Nor is the sole purpose of such institutionalized commemoration to recall the tragic fate of the victims. for while it may seem paradoxical. the concentration on the sufferings of a specific peopleArmeniansalso lends a universal meaning to their loss and sacrifice by emphasizing the oneness of humanity and of all peoples. Raffi Hovannisian. Armenias Foreign Minister. expressed this idea in his remarks at the opening of the CSCE followup meeting in Helsinki on March 26. 1992. when he said: Armenians have a keen sense of their history. and we are determined to see that the massacres. deportations. genocide and other atrocities which have befallen our people in the last one hundred years never happens againto anyone. Everyone can support this noble sentiment and all of us should work to ensure its realization. This year.
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