Vigil Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 (edited) ArmenPress March 12 2004 URUGUAY PARLIAMENT RECOGNIZES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE YEREVAN, MARCH 12, ARMENPRESS: The lower chamber of Uruguay's parliament approved a bill on March 10, which indirectly recognizes the Armenian Genocide. The bill calls for April 24 to be "the commemoration day of Armenians martyred in 1915," and obligates the state owned media to "cover those events" on that day. There is no reference to "genocide" in the wording of the bill, though parliament speeches in favor of the bill did not avoid calling the genocide, a "genocide." The resolution will become a law with the president's signature. In 2000, Uruguay's Senate unanimously passed a resolution marking "April 24 a national day of remembrance for the Armenian Genocide." In 1965, the Armenian National Committee of Uruguay advanced the passage of an Armenian Genocide resolution in Uruguay's parliament--to mark the first time a country officially recognized the genocide of Armenians. At the time, the author of that resolution Senator Dr. Alberto Sid, said that the bill aimed to register Uruguay's official position on the Armenian Genocide as a crime against humanity. Interestingly, the world's first April 24 demonstration also took place in Uruguay, in 1964. Edited May 31, 2004 by Vigil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Was it then Paraguay that was the first country in the world to recognize the AG? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakharar Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 That also crossed my mind. How come they are recognizing it again? I guess they have elections looming around the corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurgen Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Here: http://www.cilicia.com/armo10i_uruguay.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 I don't know, maybe they've had a regime change or two (haven't a clue) and feel they have to do things over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasun Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Maybe the just forgot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastia Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 maybe they just want to make Armenians happy again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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