Farhan Haq, jurubicara PBB, mengatakan kontroversi mencuat ketika seorang diplomat Turki berjalan melewati tempat pameran itu saat persiapan sedang dilakukan pekan lalu dan menyampaikan komplain mengenai rujukan tentang pembunuhan beberapa ratus ribu orang Armenia di Turki selama Perang Dunia I.
Farhan Haq, a UN spokesman, said the controversy arose when a Turkish diplomat walked by the exhibit as it was being put up last week and complained about a reference to the killing of several hundred thousand Armenians in Turkey during World War I.