PRESS RELEASE
Office of Assemblymember Paul Krekorian
Adrin Nazarian Chief of Staff
620 N. Brand Blvd. Suite 403
Glendale, CA 91203
(818) 240-6330
(818) 240-4632 fax
[email protected]
April 6, 2007
(818) 512-4045 cell
Assemblymember Paul Krekorian’s Joint Resolution in Commemoration of the
Armenian Genocide to be Heard by Senate and Assembly
GLENDALE – Assemblymember Paul Krekorian (D-Burbank) is the author of
Assembly Joint Resolution 15, commemorating the 92nd Anniversary of
the Armenian Genocide and demanding justice from Turkey and formal
recognition of the Genocide by the US Government. The entire State
Assembly and Senate will vote on the joint resolution during their
session in Sacramento on Monday, April 9th.
As the first genocide of the 20th Century, the Armenian Genocide
claimed the lives of a million and a half Armenians living in the
Ottoman Empire, upon the orders of its Turkish rulers. To this day,
the Turkish government refuses to acknowledge its responsibility for
the annihilation of its Armenian population during World War I.
Authoring this resolution has special significance for Assemblymember
Krekorian, as he and his wife both lost members of their family in the
Genocide.
Assemblymember Paul Krekorian (D-Burbank) represents the cities of
Burbank and Glendale, and the Los Angeles communities of Atwater
Village, Los Feliz, North Hollywood, Silver Lake, Toluca Lake, Valley
Glen, Valley Village and Van Nuys.
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