YEREVAN. - The adoption of the resolution acknowledging the Armenian Genocide on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide by the Latin American Parliament uniting 23 legislative authorities of Latin American and Caribbean basin is solidarity and supportive message to the civilized world in its struggle against denial, Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian’s statement on the adoption of the resolution reads.
According to the...
The term was coined in 1943 by the Jewish-Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin who combined the Greek word "genos" (race or tribe) with the Latin word "cide" (to kill). Defines genocide as "any of the following acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group". [Article Two of the UN convention]
Sunday, August 2, 2015
Armenian Genocide recognition by Latin American Parliament is message to civilized world
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Latin American Parliament Recognizes Armenian Genocide
The Latin American Parliament (Parlatino) approved on Friday July 31 a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide. The Panama-based body that was created in 1964 with the Declaration of Lima, and is composed by the National Congresses and Legislative Assemblies of all Iberoamerica.
This new recognition of the crime against humanity perpetrated by the Turkish state, adds to the resolutions adopted by Parliaments in South...
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Brazil State of Río de Janeiro recognizes Armenian Genocide
The State of Río de Janeiro in Brazil on Friday officially recognized
the Armenian Genocide, and set April 24 as “Day of Recognition and
Remembrance of the Victims of the Armenian Genocide.”
The Governor of Río de Janeiro, Luiz Fernando Pezão, had submitted the respective bill to the state parliament, reported Agencia Prensa Armenia.
Río de Janeiro has become the fourth Brazilian state—after the States
of Paraná, Ceará,...