ArmInfo. Rhode Island House of Representatives adopted a Resolution on Armenia Genocide and Holocaust.
According to Armenian Weekly, the resolution was initiated by Katherine Ghazaryan, a member of the House of Representatives, and was adopted unanimously. The Speaker mentioned that Armenian and Jewish communities have made their deal into the development of Rhode Island despite tragic pages of history.
Earlier the history of Holocaust and Armenian Genocide has been approved for school programs. To recall, the first country to recognize that crime against humanity was Uruguay. Genocide of Armenians has been recognized by 44 United States as well as by 23 countries, including Canada, Argentina, Switzerland, Russia, Belgium, France, Poland, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Greece, Cyprus, Vatican, Sweden, Lithuania. Switzerland, Slovakia and Greece have even passed laws criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide. The Genocide of Armenians was recognized also by the Council of Europe, European Parliament, the UN Subcommittee to prevent discrimination and protect minorities, the UN Committee for Military Crimes, the World Church Council, as well as New South Wales, San-Paolo, Seara and Parana (Brazil), Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Basque Country, Catalonia, Balearic Islands (Spain), Quebec, Kyiv, Uzhgorod, Izyum. Goloseevskiy region (Ukraine), Crimea. Turkey still denies the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915-1923. Euronest PA and EPP have recognized and condemned the Genocide of Armenians.