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A National UNESCO Commission whitewashing Azerbaijan’s ethnic cleansing

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Mark Camilleri
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Malta has a UNESCO National Commission funded by the government, currently under the remit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Supposedly, the UNESCO National Commissioner’s role is to liaise between the national country and UNESCO and promote UNESCO’s activities. Malta has a UNESCO National Commissioner, Ray Bondin, who has served in this role under various administrations.

In more bizarre news, Malta’s UNESCO National Commissioner has recently been visiting Azerbaijan in his official capacity, seemingly to whitewash the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh, which the Azeris refer to as Nagorno-Karabakh. He’s been doing so by praising the efforts of the Azeri government in “restoring” the heritage of Artsakh which is mostly and originally, Armenian and Christian. After retaking control of Artsakh and displacing up to 100,000 Armenians from their homes (now being turned into student dormitories for Azeris), the Azeris have been redoing Armenian and Christian churches in their own style calling it “restoration”. Bizarrely, Ray Bondin is visiting Azerbaijan as National UNESCO Commissioner and even applauding the Azeris’ effort. The Azeris have also been happily milking his comments about their “work”.

The Church in the photo above is actually the Armenian Ghazanchetsots Cathedral (Holy Saviour Cathedral) which historically has been different under the Armenian Christians. The picture below is how Ghazanchetsots Cathedral as it appeared under Armenian control. Note that the Azeris took out the conical dome which historically has been there for centuries.

Ray Bondin seems to put Azerbaijan as a priority according to his social media profile. He has a lot of pictures in Azerbiajan and even with government officials.

Despite the simple fact that the Azeris have historically been ethnically cleansed by the Turks and now the Azeris, Ray Bondin insists that we shouldn’t just listen to one version, and all the rest is propaganda.

So let’s present some propaganda for Malta’s UNESCO National Commissioner to review.

Comments

7 responses to “A National UNESCO Commission whitewashing Azerbaijan’s ethnic cleansing”

  1. Ray Bondin avatar
    Ray Bondin

    In your efforts to attack me you mix up what I do. As Chairman of the National Commission I had attended the Baku Process but there were other Government officials and a great representation from UNESCO and other Nationsl Commissions.
    My work as a private consultant on heritage is something else and I am very careful not to mix the roles.
    Re the Orthodox Church in Shusha Azerbaijan restored it to what it was before the Armenians changed it during their illegal occupation of the region always international accepted as part of Azerbaijan.

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    1. Flattener avatar
      Flattener

      Good evening Mr.Camilleri, maybe you’ll find interesting the following 2019 article about Mr.Bondin.

      https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.lasicilia.it/cronaca/da-anni-ospite-in-sicilia-spacciandosi-per-ambasciatore-dellunesco-ma-non-lo-e-842327/amp/

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      1. camillerimark avatar
        camillerimark

        Thanks for sharing

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    2. Artem avatar
      Artem

      You are liar. This church wasn’t Russian Orthodox Church. This church is Armenian! it located in historian Armenian district. Russian church was located in the center of Azeri district of Shusha. Azeri destroyed Russian church in 1930s. Which smell have dirty money?

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  2. The Azerbaijanification of Artsakh is also approved by Vladimir Putin – Mark Camilleri avatar
    The Azerbaijanification of Artsakh is also approved by Vladimir Putin – Mark Camilleri

    […] ethnic cleansing of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and its Azerbaijanification is being actively supported in the international sphere by Russia and Vladimir Putin. Russia was […]

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  3. Raymond Bondin avatar
    Raymond Bondin

    Mr Camilleri the article you quote was an attempt by the Mafia to stop me helping Sicily. It is all lies. Anyone with any intelligence could understand that if I was promoting myself as the Ambassador of Malta to UNESCO then I can not help other countries. Infact in the four years that I was Ambassador to UNESCO I had stopped all my private work.
    Mark I have a right to my private work as I do not have countries sponsoring me like you have. Shusha was Azerbaijan before being occupied by Armenia: this is recognised by everyone.

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    1. Mark Camilleri avatar
      Mark Camilleri

      You are delusional and a total imbecile

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