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2013-01-15

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2014-01-29

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1. “A delegation now raises the fact that the 1915 events amount to genocide in the absence of any ruling by an international court. So how can we be expected to accept such prejudices? We should not be hostage to the past. We should look to the future. We believe that by doing so, we can overcome past difficulties, look at the future together, come to a compromise and live peacefully together. That is why we would like once again to recall that we should not hold our future hostage to the events of a century ago.”

   2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source

2. “When we look at examples of rulings by international courts, we can see that genocide is a crime. It is clearly defined and requires high standards of proof. Let me put forward an example. Let us look at Bosnia and Herzegovina. The International Criminal Court delivered its decision and said that genocide had taken place in Srebrenica, but the Court could not establish such a crime in other parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Why was that? It was because the Court could not find enough evidence of such events taking place in other parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina. And that happened in our time. We all witnessed those events. Although we had the technology - television and all kinds of communications - the Court could not prove that there had been genocide in other parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

   2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source

3. “I would like to warmly thank you, Mr. President, for convening today's meeting. However, the theme of today's meeting indicated that its purpose was not to revive past conflicts between nations. Rather, it sought to find compromises between nations for the future of the world. We came to this meeting in that understanding. We did not want to discuss events of a century ago. However, it seems that we have different understandings of the past. It is quite natural that other delegations have different interpretations of past events. The matter that the Armenian delegation has raised is one such issue. It is obvious that we have different interpretations of those events. We did not say that nothing happened in 1915. We know about those events but they do not fit the definition of genocide that was set out in the 1948 Genocide Convention.”

   2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source

4. “The delegation of Turkey feels compelled to take the floor in response to the unfounded allegations made by another delegation against Turkey, which we categorically reject. Turkey will continue to stand by the Syrian people, who must be the masters of their own future.”

   2013-01-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6900Resumption1 (2013) · source