"Is it any wonder that the people of Darfur again face the prospect of genocide..."

"Is it any wonder that the people of Darfur again face the prospect of genocide, when the UK and US governments deny the truth of the first genocide of the twenteeth century, namely the genocide of the Armenians? Is it surprising that the world is today plagued by terrorrism, when the British and American governments persist in denying the truth of the Holocaust of the Armenians, the first example of state terrorism of the 20th century?" These questions will be raised by Armenia Solidarity at the Liberal Democrat Conference in Harrogate on the 3rd of March. Encouraged by the support given by MPs to the present Genocide Recognition Early Day Motion in the Commons (put forward by Bob Spink MP), campaigners for the genocide to be recognised officially by the UK parliament see a window of opportunity in the next few months for a motion in the Commons on Recognition to go forward for an unprecedented vote. The number of signatories on the EDM has already exceeded the total for any previous year, with 5 months still to go to the summer recess. "We know we shall be competing against many other pressing issues, but I hope people will realise that the Armenians have been waiting for justice for nearly a century. Also it is important to grasp that it is the depth of the injustice, not the strength of the lobby which should move governments to act," said a spokeman. "The plain truth is that Turkey's present borders are based on the Genocide of her Armenian population. The government denies this, and Geoff Hoon recently went as far as to deceive the Commons by implying that the government had taken the advice of historians in deciding there was not enough evidence for the Armenian Genocide. We know this to be a mischevious deception as there are no reputable historians in the UK or elsewhere who deny the truth of the Armenian Genocide. In the past week we have been given a letter from him admitting that Turkish influence on the denialist historians is a matter that should be debated. If this is so, on what grounds does he now maintain that evidence for genocide is insufficient?"