APRIL IS GENOCIDE PREVENTION MONTH IN US

PanARMENIAN.Net
02.04.2009 00:44 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The month of April is Genocide Prevention month in
the United States. It marks the anniversaries of six major genocides
around the world, including Darfur, Bosnia, Rwanda, Cambodia, the
Holocaust and Armenian Genocide.

More than 50 of the world’s leading humanitarian organizations have
joined together to launch a public awareness and education campaign
during the month of April.

Jill Savitt, organizer of "Genocide Prevention Month" told the groups
hope their advocacy would prevent future genocides, VOA News reports.

"What we want the month to show is that there is a support among
genocide survivors to try and prevent such crimes from happening by
rallying support from the international community," she said.