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    THE CENTENARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY

    CITY OF PARIS

    The Council of Paris voted unanimously yesterday a vow about a hundred
    years of the Armenian Genocide. A paper presented by Catherine
    VIEU-CHARIER Advisor Paris Deputy Mayor in charge of memory and
    fighting world and Patrick Klugman Deputy International Relations
    and Francophonie.

    Considering that 2015 will be a year of special significance with
    respect to the memory of the genocide that marked the twentieth
    century;

    Whereas April 24, 1915 began the genocide that would lead to the
    killing methodically organized one million and five hundred thousand
    Armenians;

    Whereas the city of Paris hosted in 1915, scores of survivors of
    the genocide, a large part moved first in the ninth arrondissement,
    which today still end presence of the Armenian Diaspora and the we
    continue to call "Little Armenia";

    Whereas, by the law of 29 January 2001, France has publicly recognized
    the genocide of 1915; Considering that the city of Paris is strongly
    committed to the work memory of genocide;

    Whereas, despite the historical evidence, the denial of the Armenian
    Genocide, the first of the twentieth century, continues to thrive
    and that the persistence of this denial is an insult to the memory
    of the victims and the dignity of their descendants;

    Whereas the Armenian community in Paris contributed to development,
    culture and reputation of our city;

    Whereas the city of Paris has signed a cooperation agreement with
    the city of Yerevan November 10, 1998, reinforced by an October
    2011 amendment;

    Patrick Klugman and Catherine VIEU-CHARIER issue on behalf of the
    municipal executive vow:

    That the city of Paris, in conjunction with the Republic of
    Armenia, the Mission 2015 CCAF and Armenian organizations in Paris,
    commemorating the centenary of the Armenian genocide, with plans to
    distribute, to know and to understand the reality genocide and fight
    its negation.

    The ninth arrondissement of Paris, given its history of reception
    of genocide survivors, is closely involved in the organization of
    such activities;

    A large exhibition on the Armenian genocide to be held at the City
    Hall in the first half 2015, and Paris hosts on this occasion some
    of the collections of the Genocide Memorial in Yerevan;

    Educational work that is engaged in connection with the National
    Education, in Parisian schools to promote awareness of the genocide
    of Armenians and awareness of the history of the Armenian genocide
    survivor community, which is an integral part of history of Paris,
    particularly the ninth arrondissement;

    That the City of Paris valued associative initiatives to know the
    reality of the genocide of the Armenians and the contribution of
    Paris to the development and reputation of our city;

    The Mayor travel to Yerevan in the framework of the celebrations to
    be organized by the Republic of Armenia throughout 2015.

    Catherine VIEU-CHARIER, Councillor Paris Deputy Mayor in charge of
    memory and the fighter world Patrick Klugman, Deputy International
    Relations and Francophonie.

    The ninth arrondissement of Paris (Delphine Burkli its mayor in the
    picture) and the 2015 mission of CFC (Alexis Govciyan, chairman of the
    mission and the first deputy mayor of the ninth) mentioned in the vow.

    Thursday, October 2, 2014, Ara © armenews.com
    http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=103816

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