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1. How about preparing attorneys to present to the European Court of Human Rights (I think that is the correct forum), the Armenian Government’s case against Turkey for reparations? Can they do this?

   • I am guessing that the UCLA school of law will use the money to file many lawsuits against Turkey for its violations of human rights and that it will impose a boycott on Turkey until Turkey gives full reparations for the Armenian genocide. Hopefully, UCLA will not allow its lawyers to represent Turkey or travel there.

2. Great initiative. Thank you all concerned. This is what is needed. Turn it back to the community and educate the masses of the injustices that were done against our people and that continue to be done against other peoples of the world.
   The film industry in the service of justice and human rights. This is what SR Socially Relevant Film Festival stands for and fully applauds. http://www.ratedsrfilms.org

   • Nora, I would like to see 1/2 of the $20 million donated to inner cities, such as the African American neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles and also in Chicago which has seen so many fatal shootings under the leadership of Mayor Rahm Emmanuel.
     Another part of the $20 million can go to aid Israel and Palestinians, and to rebuild the Christian and Kurdish neighborhoods of Syria.
     Some money could also be spent to return Armenian refugees to Syria and Iraq under the protection of United Nations and American troops.

3. Disappointing is not the word. When have university programs such as conflict resolution centers, human rights institutes or even Armenian Studies programs resulted in facilitating restorative justice for the Armenians? And, incidentally, many of these programs do not even employ/place Armenians on their staffs or decision-making bodies. I call this snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. The expected funds raised from the proceeds of the Promise could even have been put towards erecting an Armenian Genocide Museum in DC….something we still, shamefully, do not have.

4. I am very sure that this $20 million will be very well spent.

   I have full confidence that UCLA, which is known all over the world and in Turkey for its tremendous support of Armenia, Karabagh, and acknowledgement of the Armenian Genocide, will press Turkey on human rights issues and will also press Azerbaijan on the matter of Karabagh.

   I would expect this new human rights program at UCLA to mediate between Armenia and Azerbaijan so that Armenia will give Azerbaijan land that Karabagh holds in return for Azeri guarantees of perpetual security and the return of Azeri refugees to Shushi and Stepanakert.

   It was brilliant of Kirk Krikorian to come up with the idea of giving $20 million to UCLA so that the money could benefit all of humankind instead of just Armenians.

   Maybe this new program at UCLA could see it in its heart to hire a few Armenians since there are so many in the Los Angeles area.

   We would all be very grateful for that. Just think of all the good that this $20 million is going to do for places like the Middle East, Africa, and America’s inner cities.

5. Koko, I disagree. All $20 million should go to Holocaust research, employing Turkish scholars and creating LGBT safe spaces.

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