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AUSTRALIAN TOWN OF RYDE COMMEMORATES 90th ANNIVERSARY
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
YEREVAN, APRIL 14. ARMINFO. For the first time, an Australian Council
yesterday officially recognised the Armenian Genocide of 1915, and
called on the Commonwealth Government to do the same, Independent
Ryde City Councillor, Sarkis Yedelian announced today. In 1915, the
first genocide of the twentieth century took place, which led to the
annihilation of 1.5 million men, women and children. "As the first
Australian Councillor of Armenian ancestry, and a son of survivor of
the Armenian Genocide, I feel honoured to have moved this motion,"
Clr Yedelian said. "The motion ensures that crimes committed in the
past are never forgotten, and that we do all we can to prevent
similar crimes against humanity. According to the 2001 Census, 94,478
people live in Ryde City Council located in Sydney's north-west, and
has the largest concentration of Armenian community anywhere in
Sydney.
The motion was passed in the presence of the Armenian Australian
community, including His Eminence Archbishop Aghan Baliozian, Primate
of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
YEREVAN, APRIL 14. ARMINFO. For the first time, an Australian Council
yesterday officially recognised the Armenian Genocide of 1915, and
called on the Commonwealth Government to do the same, Independent
Ryde City Councillor, Sarkis Yedelian announced today. In 1915, the
first genocide of the twentieth century took place, which led to the
annihilation of 1.5 million men, women and children. "As the first
Australian Councillor of Armenian ancestry, and a son of survivor of
the Armenian Genocide, I feel honoured to have moved this motion,"
Clr Yedelian said. "The motion ensures that crimes committed in the
past are never forgotten, and that we do all we can to prevent
similar crimes against humanity. According to the 2001 Census, 94,478
people live in Ryde City Council located in Sydney's north-west, and
has the largest concentration of Armenian community anywhere in
Sydney.
The motion was passed in the presence of the Armenian Australian
community, including His Eminence Archbishop Aghan Baliozian, Primate
of the Armenian Apostolic Church.