Yonkers Tribune
April 23, 2009
New York Governor David A. Paterson and Mayor Michael Bloomberg Issue
Proclamations Acknowledging Armenian Genocide
ArmenianGenocide_pbs New York, NY — 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 Constantinoples
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.
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The public is welcome to participate in the 94th Anniversary
Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide to be held in Times Square
(43rd & Broadway) on Sunday, April 26 from 2-4 PM. Armenian-Americans
and their supporters will gather to pay tribute to the 1.5 million
Armenians who were annihilated by the Young Turk Government of the
Ottoman Empire. The Commemoration will also celebrate the survival
spirit of the Armenian people, their rich heritage and their
contributions. Mary A. Papazian, PhD, Provost and Senior Vice
President for Academic Affairs at Lehman College, C.U.N.Y, and New
Jersey Attorney R. Armen McOmber will preside over the ceremonies.
Commemoration participants will include Armenian Genocide survivors
and their families, elected officials and humanitarian, cultural,
religious, educational, and community leaders. Speakers will include
Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY): U.S. Senator Robert Menendez
(D-NJ): Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-MY); Congressman Thaddeus
McCotter (R-MI); Eugenie Mukeshimana, a Rwanda Genocide Survivorshe
serves as a Board Member for Voices of Rwanda, and Attorney Mark
J. Garagos, who helped lead groundbreaking Federal Class Action
Lawsuits against New York Life and other insurance companies for
insurance polices issued to Armenians living in Turkey prior to the
Armenian Genocide.
The 94th Commemoration is organized by the Mid-Atlantic chapters of
Knights and Daughters of Vartan , a
U.S. fraternal organization of Armenian-Americans, and co-sponsored by
Armenian General Benevolent Union , Armenian National
Committee of America , Armenian Assembly of America
, Armenian Democratic Liberal Party and Social
Democratic Hunchagian Party.
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