12 04 2007 - L'appello congiunto dei Premi Nobel

L'appello dei Premi Nobel alla tolleranza e alla cooperazione tra la Turchia e l'Armenia....
La dichiarazione firmata a New York dai Premi Nobel della "Fondazione Elie Wiesel" invita la Turchia... ad abolire il tanto discusso articolo 301 del
codice penale e riconoscere il genocidio degli armeni... La dichiarazione ribadisce anche il fatto che non esiste alcun articolo che impedisca l'aplicazione retroattiva del termine genocidio....

THE ELIE WIESEL FOUNDATION F O R HUMANITY

555 MADISON AVENUE 20TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10022 TEL 212.490.7788 FAX
212.490.6006
April 9, 2007

Re: Nobel Laureates call for tolerance, contact and cooperation between
Turks and Armenians

Dear friends,

We, the undersigned Nobel laureates, issue this appeal directly to the
peoples of Turkey and Armenia. Mindful of the sacrifice paid by Hrant
Dink, the ethnic Armenian editor of Agos in Turkey, who was assassinated
on January 19, 2007, and whose death was mourned by both Turks and
Armenians, we believe that the best way to pay tribute to Mr. Dink is
through service to his life's work safeguarding freedom of expression and
fostering reconciliation between Turks and
Armenians. To these ends, Armenians and Turks should encourage their
governments to:

- Open the Turkish-Armenian border. An open border would greatly improve
the economic conditions for communities on both sides of the border and
enable
human interaction, which is essential for mutual understanding. Treaties
between the two countries recognize existing borders and call for
unhampered travel and
trade.

- Generate confidence through civil society cooperation. Turks and
Armenians have been working since 2001 on practical projects that offer
great promise in
creatively and constructively dealing with shared problems. The
governments should support such efforts by, for example, sponsoring
academic links between Turkish and Armenian faculty, as well as student
exchanges.

- Improve official contacts. Civil society initiatives would be enhanced
by the governments' decision to accelerate their bilateral contacts,
devise new frameworks for consultation, and consolidate relations
through additional treaty arrangements and full diplomatic relations.

- Allow basic freedoms. Turkey should end discrimination against ethnic
and religious minorities and abolish Article 301 of the Penal Code,
which makes it a
criminal offense to denigrate Turkishness. Armenia also should reverse its
own authoritarian course, allow free and fair elections, and respect human
rights.

Embargoed until April 9, 2007 As of April 5, 2007 Turks and Armenians
have a huge gap in perceptions over the Armenian Genocide. To address
this gap, we refer to the 2003 "Legal Analysis on the Applicability of
the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the
Crime of Genocide to Events which Occurred During the Early Twentieth
Century," which corroborated findings of the International Association
of Genocide Scholars. It concluded that, "At least some of the
[Ottoman] perpetrators knew that the consequences of their actions would
be the destruction, in whole or in part, of the Armenians of eastern
Anatolia, as such, or acted purposefully towards this goal and,
therefore, possessed the requisite genocidal intent. The Events can thus
be said to include all the elements of the crime of genocide as defined
in the Convention." It also concluded that, "The Genocide Convention
contains no provision mandating its retroactive application." The
analysis offers a way forward, which addresses the core concerns of
both Armenians and Turks. Of course, coming to terms will be painful and
difficult. Progress will not occur right away. Rather than leaving
governments to their own devices, affected peoples and the leaders of
civil society need to engage in activities that promote understanding
and reconciliation while, at the same time, urging their governments to
chart a course towards a brighter future.
Sincerely,
Peter Agre
Nobel Prize, Chemistry (2003)
Sidney Altman
Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1989)
Philip W. Anderson
Nobel Prize, Physics (1977)
Kenneth J. Arrow
Nobel Prize, Economics (1972)
Richard Axel
Nobel Prize, Medicine (2004)
Baruj Benacerraf
Nobel Prize, Medicine (1980)
Gunter Blobel
Nobel Prize, Medicine (1999)
Georges Charpak
Nobel Prize, Physics (1992)
Steven Chu
Nobel Prize, Physics (1997)
J.M. Coetzee
Nobel Prize, Literature (2003)
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
Nobel Prize, Physics (1997)
Mairead Corrigan Maguire
Nobel Prize, Peace (1976)
Robert F. Curl Jr.
Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1996)
Paul J. Crutzen
Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1995)
Frederik W. de Klerk
Nobel Prize, Peace (1993)
Johann Deisenhofer
Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1998)
John B. Fenn
Nobel Prize, Chemistry (2002)
Val Fitch
Nobel Prize, Physics (1980)
Jerome I. Friedman
Nobel Prize, Physics (1990)
Donald A. Glaser
Nobel Prize, Physics (1960)
Sheldon Glashow
Nobel Prize, Physics (1979)
Roy J. Glauber
Nobel Prize, Physics (2005)
Clive W.J. Granger
Nobel Prize, Economics (2003)
Paul Greengard
Nobel Prize, Medicine (2000)
David J. Gross
Nobel Prize, Physics (2004)
Roger Guillemin
Nobel Prize, Medicine (1977)
Dudley R. Herschbach
Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1986)
Embargoed until April 9, 2007 As of April 5, 2007
Avram Hershko
Nobel Prize, Chemistry (2004)
Roald Hoffman
Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1981)
Daniel Kahneman
Nobel Prize, Economics (2002)
Eric R. Kandel
Nobel Prize, Medicine (2000)
Aaron Klug
Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1982)
Edwin G. Krebs
Nobel Prize, Medicine (1992)
Sir Harold W. Kroto
Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1996)
Finn E. Kydland
Nobel Prize, Economics (2004)
Leon M. Lederman
Nobel Prize, Physics (1988)
Anthony J. Leggett
Nobel Prize, Physics (2003)
Rudolph A. Marcus
Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1992)
Daniel L. McFadden
Nobel Prize, Economics (2000)
Craig C. Mello
Nobel Prize, Medicine (2006)
Robert C. Merton
Nobel Prize, Economics (1997)
Marshall W. Nirenberg
Nobel Prize, Medicine (1968)
Sir Paul Nurse
Nobel Prize, Medicine (2001)
Douglas D. Osheroff
Nobel Prize, Physics (1996)
Martin L. Perl
Nobel Prize, Physics (1995)
John C. Polanyi
Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1986)
Stanley Prusiner
Nobel Prize, Medicine (1997)
José Ramos-Horta
Nobel Prize, Peace (1996)
Richard J. Roberts
Nobel Prize, Medicine (1993)
Wole Soyinka
Nobel Prize, Literature (1986)
Elie Wiesel
Nobel Prize, Peace (1986)
Betty Williams
Nobel Prize, Peace (1976)
Kurt Wüthrich
Nobel Prize, Chemistry (2002)
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