentary speaker Artur Baghdasarian as its candidate.[6]
Contents
1 Candidates
2 Campaign and election
3 Results
4 International reaction
5 Protests
6 References
7 External links
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Candidates
By the registration deadline of 6 December 2007, nine candidates had registered:
Artur Baghdasarian from Rule of Law
Artashes Geghamyan from the National Unity
Aram Harutyunyan from the National Conciliation Party
Vahan Hovhannisyan from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Tigran Karapetyan from the People's Party
Vazgen Manukyan from the National Democratic Union
Arman Melikyan
Serzh Sargsyan from the Republican Party of Armenia
Levon Ter-Petrossian
Raffi Hovannisian from Heritage and Aram Karapetyan from New Times also tried to register, but were refused the certificates of residence in Armenia over the last ten years by the Armenian Police Department of Passports. Prosperous Armenia's Gagik Tsarukian, a business oligarch, whose party has the second largest faction in parliament endorsed Serge Sargsian.
Ter-Petrossian officially announced his candidacy in a speech in Yerevan on 26 October 2007. He accused Kocharyan of running "an institutionalized mafia-style regime" that was responsible for massive corruption involving the theft of "at least three to four billion dollars" over the previous five years. He was also critical of the government's claims of strong economic growth and argued that Kocharyan and Sargsyan had come to accept a solution to the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh that was effectively the same solution that he had proposed ten years earlier, although they had strongly opposed that proposal at the time.

Campaign and election
The electoral campaign began on 21 January 2008. At the opening of campaiging, Ter-Petrossian fiercely denounced Sargsyan and Kocharyan, accusing them of "thieving and anti-popular" rule, and said that he was certain of victory, while acknowledging "disappointments" and "harsh criticisms" regarding his earlier presidency during the 1990s. For his part, Baghdasarian released a 32-page manifesto for his campaign, vowing to "eliminate corruption and embezzlement" and to provide "equality before law" and "a drastic rise in the living standards of the people". Hovhannisyan was a candidate despite the participation of his party, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, in the governing coalition; his campaign promises included the break-up of monopolies, the promotion of economic development, and anti-corruption measures. Geghamyan, the National Unity Party's candidate, devoted the opening of his campaign to denouncing Ter-Petrossian and accusing others in the opposition of smearing him. Some members of the opposition suggested that Geghamyan was working for the government in an effort to undermine Ter-Petrossian.
Ter-Petrossian criticized Baghdasarian for running his own campaign instead of rallying behind Ter-Petrossian's candidacy, calling him a "traitor" and saying that he was effectively supporting Sargsyan. After Baghdasarian rebuffed Ter-Petrossian's ultimatum, a pro-Ter-Petrossian newspaper, Haykakan Zhamanak, insinuated that Baghdasarian was a "sexual deviant."
Aside from his own Republican Party (HHK), Sargysan was backed by Prosperous Armenia (BHK).
It was considered very likely that Sargsyan will finish in the first place in the first round, with either former president Ter-Petrossian or Baghdasarian, who ran on a pro-EU and pro-NATO platform, in second place. First results and reports from OSCE election observers were expected on 20 February 2008, and the final result was to be announced within seven days.
According to exit polls, Sargsyan won the election in the first round with 57%, with Ter-Petrossian coming in second with 17%. The opposition parties have stated that they consider the election result fraudulent. Ter-Petrossian, claiming victory, accused the government of rigging the election and called for a rally in Yerevan on February 20 that would protest the official results and celebrate his claimed victory. OSCE and Western monitors said that the election was largely free and fair. However, the report from the OSCE-led observers also described vote counting as "bad or very bad" in 15% of observed polling stations, and Edgar Vazquez of the United States Department of State said that the U.S. was "concerned" about this.
On February 20, results from all 1,923 polling stations showed Sargsyan with 52.86% of the vote (863,544 votes). Ter-Petrossian was placed second with 21.5% (351,306 votes and Baghdassaryan was placed third with 16.67% (272,256 votes Hovannisyan placed fourth with 6.2% and Manukyan placed fifth with 1.5%; the other candidates received less than 1% of the vote. Voter turnout was placed at about 70%.
Sargysan thanked the people for giving him "overwhelming support" and said that he would be "the president of all Armenians". A spokesman for Sargysan's Republican Party claimed that the election was the most democratic ever held in Armenia; while he acknowledged flaws in the election, he said that they did not affect the outcome.
The opposition requested dozens of recounts. In one of them, on February 21, in a central Yerevan precinct showed that Sargsyan had won 395 votes there, rather than the 709 with which he had been credited in the initial count; votes had been taken from other candidates and added to Sargsyan's score. A criminal case was opened by state prosecutors regarding this possible fraud, and the chairman of the precinct commission was arrested; according to the HHK, recounts in over 30 other precincts showed results similar to the initial counts. Sargysan told police to investigate alleged electoral violations on 22 February.
Final results, released by the Central Electoral Commission on February 24, confirmed Sargysan's victory, crediting him with 52.82% of the vote (862,369 votes); Ter-Petrossian received 21.5% (351,222 votes) and Baghdasarian was said to have won 17.7% (272,427 votes).

Sargysan was inaugurated as the third President of Armenia on 9 April 2008.

Results
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Serzh Sargsyan
Republican Party of Armenia
862,369
52.82%
Levon Ter-Petrossian
351,222
21.50%
Artur Baghdasarian
Rule of Law
272,427
17.70%
Vahan Hovhannisian
Armenian Revolutionary Federation
100,966
6.20%
Vazgen Manukyan
National Democratic Union
21,075
1.30%
Tigran Karapetyan
People's Party
9,792
0.60%
Artashes Geghamian
National Unity
7,524
0.46%
Arman Melikian
4,399
0.27%
Aram Harutyunyan
National Conciliation Party
2,892
0.17%
Total
1,632,666
100.00%
Source: defacto.am

International reaction

Both the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the European Union (EU) have commended the conduct of the election and stated that they regard the result as broadly democratic. The EU Commission said: "The European Union congratulates the Armenian people for the conduct of a competitive presidential election in Armenia. The European Union notes the statement of preliminary findings and conclusions of the International Election Observation Mission which concluded that the presidential election in Armenia, an important test for democracy in this country, was conducted mostly in line with OSCE and Council of Europe commitments and standards. The European Union welcomes the genuine efforts that were made to address the shortcomings in previous elections. However, the EU also notes that the report raised concerns about the electoral process and that further improvements are necessary to address the remaining challenges. It notes in particular that, according to ODIHR, improvements and additional political will are necessary to tackle concerns such as the lack of public confidence in the electoral process, the absence of clear separation between state and party functions and ensuring equal treatment of candidates. The European Union looks forward to the final results of the presidential election and calls on the competent authorities to ensure that complaints are adequately investigated and shortcomings addressed."
A spokesman for the United States Department of State said: "We congratulate the people of Armenia on the active and competitive presidential election of February 19 and note the preliminary assessment of the OSCE’s Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Parliamentary Assembly that the election was "mostly in line with OSCE and Council of Europe commitments and standards for democratic elections. At the same time, we also note that international monitors identified significant problems with electoral procedures. Armenian election authorities have responded with the positive step of recounts in a number of jurisdictions. We urge the Government of Armenia to ensure these recounts are conducted comprehensively and transparently, investigate all allegations of irregularities, and implement steps to improve future elections. We also urge all political forces to continue observing the rule of law and to work peacefully and responsibly for a democratic Armenia."

Protests

March 1 mass protests after violent beating of peaceful protesters in the morning
Main article: 2008 Armenian election protests
Following the election result, opposition protests began in Yerevan's Freedom Square, in front of the Opera House. On March 1st, the demonstrators were violently dispersed by police and military forces and President Robert Kocharyan declared a 20-day state of emergency. This was followed by mass arrests and purges of prominent members of the opposition, as well as a de facto ban on any further anti-government protests.

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^ European Commission shares OSCE assessment of Armenia’s presidential election
^ EU: election - important test for democracy - was conducted mostly in line with international standards
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Political Parties in Armenia

This article lists political parties in Armenia. Armenia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Major parties
Republican Party of Armenia (Hayastani Hanrapetakan Kusaktsutyun, Հայաստանի Հանրապետական Կուսակցություն; conservative)
Prosperous Armenia (Bargavach Hayastani Kusaktsutyun, Բարգավաճ Հայաստանի Կուսակցություն; conservative)
Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Hay Heghapokhakan Dashnaktsutyun, Հայ Հեղափոխական Դաշնակցություն; socialist, nationalist)
Rule of Law (Orinats Yerkir, Օրինաց Երկիր; centrist)
Heritage (Zharangutyun, Ժառանգություն; centrist)
United Labour Party (Miavorvats Ashkhatankayin Kusaktsutyun, Միավորված Աշխատանկային Կուսակցություն; social democratic)
National Unity (Azgayin Miabanutyun, Ազգային Միաբանություն; conservative)
New Times (Nor Zhamanakner, Նոր Ժամանակներ; centrist)

Other parties

All Armenian Labour Party (social democratic)
Armenian Communist Party (Hayastani Komunistakan Kusaktsutyun, Հայաստանի Կոմունիստական Կուսակցություն, communist)
Conservative Party of Armenia ( conservative Պահպանողական Կուսակցություն, Պաշտոնական Կայքը Pahpanoghakan Kusaktsutyun, official web site )
Constitutional Rights Union (conservative)
Democratic Liberal Party (Ramkavar Azatakan, Ռամկավար Ազատական, liberal)
Democratic Party of Armenia (Hayastani Demokratakan Kusaktsutyun, Հայաստանի Դեմոկրատական Կուսակցություն, conservative)
Dignity, Democracy, Motherland, nationalist)
Law and Unity (Iravunk yev Miabanutyun, Իրավունք և Միաբանություն, conservative)
Liberal Democratic Union of Armenia (liberal)
Mighty Fatherland (Hzor Hayrenik, Հզոր Հայրենիք, nationalist)
New Country (Nor Yerkir, Նոր Եերկիր)
Pan-Armenian National Movement (Hayots Hamazgayin Sharzhum, Հայոց Համազգային Շարժում) (liberal)
People's Party of Armenia (Hayastani Zhoghovrdakan Kusaktsutyun, Հայաաստանի Ժողովրդական Կուսակցություն, left-wing socialist)
Progressive United Communist Party of Armenia
Republic (conservative)
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (Սոցիալ դեմոկրատ Հնչակյան կուսակցություն, socialist)
Union of Industrialists and Women
United Communist Party of Armenia (Hayastani Miatsyal Komunistakan Kusaktsutyun, Հայաստանի Միացյալ Կոմւնիստակն Կուսակցություն, communist)
Christian Democratic Union or CDU (Azat Arshakyn), chairman
Free Armenian's Mission (Ruben Mnatsanian), chairman
Mission Party (Artush Papoian), chairman
National Democratic Union or NDU (Vazgen Manukyan)
National State Party (Samvel Shaginian)
Shamiram Women's Movement or SWM (Maria Nersissian)
Stability Group (Vartan Ayvazian), chairman
Union of National Self-Determination (Armenia) or NSDU (Paruir Hairikian), chairman

Tutti i Partiti Politici d'Armenia

This article lists political parties in Armenia. Armenia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Major parties
Republican Party of Armenia (Hayastani Hanrapetakan Kusaktsutyun, Հայաստանի Հանրապետական Կուսակցություն; conservative)
Prosperous Armenia (Bargavach Hayastani Kusaktsutyun, Բարգավաճ Հայաստանի Կուսակցություն; conservative)
Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Hay Heghapokhakan Dashnaktsutyun, Հայ Հեղափոխական Դաշնակցություն; socialist, nationalist)
Rule of Law (Orinats Yerkir, Օրինաց Երկիր; centrist)
Heritage (Zharangutyun, Ժառանգություն; centrist)
United Labour Party (Miavorvats Ashkhatankayin Kusaktsutyun, Միավորված Աշխատանկային Կուսակցություն; social democratic)
National Unity (Azgayin Miabanutyun, Ազգային Միաբանություն; conservative)
New Times (Nor Zhamanakner, Նոր Ժամանակներ; centrist)

[edit] Other parties
All Armenian Labour Party (social democratic)
Armenian Communist Party (Hayastani Komunistakan Kusaktsutyun, Հայաստանի Կոմունիստական Կուսակցություն, communist)
Conservative Party of Armenia ( conservative Պահպանողական Կուսակցություն, Պաշտոնական Կայքը Pahpanoghakan Kusaktsutyun, official web site )
Constitutional Rights Union (conservative)
Democratic Liberal Party (Ramkavar Azatakan, Ռամկավար Ազատական, liberal)
Democratic Party of Armenia (Hayastani Demokratakan Kusaktsutyun, Հայաստանի Դեմոկրատական Կուսակցություն, conservative)
Dignity, Democracy, Motherland, nationalist)
Law and Unity (Iravunk yev Miabanutyun, Իրավունք և Միաբանություն, conservative)
Liberal Democratic Union of Armenia (liberal)
Mighty Fatherland (Hzor Hayrenik, Հզոր Հայրենիք, nationalist)
New Country (Nor Yerkir, Նոր Եերկիր)
Pan-Armenian National Movement (Hayots Hamazgayin Sharzhum, Հայոց Համազգային Շարժում) (liberal)
People's Party of Armenia (Hayastani Zhoghovrdakan Kusaktsutyun, Հայաաստանի Ժողովրդական Կուսակցություն, left-wing socialist)
Progressive United Communist Party of Armenia
Republic (conservative)
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (Սոցիալ դեմոկրատ Հնչակյան կուսակցություն, socialist)
Union of Industrialists and Women
United Communist Party of Armenia (Hayastani Miatsyal Komunistakan Kusaktsutyun, Հայաստանի Միացյալ Կոմւնիստակն Կուսակցություն, communist)
Christian Democratic Union or CDU (Azat Arshakyn), chairman
Free Armenian's Mission (Ruben Mnatsanian), chairman
Mission Party (Artush Papoian), chairman
National Democratic Union or NDU (Vazgen Manukyan)
National State Party (Samvel Shaginian)
Shamiram Women's Movement or SWM (Maria Nersissian)
Stability Group (Vartan Ayvazian), chairman
Union of National Self-Determination (Armenia) or NSDU (Paruir Hairikian), chairman

Ramgavar -Partito Liberal Democratico

Il Ramgavar è un partito politico armeno d'ispirazione conservatrice fondato nel 1921. Fa parte dei tre storici partiti politici armeni, insieme al socialista Dashnak ed all'Hentchak.
Attualmente è attivo in Libano, ed ha conquistato per la prima volta un seggio nel Parlamento libanese nel 2000.

English:

The Ramgavar party (before 1921 it was known as the Armenakan party), or the Armenian Democratic Liberal party, is an Armenian political party in Armenia, Lebanon, USA, Canada and some other countries. It was established in the Ottoman Empire by Mekertich Portukalian in Van in 1885. The Armenakan party was of the first parties that was established in the Ottoman Empire by Armenians. At the Armenian parliamentary elections on 25 May 2003, the party won 2.9 % of popular votes and no seats.
The Armenakan party was established in Van by Mekertich Portukalian in 1885. It was classified as a party based on the fact that it developed a platform, a central body, and an official publication.
The founder of the Armenakan party, Mekertich Portukalian (from Marseilles) kept in touch with the leaders, and published a journal of political and social enlightenment, "The Armenia". Portukalian is also cited as the father of the Armenian Patriotic Society of Europe.
After Mekertich Portukalian, the Armenians of Van continued to develop the political principles behind Armenian nationalism, in secrecy. The party's aim soon became to win for the Armenians the right to rule over themselves through revolution. The party's view on how to liberate Armenia from the Ottoman Empire was through armed struggle. Its concept of revolution was distinctly low-keyed, compared with that of succeeding organisations; terror, agitation and militant demonstrations were viewed with disfavour. They wanted to use trained Armenians with arms, as guerrilla fighters, against the Ottoman Empire.
The party's main misconception was that enemies of the Ottoman Empire would intervene and rescue the Armenian people throughout the period 1885–1918. With the turn of the century, Armenakans had cells outside Van, in other towns in the province, as well as in Trabzon and Istanbul. The military structure was developed in Russian Transcaucasia, in Persia and in the United States.

Activities in the Ottoman Empire
See also: Armenian rebellions in the Ottoman Empire
Bashkaleh Resistance: (May, 1889)
Defense of Van: (June, 1896)
Khanasor Expedition: (July 25, 1897)
Van Resistance: (April 19, 1915 - May 6, 1915)

Change of Name
In 1921 the Armenakans, reformed Hunchaks, and Sahmanadir Ramgavars joined together to form the Ramgavar Party. The majority of the membership of the Armenakan Party was absorbed into the Ramgavar Party.

Modern politics
The Ramgavar party has long been the smallest of the ethnic Armenian parties in Lebanon. It won its first-ever parliamentary seat in 2000, as Rafik Hariri's Dignity party, currently known as Future Movement. The MP and party's leader in Lebanon Hagop Kassarjian was re-elected in 2005 elections as part of March 14 Alliance. The Ramgavar party advocates liberalism, unlike the other two major Lebanese-Armenian political parties, the Dashnaktsutyun and the Hunchakians, who follow left-wing politics.

PSDH - Partito Social Democratico (Hentchak)

Partito Social Democratico Hunchakian (in Lingua armena: Սոցիալ դեմոկրատ Հնչակյան կուսակցություն, PSDH) o Hentchak (La Campana) è un partito politico armeno.
Lo Hentchak è il più antico partito armeno ed il primo partito socialista dell'impero ottomano. L'appellativo "Social Democratico" presente nel nome è un un richiamo ottocentesco. Il PSDH è, quindi, partito socialista nel senso classico del termine e non socialdemocratico nell'accezione odiernza, cioè più moderato. Il PSDH è infatti più a sinistra del Tashnak.
Il PSDH è stato fondato nel 1887 da un gruppo di studenti armeni a Ginevra, con l'obiettivo dichiarato dell'indipendenza dell'Armenia. Il partito è attivo nella Repubblica d'Armenia ed in Libano.

English:

The Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (SDHP) (Armenian: Սոցիալ դեմոկրատ Հնչակյան կուսակցություն), also known as Hentchak, Henchak, Social-Democratic Hentchakists, Huntchakians, Hnchakian, Henchags is the oldest Armenian political party and was the first Socialist party in the Ottoman Empire and in Persia. It was founded in 1887 by Avetis Nazarbekian, Mariam Vardanian, Gevorg Gharadjian, Ruben Khan-Azat, Christopher Ohanian, Gabriel Kafian and Manuel Manuelian, a group of college students in Geneva, Switzerland, with the goal to gain Armenia's independence from the Ottoman Empire, which is part of Armenian national liberation movement . Its name, taken from its newspaper Hunchak, means "Bell" in English, and is taken by party members to represent "awakening, enlightenment, and freedom."
All seven founders of the party were Russian Armenian Marxist students who had left Russia to further their education in various universities of Western Europe. They were young, in their twenties, and supported by their affluent bourgeois families. They were influenced by Russian revolutionary ideology. Mariam Vardanian had worked with Russian revolutionaries in Saint Petersburg. For the purpose of furthering revolutionary activity in Turkish Armenia, they formed the Hunchakian Revolutionary Party in August, 1887.

Hunchakian leaders hung during the Armenian Genocide
Hunchak party fought many battles against the Ottoman Empire, to free the Armenian people from Turkish rule. One of Armenia's famous national heroes Andranik Ozanian, at first, joined the Hunchak party, but disagreement with party policies led Andranik to leave the Hunchak ranks and join the Dashnak party.

See also: Armenian rebellions in the Ottoman Empire
Kum Kapu Affray: (July 27, 1890)
Sasun Resistance: (1894)
Defense of Van: (June, 1896)
Khanasor Expedition: (July 25, 1897)
Zeitun Resistance: (August 30, 1914 - December 1, 1914 and March 25, 1915)
Van Resistance: (April 19, 1915 - May 6, 1915)
Shabin-Karahisar Resistance: (June 2, 1915 - June 30, 1915)
The Twenty Martyrs (June 15, 1915)

Democratic Republic of Armenia
The party also played role in establishment of Democratic Republic of Armenia, as party members took part in the Battle of Sardarapat, during the World War I at Caucasus Campaign, which defended the Armenian capital of Yerevan from Army of Islam of Ottoman Empire.

Activities in Lebanon
In the 1950s, it clashed, sometimes violently, with the Dashnak Party, due to tensions that escalated when the ARF elected Bishop Zareh as Catholicos of Cilicia, a move that was rejected by the Hunchaks. In the midst of increasing sectarian strife in the late 1960s and early 1970s, however, Lebanon's Armenian community began to close ranks, and in 1972, the Hunchakian Party ran a joint ticket with the Dashnaks. In 2000, the Hunchakian Party joined forces with Rafik Hariri's Dignity party, which swept the city of Beirut.

Modern
In the early 1990s, the party took part in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The party today forms part of the opposition "Justice" bloc.
This party is also active in Lebanon, where it competes for the six National Assembly seats reserved for ethnic Armenians. The party subscribes to a socialist ideology and advocates a planned economy for Lebanon. Social Democrat Hunchakian Party has an official newspaper in Lebanon which is the Ararad Daily Newspaper.

Affiliate organizations
The Hunchakian party has established affiliate organizations such as the AEBU which is an organization that helps with educational, health and social care, the Armenian Dkhrouhi Youth Association and HMM (Homenmen) which is a sporting organization (not to be confused with Homenetmen).