SAN PAULO, OCTOBER 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The city parliament of San Paulo adopted resolution N MOC 0010/2005 on recognition of the Armenian Genocide during its last plenary sitting. The draft resolution was compiled bu Deputy Zhuselino Gadelya and was submitted for discussion on April 14. Mentioning that 1.5 mln Armenians fell victims of the genocide committed by the Turkish government in 1915 and the rest of them was banished from their historic homeland, taking into consideration the fact that this crime was confirmed by famous political and public figures, as well as in consideration of the fact that such facts of crime against mankind contradict the spirit of international co-existence and deserve the strictest condemnation, the parliament expressed its solidarity with the Armenian people and applied to the President of the Federal Republic of Brazil with a request to take necessary steps jointly with the National Congress for recognition of the Armenian Genocide at the federal level. According to the Press Service of RA Foreign Ministry, the resolution was adopted unanimously, besides, 43 out of 51 MPs signed under the document as co-authors. On October 20, Robert Tripoli, Chairman of the city parliament, gave the ratified copy of the resolution to Ashot Yeghiazarian, RA Consul General to San Paulo.

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