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The
Bay Area
Armenian National
Committee (ANC-SF) is a grassroots public affairs organization serving to
inform, educate, and act on a wide range of issues concerning Armenian Americans
throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Canada -
Senate
Resolution
1st Session, 37th Parliament,
Volume 139, Issue 124
June 13, 2002
Whereas on April 24, 1915, the Ottoman
Turkish authorities arrested, and later
executed, over 2300 prominent leaders of the
Armenian community in Istanbul, without
cause or reason, but for their race and
religion, signaling the beginning of the
first genocide of the 20th century;
Whereas using the First World War as a cover
for their operations, Ottoman Turkish
authorities ordered and carried out the
systematic slaughter of Armenians living in
six provinces of Eastern Anatolia and
Cilicia, in an effort to exterminate the
Armenian presence in those regions;
Whereas the Ottoman Turkish authorities
exiled the survivors of the massacres from
their homes and native lands;
Whereas the historical record clearly
demonstrates that the events occurring
between 1915 and 1918 that resulted in the
massacre and exile of the Armenian
population of Eastern Anatolia and Cilicia
constitutes a genocide as defined by
international customary law and by the
United Nations Convention on the Prevention
and Punishment of Genocide of December 11th,
1948;
Whereas the government of the Republic of
Turkey distorts the historical record and
denies that the Armenian Genocide took
place;
Whereas the parliaments of Argentina,
Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon,
Russia, Sweden, Uruguay and the European
Parliament and the World Council of Churches
have condemned the massacres of the Armenian
population of the Ottoman Empire and
recognized them as constituting a genocide;
Whereas the Armenian Genocide has also been
recognized by the National Assembly of
Quebec, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
and the Canadian Council of Churches;
Whereas thousands of Armenian Genocide
survivors and their descendants now reside
in Canada as Canadian citizens and enrich
Canada's multicultural heritage;
Whereas Canada is a country which prides
itself on the rule of law and of the respect
of human rights and liberties;
Whereas April 24th has become a symbolic
date of remembrance for Armenian-Canadians
and for people of Armenian origin all over
the world;
Whereas the resolution of the Armenian
Genocide issue could help peacefully resolve
several long-lasting conflicts in the South
Caucasus
Be it Resolved
That this house calls upon the Government of
Canada:
a) to recognize the genocide of the
Armenians and to condemn any attempt to deny
or distort a historical truth as being
anything less than a genocide, a crime
against humanity.
and
b) to designate 24th of every year hereafter
throughout Canada as a day of remembrance of
the 1.5 million Armenians who fell victim to
the first genocide of the 20th century.
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