HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 6755 RESOLUTION NO. 6755
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
DESIGNATING APRIL 24 OF EACH YEAR AS A CITY DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE.
WHEREAS, the extermination of more than one and one -half million Armenians by the
Ottoman Turks and the forced deportation of countless others is remembered every year on April
24 since 1915 as Armenian Martyrs Day; and
WHEREAS, between 1915 -1923 Armenians were forced to witness the slaughter of their
relatives and the loss of their ancestral homeland; and
WHEREAS, modern Turkey continues to deny and distort the facts of this first Genocide
of the 20 Century; and
WHEREAS, the continued denial of the Armenian Genocide by the present -day Turkish
Government deprives the Armenian people of the right to their own history; and
WHEREAS, the Armenian people have not received reparations for their losses; and
WHEREAS, ancestral Armenian lands have not been returned to the Armenian people;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. To designate April 24 of each year as a City Day of Remembrance of the
Armenian Genocide.
SECTION 2. That the City of Downey calls on the President of the United States to
obtain from the present Turkish Government an acknowledgement of the Genocide perpetrated
against the Armenians from 1915 -1923.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and
forward a copy to the President of the United States of America.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of April, 2004.
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KIRK O. CARTOZIAN, Mayor
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KATHLEEN L. MJDSTOKKE, City Clerk
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City Council of
the City of Downey at a regular meeting held on the 13th day April, 2004, by the following vote,
to wit:
AYES: 4 Council Members: McCarthy, Perkins, Trejo, Mayor Cartozian
NOES: 1 Council Member: Bayer
ABSENT: 0 Council Member: None
ABSTAIN: 0 Council Member: None
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KATHLEEN L. MIDSTOKKE, City Clerk
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