NY Governor and Mayor issued proclamations on Armenian Genocide

PanARMENIAN.Net - New York Governor David A. Paterson and Mayor Michael Bloomberg issued proclamations acknowledging Armenian Genocide, Yonkers Tribune reports.



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 Constantinople's 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."