The text of this statement is presented in an abridged version
To the United Nations
APPLICATION
for membership of the Republic of Western Armenia (the State of Armenia) in the United Nations
Taking into consideration the Republic of Western Armenia (State of Armenia)
– Fully adopts the statutory goals and objectives of the United Nations;
– Has recognized and ratified the Charter of the United Nations;
– As a subject of international law – as a continuity state of Armenia of 1920s assumed all the rights and obligations of the State of Armenia;
– As a subject of international law (in accordance with Montevideo Convention of December 26, 1933) includes the following knowledge and competencies: a) permanent population; b) certain territory; c) government; d) ability to enter into relations with other states;
– Declared its permanent, armed and positive neutrality;
– Recognized, acceded and ratified the most important international Treaties, Conventions and Declarations. (list is attached)
Taking into consideration background of the question when
– At the beginning of 1919 in Paris the Armenian National Congress was convened. Among the most important results of the Congress there was the election of «Delegation of United Armenia» co-chaired by Boghos Nubar and Avetis Aharonian and the approval of pre-prepared and presented on February 12, 1919 at the Paris Peace Conference a joint memorandum on the demands of the Armenians which included the rationale for the creation of an independent Armenian state and refined its territory which included seven wilayates of Western Armenia (including Trabzon), Republic of Armenia and Cilicia.
– On February 26 the United Delegation participated in the meeting of Council of Ten where they repeated the basic requirements of the memorandum. The delegation was also received (on April 17, 1919) by US President Woodrow Wilson who assured that he would do everything possible to protect the territorial claims of Armenians.
– In response to the submitted requirements of Armenian United National Delegation the Allied General Council adopted on January 19, 1920 the following decision and «de facto» rec-ognized the State of Armenia:
- The Government of the State of Armenia is recognized as the Government,
- This decision does not predetermine the Armenian State’s border issue.
On January 27, 1920 the Paris Peace Conference Secretariat formally presented these two decisions to the delegation of the Armenian National United Delegation.
– On May 11, 1920 the Turkish delegation was invited to the Paris Peace Conference where they received the «Conditions of peace». The Armenian Delegation was also among the Allied Powers. In the Preamble of the «Conditions of peace” which later became the Preamble of the Treaty of Sevres Armenia is mentioned along with the Allied Powers. Thus Armenian State was recognized «de jure».
Also
In spite of human morality and the right to recognize the rights of Armenians to their historical homeland, in 1894-1923 the three successive Turkish governments: Sultan, Young Turk and Kemalev committed a terrible crime – the genocide of the Armenian people, its deportation from their historical homeland and the occupation of Western Armenia, which in turn led to tragic demographic changes resulted in an unprecedented decrease of the Armenian population in the region and as «additional dividends» for their crimes they have managed to change the natural balance between the peoples of Western Armenia;
– It’s already 98 years since the territory of Western Armenia remains occupied by Turkey;
– The governments of Great Britain, France and Russia were the first to condemn the genocide of the Armenian people, who in their joint statement of May 24, 1915, characterized the actions of the Turkish government against Armenians as «crimes against humanity and civilization» and warned of the criminal responsibility of its organizers and performers».
Later many progressive countries of the world recognized and condemned this monstrous crime of Turkey. And this process of recognition and conviction continues up to this day. What is noteworthy, even the Turkish state represented by the special military tribunal of Constantinople in 1919-1920s condemned the leaders of the Young Turk government for these crimes – sentencing many of them to the capital punishment – to death;
– The jurisdiction of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Western Armenia extends both to the citizens of the Republic of Western Armenia and to the territories of Western Armenia occupied by Turkey, which de jure and de facto are regions and regions of Western Armenia.
According to
– The Decree of the Government of Russia (SPC of Russia *the Soviet of People’s Commissars*) «About Turkish Armenia» («About Western Armenia») of January 11, 1918;
– The decision of the Supreme Council of the Allied Nations during the Paris Conference on de facto recognition of the independence of the State of Armenia of January 19, 1920,
– The decision of the Supreme Council of the Allied Nations on de jure recognition of the independence of the State of Armenia of May 11, 1920;
– Sevres Peace Treaty (articles 88 – 93 which concerned the Armenian state) of August 10, 1920,
– The Arbitral decision of 28 President of the United States of America Woodrow Wilson of November 22, 1920 with full name of «The decision of the President of the United States Woodrow Wilson on the establishment of the state border between Turkey and Armenia, the issue of Armenia’s borders maritime access and about the demilitarization of the Turkish territories adjoining the Armenian border».
Based on
– The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples of September 13, 2007, and on which the institution of the national identity and citizenship of Armenians of Western Armenia was formed;
– The Declaration of the National Council of Armenians of Western Armenia «On the right of self-determination of Armenians of Western Armenia», Shushi of December 17, 2004;
– The Declaration of the National Council of Western Armenia «On the beginning of Government formation of Western Armenia in Exile» of February 04, 2011;
– The Declaration of the National Council of Armenians of Western Armenia and the Government of Western Armenia in exile «On the formation of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Western Armenia» of May 24, 2013;
– The decision of the Central Election Commission on the formation of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Western Armenia of December 16, 2013;
– The Law of the Republic of Western Armenia «On the State structure of Western Armenia, status of deputies of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Western Armenia and the rule of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Western Armenia» of January 21, 2014;
– Presidential Decree on the Republic of Western Armenia (State of Armenia) No. 12 «The Republic of Western Armenia as a Continuity State», – on the Republic of Western Armenia as a continuity state of Armenian State recognized in 1920, of February 23, 2014;
– Presidential Decree of the Republic of Western Armenia «On the drafting of the Constitution of the Republic of Western Armenia» of May 9, 2016;
– The decision of the National Council of Armenians of Western Armenia «On the permanent, armed and positive neutrality of the Armenians of Western Armenia and Western Armenia itself» of March 29, 2011;
– The National Council Decree of Armenians of Western Armenia «On the establishment of self-defence forces of Armenians of Western Armenia» of December 26, 2012;
– The Decision of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Western Armenia «On the Formation of the Defence Forces of Armenians of Western Armenia» of January 10, 2018.
(documents list is attached)
Taking into consideration
– The United Nations Charter of June, 1945;
– The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of December 10, 1948;
– The European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Rome, of November 4, 1950;
– The UN Convention on the Rights and Duties of States («Montevideo Convention») of December 26, 1933;
– The UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of December 9, 1948;
– The UN Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity of November 26, 1968;
– The UN Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples of December 14, 1960;
– The UN Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination of November 20, 1963;
– The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties of May 23, 1969;
-The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples of September 13, 2007;
-The UN Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace of November 12, 1984;
-The UN Declaration on the Right to Development of December 4, 1986;
– The UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities of December 18, 1992;
– The UN Declaration on the Rule of Law at the National and International Level of September 24, 2012.
Taking into consideration that
– Based on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples of September 13, 2007, the National Identity and Citizenship Institute of Armenians of Western Armenia was established on the basis of which the legal and political foundations of the Republic of Western Armenia (the State of Armenia) and its state structures were formed;
– In accordance with Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights since 2013 the Republic of Western Armenia (the State of Armenia) has formed absolutely legitimate bodies of state power – the National Assembly (Parliament), the Government and the Institute of Presidency;
– In November 2013 for the first time all over the world elections of the deputies of the Parliament of Western Armenia were held by direct electronic voting on the Internet which were conducted under universal and equal suffrage by free and secret ballot. Elections were held in 41 countries, 64 deputies of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Western Armenia were elected;
– The Republic of Western Armenia (the State of Armenia) by adopting the relevant Laws, recognized, acceded and ratified the Charter of the United Nations and all most important International Treaties, Conventions and Declarations.
Taking into consideration that
– The First Republic of Armenia, subsequently the Second Republic of Armenia under the conditions of aggression and coercion (the Alexandropol Treaty of 02.12.1920 and the Kars Treaty of 13.10.1921) renounced the rights granted to the Armenian people in 1920 regarding unified Armenian claims, being forced to remain only within the jurisdiction of the Republic of Armenia, that is to say Eastern Armenia and the Armenians of Eastern Armenia;
– The Third Republic of Armenia in accordance with the official statements of its Presidents renounced the rights granted to the Armenian people in 1920 according to the unified Armenian requirements for Armenians in Western Armenia and Western Armenia itself;
– The Armenians of Western Armenia scattered all over the world and the National Council of Western Armenia chaired by the President Pogos Nubar’s did not initially accept these circumstances imposed on the Armenian people and for decades defended the unified rights granted to the Armenian people.
Taking into consideration that
– The Treaty of Sevres is a peace treaty;
– Armed conflicts do not cease in the Middle East;
– The implementation of all the provisions of the Treaty of Sevres can be a decisive step in the establishment of genuine peace and cooperation in the Middle East;
– The borders of the states of the Middle East including the borders of the state of Armenia were approved by Sevres Peace Treaty concerning that there was the Arbitral Award of 28 US President Woodrow Wilson on November 22, 1920, but which has not been implemented yet.
Taking into consideration that
– Armenians of Western Armenia like any nation in the world have the right to live, develop and have their future which means that they have the right to demand the establishment of their own state in their ancestral homeland – in Western Armenia;
– The Armenians of Western Armenia and the state structures of the Republic of Western Armenia (the State of Armenia) declare that they take up the defence of the rights granted to the Armenian people by the Sevres Peace Treaty and the Arbitral Award of 28 President of the United States of America Woodrow Wilson and to implement these rights to life acting as a continuity of the State of Armenia recognized de facto and de jure in 1920.
We also inform that
– We are ready to provide you with additional information and documents you will need regarding this Statement;
– We are ready to provide an authorized representative of the Republic of Western Armenia for direct contacts and discussions if necessary.
We request you to apply for membership of the Republic of Western Armenia (the State of Armenia) in the United Nations
Radik Khamoyan
President of the Republic of Western Armenia
May 25, 2018
