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PRESS RELEASE
Sarkis Yedelian, Independent
Councillor, City of Ryde.
PO Box 631, Gladesville, NSW 2111, Australia
Email: [email protected],
or Alt. Email: [email protected]
www.ryde.nsw.gov.au
Phone: (02) 9879 4159 , Mobile: 0412 048 330
_____________________________________________ _______________________________
Dear Friends,
As you all know this year marks the 90th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide, perpetrated by the Ottoman Turks against its Armenian
citizens in 1915.It is important that we demonstrate to our Local,
State and Federal Political leaders that 90 years have not dimmed the
resolve of Armenians to seek a just and equitable resolution to the
Armenian question.
I felt, as being first and only elected Councillor with Armenian
ancestry in Australia, to pass a motion at Council level specially
that our Prime Minister John Howard is Ryde residents representative
in Canberra, through Federal seat of Benellong, hoping of course,
that he will follow the path of NSW parliament and Ryde Council and
officially recognise the Armenian Genocide.
To commemorate this important tragic event in our history, I would
like to invite you to the Ryde Council Meeting of Tuesday 12 April
2005 at 7:30 pm at Ryde Council Chambers, 1 Devlin St Top Ryde, 6th
floor.
At Council meeting, I will move the following motion;
That this Council:
(1) acknowledges this year as marking the occasion of the 90th
anniversary commemoration of the Genocide of the Armenians
perpetrated by the then Ottoman Government between the years
1915-1922;
(2) joins with the Armenian community of Ryde in honouring the
memory of the 1.5 million men, women and children who died in the
first genocide of the twentieth century
(3) recognises 24 April every year as a day of remembrance of the
Armenian genocide
(4) condemns the genocide of the Armenians and all other acts of
genocide committed as the ultimate act of racial, religious and
cultural intolerance.
(5) calls on the Commonwealth Government to officially condemn
(i) the genocide of the Armenians
(ii) any attempt to deny such crimes against humanity.
I already did the necessary lobbying and I do not see any problem
in passing the motion. If any of you are interested to talk on the
subject on the night please email me so we can coordinate their is
a time limit of 3min each speaker.
The procedure is that public can participate at council
meetings, there is an item on the agenda called "public
participation on items on the Agenda" public can participate
in filling in a form which you can find it at the following link
http://www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/meetings/participating.htm or download it
from http://www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/word/form_request_counc ilmtg.doc
Best regards and Peace to our
Clr. Sarkis Yedelian
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The contents of this e-mail transmission may represent the personal
views of the author/sender and may include information that has not
been approved by the City of Ryde. City of Ryde will not be responsible
for any reliance upon personal views or information not approved by
the City of Ryde.
Sarkis Yedelian, Independent
Councillor, City of Ryde.
PO Box 631, Gladesville, NSW 2111, Australia
Email: [email protected],
or Alt. Email: [email protected]
www.ryde.nsw.gov.au
Phone: (02) 9879 4159 , Mobile: 0412 048 330
_____________________________________________ _______________________________
Dear Friends,
As you all know this year marks the 90th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide, perpetrated by the Ottoman Turks against its Armenian
citizens in 1915.It is important that we demonstrate to our Local,
State and Federal Political leaders that 90 years have not dimmed the
resolve of Armenians to seek a just and equitable resolution to the
Armenian question.
I felt, as being first and only elected Councillor with Armenian
ancestry in Australia, to pass a motion at Council level specially
that our Prime Minister John Howard is Ryde residents representative
in Canberra, through Federal seat of Benellong, hoping of course,
that he will follow the path of NSW parliament and Ryde Council and
officially recognise the Armenian Genocide.
To commemorate this important tragic event in our history, I would
like to invite you to the Ryde Council Meeting of Tuesday 12 April
2005 at 7:30 pm at Ryde Council Chambers, 1 Devlin St Top Ryde, 6th
floor.
At Council meeting, I will move the following motion;
That this Council:
(1) acknowledges this year as marking the occasion of the 90th
anniversary commemoration of the Genocide of the Armenians
perpetrated by the then Ottoman Government between the years
1915-1922;
(2) joins with the Armenian community of Ryde in honouring the
memory of the 1.5 million men, women and children who died in the
first genocide of the twentieth century
(3) recognises 24 April every year as a day of remembrance of the
Armenian genocide
(4) condemns the genocide of the Armenians and all other acts of
genocide committed as the ultimate act of racial, religious and
cultural intolerance.
(5) calls on the Commonwealth Government to officially condemn
(i) the genocide of the Armenians
(ii) any attempt to deny such crimes against humanity.
I already did the necessary lobbying and I do not see any problem
in passing the motion. If any of you are interested to talk on the
subject on the night please email me so we can coordinate their is
a time limit of 3min each speaker.
The procedure is that public can participate at council
meetings, there is an item on the agenda called "public
participation on items on the Agenda" public can participate
in filling in a form which you can find it at the following link
http://www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/meetings/participating.htm or download it
from http://www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/word/form_request_counc ilmtg.doc
Best regards and Peace to our
Clr. Sarkis Yedelian
------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------
The contents of this e-mail transmission may represent the personal
views of the author/sender and may include information that has not
been approved by the City of Ryde. City of Ryde will not be responsible
for any reliance upon personal views or information not approved by
the City of Ryde.