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14.01.2010 17:25
 The majority of UK Members of Parliament from Scotland and Northern Ireland have recognised the Genocide.
These develpments , which will increase the moral pressure on Prime Minister Gordon Brown, took place this week after lobbying from Armenia Solidarity,a Welsh-based organisation supported , by Nor Serount Cultural Association.
"Dr Bob Spink kindly acceeded to our request in December for a motion in the UK parliament on the Holocaust, which included this part:: "This House....condemns unreservedly denial and denigration of the memory of the Holocaust, as well as of the 1915 Genocide of Armenians and Assyrians in Turkey, and the politics of hatred and division which led to these events," said Eilian Williams.
Of the 59 Scottish MPs in the UK parliament, 37 have recognised the genocide, 13 have not, and the remaining 8 are not allowed ro sign, being part of the Labour Government.
Of the 18 elected Northern Irish MPs , the 6 Sinn Fein Members do not take their seats. Of the remaining twelve, eleven of them have signed
These follow the example of MPs from Wales, the majority of which have recognised the Genocide in 2006 and 2007. We are close to persuading the majority of all eligible MPs in the UK parliament to sign. UK Armenians are encouraged to write to their MPs asking them to the current Early Day Motion, number 287, free-lance correspondent Jean Eckian informs.
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