HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF BUENOS AIRES STATE ADOPTS LAW ON DEFINING
APRIL 24 DAY OF GENOCIDE MEMORY

BUENOS AIRES, APRIL 28, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The House of
Representatives of the state of Buenos Aires, Argentina, adopted on
April 26 by an unenimous votion (92 votes) the draft law by which
April 24 of every year is defined in the state as “the Memory Day of
the first Genocide of the 21st century the victim of which the Armenia
people became.” Serjio Nahapetian, a deputy of the House of
Representatives of the state presented the draft. Speakers of all the
7 parties represented in the Parliament supported the draft with
separate speeches. The draft was adopted with stand applause. As Noyan
Tapan was informed by the RA Foreign Ministry’s Press and Information
Department, the law will come into force after being affirmed by the
Senate of the state and the Governor.