In its most recent session, the city parliament of San Paulo, Brazil, adopted Resolution MOC 0010/2005 recognizing the Armenian Genocide, Armenian Foreign Ministry reported. The resolution which notes in parts that over 1.5 million Armenians were subjected to a genocide perpetrated by the Turkish government in 1915, and that such crimes go against the spirit of international coexistence, expresses solidarity with the Armenian nation and calls on the Brazilian president to take necessary steps to have the Armenian genocide recognized at the federal level. The resolution was adopted unanimously. A copy of the resolution was handed to the Armenian consul general in San Paulo on October 20.