ARGENTINA MAY PASS LAW TO DESIGNATE APRIL 24 AS GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DAY

Armenpress

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 6, ARMENPRESS: Armenian ambassador to Argentina,
Vladimir Karmirshalian, told Armenpress that this Latin American
nation may pass a law to designate April 24 as the official Armenian
Genocide Remembrance Day.

The ambassador said the local Armenian community is working hard to
push for such a law. He said two major Argentinean states of Buenos
Aires and Cordoba have passed laws designating April 24 as the Day
of Armenian Genocide Remembrance.

These state laws make teaching genocide at schools an obligatory
subject of curriculum. The town of Buenos Aires has also passed a law
designating April 24 as the Day of Remembrance of Armenian Genocide.

Argentina’s parliament has passed several resolutions since 1985
condemning the Armenian genocide and demanding that Turkey acknowledges
this crime. The Senate of Argentina passed a harsh resolution in 2005
July demanding that Turkey admits this crime, but Argentine has passed
no law to recognize the Armenian genocide officially.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress