PARLIAMENT OF ARGENTINIAN PROVINCE OF CORBODA RECOGNIZES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Sept 08 2006
BUENOS AIRES, SEPTEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The
legislative body of the Argentinian province of Corboda on September 6
unanimously adopted the bill No. 9315, in accordance with which April
24 will be commemorated each year as remembrance day of the genocide
committed by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian people. According
to the RA MFA Press and Information Department, the bill prepared
by Alejandra Vigo, member of the faction Unification for Corboda,
also intends to run courses on the Armenian Genocide at schools of the
province. In particular, it is noted in the bill that "the atrocities
committed against the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire and the
Turkish government prior to, during and after World War I are called
the Armenian Genocide." The law will take effect within 10 days after
being approved by the governor of the Corboda province. A similar
law was adopted by the parliament of the province of Buenos Aires
on May 17, 2006, and took effect on June 2 after being ratified by
the governor. It is expected that the bill on commemoration of the
Armenian Genocide, which was unanimously adopted by the legislative
body of the Argentina’s capital of Buenos Aires on August 17, 2006,
will also come into force in the near future.