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MAYOR ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA
City of Los Angeles
200 N. Spring St. Room 303
Los Angeles, CA 90012
PRESS RELEASE
April 24, 2007
Contact: Areen Ibranossian
213-922-9781
STATEMENT OF MAYOR ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
REMEMBRANCE DAY
LOS ANGELES - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa made the following statement
today regarding Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day:
"Today - on the 92nd anniversary of the beginning of the Armenian
Genocide - the people of Los Angeles stand in solidarity with Armenians
around the world in remembering the 1.5 million Armenian men, women and
children barbarically killed by the Ottoman Empire.
"Almost a century of history has removed the horrors of the genocide
from our immediate collective consciousness. And yet as the
assassination of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink reminded us in
January, the pernicious threat of genocide denial still openly thrives
around the world.
"As Mayor of America*s preeminent Armenian community, I urge all
Angelenos to reflect not only on the vast scale and ruthlessness of the
genocide, but on the horror of the global silence under which it took
place. Today I urge Angelenos to simply never forget."
Areen Ibranossian
Policy Analyst
Office of Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa
City of Los Angeles
200 N. Spring St. Room 303
Los Angeles, CA 90012
PRESS RELEASE
April 24, 2007
Contact: Areen Ibranossian
213-922-9781
STATEMENT OF MAYOR ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
REMEMBRANCE DAY
LOS ANGELES - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa made the following statement
today regarding Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day:
"Today - on the 92nd anniversary of the beginning of the Armenian
Genocide - the people of Los Angeles stand in solidarity with Armenians
around the world in remembering the 1.5 million Armenian men, women and
children barbarically killed by the Ottoman Empire.
"Almost a century of history has removed the horrors of the genocide
from our immediate collective consciousness. And yet as the
assassination of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink reminded us in
January, the pernicious threat of genocide denial still openly thrives
around the world.
"As Mayor of America*s preeminent Armenian community, I urge all
Angelenos to reflect not only on the vast scale and ruthlessness of the
genocide, but on the horror of the global silence under which it took
place. Today I urge Angelenos to simply never forget."
Areen Ibranossian
Policy Analyst
Office of Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa