APRIL 24 DECLARED GENOCIDE VICTIMS’ REMEMBRANCE DAY: LA DECLARATION
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April 21 2010
Armenia
On April 20, member of Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Michael
D. Antonovich presented the declaration on the 95th anniversary of
Genocide to Armenian Community in Los Angeles.
According to the document, April 24, 2010 is declared an "Armenian
Genocide Victims’ Remembrance Day". Accordingly, mutual understanding,
ease of conditions and recovery will be ensured for the Genocide
victims’ descendants-including 350.000 local Armenians. The
declaration, issued on the initiative of Antonovich, recalls
remembering and paying tribute to Armenian Genocide victims.
The members of Social Democratic Hunchakian Party Peter Darakian and
Mehran Khachadurian expressed their gratitude to Antonovich for the
efforts in recognition of Armenian Genocide.