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CITY OF GLENDALE DESIGNATES APRIL 2015 AS "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION MONTH"
By MassisPost
Updated: March 10, 2015
GLENDALE - The Glendale City Council Tuesday presented a proclamation
designating the Month of April 2015 as "Armenian Genocide Commemoration
Month." Mayor Zareh Sinanyan presented the proclamation during
the regular session of the City Council to representatives of the
Armenian-Genocide Centennial Committee of Western United States.
The Glendale City Council also unanimously passed a Resolution
designating April 2015 as the "Month of Commemoration of Centennial
Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide"; and Taking Actions Necessary
to Ensure the City and its Institutions Including Schools, Libraries
and Publicly Owned Museums Properly Commemorate, Inform and Provide
Education About the Genocide.
Below is the text of the Resolution:
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE DESIGNATING APRIL
2015 AS THE "MONTH OF COMMEMORATION OF THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY
OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE"; AND TAKING ACTIONSNECESSARY TO ENSURE THE
CITY AND ITS INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES AND PUBLICLY
OWNED MUSEUMS PROPERLY COMMEMORATE, INFORM AND PROVIDE EDUCATION
ABOUT THE GENOCIDE
WHEREAS, the Armenian people were subjects of a systematic and
premeditated Genocidal campaign which began on April 24, 1915, at
the hands of the Young Turk Government of the Ottoman Empire from
1915-1919, and which continued at the hands of the Kemalist Movement
of Turkey from 1920-1923 whereby over 1.5 million Armenian men, women
and children were slaughtered or marched to their deaths in an effort
to annihilate the Armenian Nation in the First modem Genocide of the
20th century, while thousands of surviving Armenian women and children
were forcibly converted and Islamized, and hundreds of thousands more
were subjected to ethnic cleansing during the period of the modern
Republic of Turkey from 1924-1937; and
WHEREAS, during the genocides of the Christians living in the Ottoman
Empire and surrounding regions which occurred during the first half
of the 20th Century, hundreds of thousands of Assyrians, Greeks
and other Christians, lost their lives at the hands of the Ottoman
Turkish Empire and the Republic of Turkey, and WHEREAS, these crimes
against humanity also had the consequence of permanently removing all
traces of the Armenians and other targeted people from their historic
homelands of more than four millennia, and enriching the perpetrators
with the lands and other property of the victims of these crimes,
including the usurpation of several thousand churches; and
WHEREAS, in response to the Genocide and at the behest of the
President Woodrow Wilson and the U.S. State Department, the
Near East Relief organization was founded, and became the first
Congressionally-sanctioned American philanthropic effort created
exclusively to provide humanitarian assistance and to rescue the
Armenian Nation and other Christian minorities from annihilation,
who went on to survive and thrive outside of their ancestral homeland
all over the world and specifically in the State of California; and
WHEREAS, the planning and implementation of Genocide is indisputably
recognized in international law as a Crime Against Humanity and is
punishable as such, yet has remained unpunished for nearly one hundred
years, as the government of Turkey is allowed with impunity to distort
history and to deny the Genocide and its consequences perpetrated
both by its Ottoman predecessor and its subsequent regimes despite
international recognition of the Armenian Genocide by 23 countries,
including the United States of America; and
WHEREAS, the Republic of Turkey inexplicably and adamantly has
denied the occurrence of the crimes against humanity committed by
the Ottoman and Young Turk rulers for many years, and continues to
do so a full century since the first crimes constituting genocide
occurred despite the Turkish governments' earlier admissions and the
overwhelming proof of genocidal intent; and
WHEREAS, the Republic of Turkey has escalated its international
campaign of Genocide denial; it maintains its illegal blockade of
humanitarian aid to the Republic of Armenia, and steadily increases its
pressure on any movement in Turkey acknowledging the Armenian Genocide
and seeking justice for its victims and other persecuted indigenous
minorities; and WHEREAS, this resolution declares that the Glendale
City Council deplores the persistent, ongoing efforts by any person,
in this country or abroad, to deny the historical fact of the Armenian
Genocide and its related atrocities; and WHEREAS, every person should
be made aware of and educated about the Armenian Genocide and other
crimes against humanity, and know that April 24, 1915 is globally
recognized as the commencement of the Armenian Genocide and that 2015
marks the centennial anniversary since its commencement.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE
AS FOLLOWS:
1. That April 2015 is hereby designated as the "City of Glendale Month
of Commemoration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
of 1915-1923â~@³, in order to ensure that the Armenian Genocide is
properly commemorated and taught to the community at large, to the
schools, their faculty and student body, and to visitors to Glendale
through educational and cultural events.
2. That the Glendale City Council hereby commends the extraordinary
service which was delivered by Near East Relief to the survivors of
the Armenian Genocide and Assyrian Genocide, including thousands of
direct beneficiaries of American philanthropy who are the parents,
grandparents, and great-grandparents of many Californian residents,
and the City Council reaffirms its commitment to working with
community groups, nonprofit organizations, City personnel, and the
Glendale Unified School District to host campus wide educational
events dedicated specifically to these efforts as an important part
of American history.
3. That the Glendale City Council calls upon the President of
the United States to work toward equitable, constructive, stable,
and durable Armenian-Turkish relations based upon the Republic of
Turkey's full acknowledgment of the facts and ongoing consequences
of the Armenian Genocide, and toward a fair, just, and comprehensive
international resolution of this crime against humanity, including
reparations to the Armenian nation.
4. That the Glendale City Council transmit copies of this Resolution to
the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker
of the United States House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader
of the United States Senate, to each United States Senator and Member
of Congress from California, to the Governor of California, and every
member of the California State Legislature, to the California State
Superintendent of Instruction, and to the Turkish Ambassador to the
United States.
http://massispost.com/2015/03/city-of-glendale-designates-april-2015-as-armenian-genocide-commemoration-month/
From: Baghdasarian
By MassisPost
Updated: March 10, 2015
GLENDALE - The Glendale City Council Tuesday presented a proclamation
designating the Month of April 2015 as "Armenian Genocide Commemoration
Month." Mayor Zareh Sinanyan presented the proclamation during
the regular session of the City Council to representatives of the
Armenian-Genocide Centennial Committee of Western United States.
The Glendale City Council also unanimously passed a Resolution
designating April 2015 as the "Month of Commemoration of Centennial
Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide"; and Taking Actions Necessary
to Ensure the City and its Institutions Including Schools, Libraries
and Publicly Owned Museums Properly Commemorate, Inform and Provide
Education About the Genocide.
Below is the text of the Resolution:
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE DESIGNATING APRIL
2015 AS THE "MONTH OF COMMEMORATION OF THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY
OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE"; AND TAKING ACTIONSNECESSARY TO ENSURE THE
CITY AND ITS INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES AND PUBLICLY
OWNED MUSEUMS PROPERLY COMMEMORATE, INFORM AND PROVIDE EDUCATION
ABOUT THE GENOCIDE
WHEREAS, the Armenian people were subjects of a systematic and
premeditated Genocidal campaign which began on April 24, 1915, at
the hands of the Young Turk Government of the Ottoman Empire from
1915-1919, and which continued at the hands of the Kemalist Movement
of Turkey from 1920-1923 whereby over 1.5 million Armenian men, women
and children were slaughtered or marched to their deaths in an effort
to annihilate the Armenian Nation in the First modem Genocide of the
20th century, while thousands of surviving Armenian women and children
were forcibly converted and Islamized, and hundreds of thousands more
were subjected to ethnic cleansing during the period of the modern
Republic of Turkey from 1924-1937; and
WHEREAS, during the genocides of the Christians living in the Ottoman
Empire and surrounding regions which occurred during the first half
of the 20th Century, hundreds of thousands of Assyrians, Greeks
and other Christians, lost their lives at the hands of the Ottoman
Turkish Empire and the Republic of Turkey, and WHEREAS, these crimes
against humanity also had the consequence of permanently removing all
traces of the Armenians and other targeted people from their historic
homelands of more than four millennia, and enriching the perpetrators
with the lands and other property of the victims of these crimes,
including the usurpation of several thousand churches; and
WHEREAS, in response to the Genocide and at the behest of the
President Woodrow Wilson and the U.S. State Department, the
Near East Relief organization was founded, and became the first
Congressionally-sanctioned American philanthropic effort created
exclusively to provide humanitarian assistance and to rescue the
Armenian Nation and other Christian minorities from annihilation,
who went on to survive and thrive outside of their ancestral homeland
all over the world and specifically in the State of California; and
WHEREAS, the planning and implementation of Genocide is indisputably
recognized in international law as a Crime Against Humanity and is
punishable as such, yet has remained unpunished for nearly one hundred
years, as the government of Turkey is allowed with impunity to distort
history and to deny the Genocide and its consequences perpetrated
both by its Ottoman predecessor and its subsequent regimes despite
international recognition of the Armenian Genocide by 23 countries,
including the United States of America; and
WHEREAS, the Republic of Turkey inexplicably and adamantly has
denied the occurrence of the crimes against humanity committed by
the Ottoman and Young Turk rulers for many years, and continues to
do so a full century since the first crimes constituting genocide
occurred despite the Turkish governments' earlier admissions and the
overwhelming proof of genocidal intent; and
WHEREAS, the Republic of Turkey has escalated its international
campaign of Genocide denial; it maintains its illegal blockade of
humanitarian aid to the Republic of Armenia, and steadily increases its
pressure on any movement in Turkey acknowledging the Armenian Genocide
and seeking justice for its victims and other persecuted indigenous
minorities; and WHEREAS, this resolution declares that the Glendale
City Council deplores the persistent, ongoing efforts by any person,
in this country or abroad, to deny the historical fact of the Armenian
Genocide and its related atrocities; and WHEREAS, every person should
be made aware of and educated about the Armenian Genocide and other
crimes against humanity, and know that April 24, 1915 is globally
recognized as the commencement of the Armenian Genocide and that 2015
marks the centennial anniversary since its commencement.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE
AS FOLLOWS:
1. That April 2015 is hereby designated as the "City of Glendale Month
of Commemoration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
of 1915-1923â~@³, in order to ensure that the Armenian Genocide is
properly commemorated and taught to the community at large, to the
schools, their faculty and student body, and to visitors to Glendale
through educational and cultural events.
2. That the Glendale City Council hereby commends the extraordinary
service which was delivered by Near East Relief to the survivors of
the Armenian Genocide and Assyrian Genocide, including thousands of
direct beneficiaries of American philanthropy who are the parents,
grandparents, and great-grandparents of many Californian residents,
and the City Council reaffirms its commitment to working with
community groups, nonprofit organizations, City personnel, and the
Glendale Unified School District to host campus wide educational
events dedicated specifically to these efforts as an important part
of American history.
3. That the Glendale City Council calls upon the President of
the United States to work toward equitable, constructive, stable,
and durable Armenian-Turkish relations based upon the Republic of
Turkey's full acknowledgment of the facts and ongoing consequences
of the Armenian Genocide, and toward a fair, just, and comprehensive
international resolution of this crime against humanity, including
reparations to the Armenian nation.
4. That the Glendale City Council transmit copies of this Resolution to
the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker
of the United States House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader
of the United States Senate, to each United States Senator and Member
of Congress from California, to the Governor of California, and every
member of the California State Legislature, to the California State
Superintendent of Instruction, and to the Turkish Ambassador to the
United States.
http://massispost.com/2015/03/city-of-glendale-designates-april-2015-as-armenian-genocide-commemoration-month/
From: Baghdasarian