Armenian National Delegation: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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During the [[First Balkan War]], which commenced in October 1912, the [[Russian Empire]]'s diplomatic efforts led to a renewed focus on the [[Armenian question]].<ref name=":0">{{Harvsp|Ter Minassian|2007|p=518}}</ref> Subsequently, [[Catholicos of All Armenians|Catholicos]] [[George V of Armenia|Georges V Soureniants]] was empowered to petition Emperor [[Nicholas II]] to protect Ottoman Armenians.<ref name=":0" /> As historian [[Anahide Ter Minassian]] observes, this development fostered a sense of optimism among Armenian organizations, which initiated the collection, publication, and dissemination of statistical and documentary evidence to bolster the case for Russian diplomatic action.<ref name=":0" />

In November 1912, Georges V Soureniants concluded a diplomatic agreement, known as a "kontak", which established the Armenian National Delegation in [[Paris]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Harvsp|Ter Minassian|2008|p=16}}</ref> The Catholicos enjoyed the support of the [[Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917)|Viceroy of the Caucasus]], [[Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov]], and the National Bureau, which represented the Armenians of Russia and was established in 1912.<ref name=":1" /> He appointed businessman and diplomat [[Boghos Nubar|Boghos Nubar Pacha]] as the head of the delegation.<ref name=":2">{{Harvsp|Ter Minassian|2006|p=157}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Hovannisian |first=Richard G |title=The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times |date=2004a |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |isbn=978-1-4039-6422-9 |volume=II : Foreign Dominion to Statehood: The Fifteenth Century to the Twentieth Century |pages=279 |language=fr |chapter=Armenia's Road to Independence}}</ref> Among its members were other prominent figures of the Parisian Armenian community, such as the writer [[Arshag Chobanian|Archag Chobanian]] and the former Ottoman minister [[Gabriel Noradoungian|Gabriel Noradounghian]],<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Harvsp|Le Tallec|2001|pages=26-27}}</ref> who became a member after his exile to France in November 1918.<ref name=":4">{{Harvsp|Ter Minassian|2008|pages=|p=24}}</ref> [[Aram Andonian]] served as its secretary between 1919 and 1923.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Les archives de la Délégation nationale arménienne |url=http://www.bnulibrary.org/index.php/fr/archives/les-archives-de-la-delegation-nationale-armenienne |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406155541/http://bnulibrary.org/index.php/fr/archives/les-archives-de-la-delegation-nationale-armenienne#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |archive-date=April 6, 2020 |access-date=April 14, 2020 |website=bnulibrary.org |language=fr |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

This delegation, established during the First Balkan War to represent the interests of Ottoman Armenians, was dispatched to Paris to advocate for the Armenian cause before the six powers that had signed the [[Treaty of Berlin (1878)|Treaty of Berlin]] in 1878.<ref name=":1" /> This was in accordance with the {{Interlanguage link|Armenian delegation at the Berlin Congress|lt=Armenian delegation's efforts at the Berlin Congress|fr|Délégation arménienne au congrès de Berlin}}, led by Archbishop [[Mkrtich Khrimian]]. In early December 1912, Boghos Nubar Pasha arrived in Paris. This was at a time when the Ottoman Empire had requested an armistice (December 3).<ref name=":1" /> While the Political Council of the [[Armenian National Assembly]] was responsible for managing the issue from the Ottoman and Russian sides, the National Delegation was tasked with external diplomatic action, particularly about the major European powers.<ref>{{Harvsp|Kévorkian|2006|p=195}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Mahé |first1=Annie |title=Histoire de l'Arménie des origines à nos jours |last2=Mahé |first2=Jean-Pierre |date=2012 |publisher=Éditions Perrin |isbn=978-2-262-02675-2 |series=Pour l'histoire |location=Paris |pages=469 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kieser |first1=Hans-Lukas |last2=Polatel |first2=Mehmet |last3=Schmutz |first3=Thomas |date=2015 |title=Reform or cataclysm? The agreement of 8 February 1914 regarding the Ottoman eastern provinces |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14623528.2015.1062283 |journal=Journal of Genocide Research |publisher=[[Routledge]] |volume=17 |issue=3 « The Armenian Genocide After 100 Years: New Historical Perspectives » |pages=290 |doi=10.1080/14623528.2015.1062283 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629165235/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14623528.2015.1062283#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |archive-date=29 June 2023 |access-date=31 July 2024 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ozavci |first=Ozan |title=The End of the Ottomans : The Genocide of 1915 and the Politics of Turkish Nationalism |date=2019 |publisher=[[I.B. Tauris]] |isbn=978-1788312417 |pages=201 |language=fr |chapter=Honour and Shame: The Diaries of a Unionist and the ‘Armenian Question’}}</ref>

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