"Throughout Armenia's history, countless empires have come and gone—but our traditions and culture have remained unconquerable, surviving even the horrors of genocide. As an heir of the ancient world, and a bastion of Christianity since it became the first state to adopt the religion at the turn of the fourth century, Armenia is home to rich heritage of immeasurable value, which offers us a window into the history of human civilization.
But with Armenia forced to concede swathes of its ancestral homeland after Azerbaijan invaded and occupied the Republic of Artsakh (also known as Nagorno-Karabakh)—perpetrating a litany of war crimes and forcibly displacing 100,000 people—some of the world oldest monuments to Christianity face the very real threat of destruction.
As Armenians—and Christians everywhere—now look for global leadership to preserve this living chapter of early Christian history, the United Nations has been notably absent.
The region has yet to receive a UNESCO delegation to assess the status of Armenian cultural sites following Azerbaijan's territorial conquest. Even for UNESCO this lack of access has proven intolerable".
Full article of Newsweek here
