CANADA DESIGNATES APRIL 24 AS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MEMORIAL DAY

01:36, 25 Apr 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan

The Canadian Parliament unanimously adopted Motion M-587 today. This
important motion calls on this and subsequent governments to honor
the victims of all genocides by recognizing the month of April
asGenocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month. The motion
was introduced by MP Brad Butt.

With this motion the House

(a) re-affirms its support for

(i) the Holocaust Memorial Day Act,

(ii) the Armenian genocide recognition resolution adopted on April
21, 2004,

(iii) the Rwandan genocide resolution adopted on April 7, 2008,

(iv) the Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (“Holodomor”) Memorial Day Act;

(b) calls upon the government to honour the victims of all genocides
by recognizing the month of April as Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation
and Prevention Month; and

(c) acknowledges the associated commemorative days of

(i) Yom ha-Shoah (Holocaust Memorial Day), as determined by the Jewish
Lunar calendar,

(ii) Armenian Genocide Memorial Day on April 24,

(iii) Rwandan Genocide Memorial Day on April 7,

(iv) Holodomor Memorial Day on the fourth Saturday in November.