MOSCOW
ASSYRIAN
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Our
address is: Post office box 18, Moscow, 127642, Russia.
E-mail: [email protected] or
[email protected]
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PRESS RELEASE |
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of
the Organizing Committee of the 2nd World Assyrian Conference The
developments in Iraq and an extremely complicated situation in the
Assyrian Diaspora in connection with the war in the historical homeland
don’t allow us to hold the planned conference in corpora on the dates
planned before – from April 25 to 27, 2003. Some
complications also occur in connection with the fact that a number of
the conference participants found themselves in a tight corner because
they were intended to participate in the AUA Congress in Holland, which
was postponed by the leadership of this organization until April 26 –
29, 2003. We don’t want to become initiators of any split or mutual
suspicion, that’s why we express our consent to all the AUA Congress
participants’ will. However,
reasoning from our nation’s supreme interests, we believe that the 2nd
Conference should not only be held in the nearest time but, taking into
consideration the current situation, it should be enlarged and become
more fruitful in solving the issue which is vitally important nowadays. In
this connection, we took the following decision: 1.
To hold the 2nd World Assyrian Conference in Moscow on
June 27 – 29, 2003. 2.
To take up the issues concerning historiography and linguistics
at the conference meetings on June 27 and 28, 2003. 3.
To hold a Satellite Symposium “Tomorrow of Iraq” within the
framework of the Conference on June 29, 2003 and invite the leadership
and representatives of all Assyrian national organizations, first of
all, those of ADM, ADO, ANC, AUA and others to participate in this
symposium.
Meetings of the
Second World Assyrian Conference will be dedicated to the following
issues: -
The role of the Syriac language in formation of a modern
Assyrian. -
Ethno-confessional dialects in modern Assyrian language. -
The present status of the Assyrian Historiography. -
Systematization and periodization of the Assyrian nation’s
history. -
New concepts in the Assyrian Historiography. -
The role of Churches in formation of the Assyrian history and
modern Assyrian language. Considering
intimacy of the issues admitted for the discussion at the 2nd
Conference (see Press Release of 12.10.2002) to the MELAMMU programme,
headed by Professor Simo Parpola (Finland), we took a decision to invite
Professor S. Parpola in order to coordinate issues concerning
historiography of the Assyrian nation with the above mentioned MELAMMU
programme. The
Organizing Committee believes that all members of public, scientific,
political, and cultural associations of the Assyrian Diaspora will take
an active part in the work of the Conference and in discussing its
results in order to elaborate an objective strategy for further
development and preservation of the Assyrian nation. We
apply to all those who wish to participate in the work of the conference
and symposium to inform us of this before May 1, 2003: P.O. Box, 18,
Moscow 127642, Russia. Fax: +7-095-208-2445. E-mails:
[email protected] For
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