YEREVAN, APRIL 28, ARMENPRESS. The US Colorado State Legislature adopted a resolution whereby it declared April 26th as ‘Colorado Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide’.

Members of both the House of Representatives and Senate voted unanimously to adopt the resolution.

“This year marks the 102nd anniversary of the first  genocide of the 20th century, the Armenian genocide, when 1.5 million  men, women, and children of Armenian descent were victims of a brutal  genocide perpetrated by the Turkish Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923”, the resolution says.

“We, the members of the Colorado General Assembly, hereby acknowledge April 26, 2017, and April 26 of each year thereafter, as "Colorado Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide and we express support for efforts toward constructive and durable relations between the country of Armenia, the homeland for the Armenian people, and its neighbors, based upon acknowledgment of the facts and ongoing consequences of the Armenian genocide, and a fair, just, and comprehensive international resolution of this crime against humanity”.