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NY Governor and Mayor issued proclamations on Armenian Genocide
26.04.2009 01:11 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ New York Governor David A. Paterson and Mayor
Michael Bloomberg issued proclamations acknowledging Armenian
Genocide, Yonkers Tribune reports.

New York Governor David A. Paterson issued a Proclamation for the
Empire State to join in with the entire community to commemorate the
94th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide (1915-1923), the first
genocide of the 20th Century. Governor Bloomberg also issued a
proclamation acknowledging the Armenian Genocide. In the City of New
York proclamation, Mayor Bloomberg states, `The first victims of the
Genocide were the religious, political and intellectual leaders of the
Constantinople’s community who were arrested and murdered on April 24,
1915.’

In the New York State proclamation, the Governor states, `Whereas, a
deliberate effort to destroy people on a massive scale, the Armenian
Genocide led academics to use the term genocide and it is believed
that, had the Armenian Genocide been stopped through diplomatic or
interventionist means, the resulting precedent for peace could have
prevented the Holocaust that befell the Jewish people.’