MERCOSUR RECOGNISES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Support A1+!November 19th during a plenary session of MERCOSUR Parliament in Montevideo (Uruguay), deputies representing Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay confirmed the decision on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide with the majority of votes. Earlier the decision was unanimously adopted in the Human Rights Committee of the same Parliament.
“The Parliament of MERCOSUR decisively condemns the genocide against Armenians perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1923, which took the lives of 1.5 million people and supports the fair cause of the Armenian people. The Parliament calls on the Governments and Parliaments which have not yet recognized the Armenian Genocide to take similar decisions.”
MERCOSUR is a South American organization featuring Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela. The organization was founded in 1986.
