STATE OF NEW JERSEY RECOGNIZES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

YEREVAN, June 22. /ARKA/. U.S. State of New Jersey has recognized the
Armenian Genocide. As the Armenian Assembly of America told ARKA News
Agency, the General Assembly voted 79 to 0 to approve a joint
resolution commemorating the 90th anniversary of Armenian Genocide of
1915 in Ottoman Empire. “This joint resolution recognizes the 90th
anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and acknowledges the criminal
mistreatment of the Armenians by the governments of the Ottoman Empire
as an issue of international and historic significance”, says the
document. The state-appointed education commission announced a
comprehensive curriculum on the Armenian Genocide. The new curriculum
consists of the resource book on the Armenian Genocide is entitled
“Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: the Genocide of the
Armenians,” which will be distributed to middle and high schools
throughout New Jersey. L.V.–0–