PONTIAN GREEK GENOCIDE TO BE COMMEMORATED IN NEW YORK MAY 19

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 6, 2010 – 18:37 AMT 13:37 GMT

May 19, the international day of remembrance for the Pontian Greek
Genocide will be commemorated in New York City with a public event
and flag raising of the Pontian Greek flag and the flag of Greece in
Manhattan’s Bowling Green Park (corner of State Street and Broadway),
New York City. The commemoration event is organized by the Pan Pontian
Federation of USA and Canada and the Federation of Hellenic Societies
of Greater New York. The commemoration event will include speeches by
Greek and Greek American dignitaries and leaders, American elected
public officials, writers, intellectuals, anti-genocide activists
and representatives of the Armenian American and Assyrian American
communities.

This year’s Pontian Greek Genocide commemoration will also honor
the Swedish Ambassador for the recent recognition by the Swedish
Parliament of Genocide of Armenians, Assyrians and Pontian Greeks.

The Pontian Greek Genocide has been recognized by Greece, Cyprus and
recently Sweden. In the United States numerous states and cities,
including New York, have recognized the Pontian Greek Genocide by
resolutions or proclamations.