CC - Item 6C - Armenian Genocide Centennial Anniversary ResolutionROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL
STAFF REPORT
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
FROM: JEFF ALLRED, CITY MANAGER
DATE: APRIL 28, 2015
SUBJECT: ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY RESOLUTION
SUMMARY
Council Member Armenta has proposed that the City Council consider adoption of a
Resolution to recognize and commemorate the Centennial Anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide. This tragedy commenced 100 years ago, in April of 2015, under the
jurisdiction of the Young Turk Government of the Ottoman Empire.
Per this request, the attached Resolution has been prepared for City Council
consideration.
Attachment
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RESOLUTION NO. 2015-23
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD DESIGNATING
APRIL 2015 AS THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
WHEREAS, the Armenian people were subjects of a systematic and premediated
genocidal campaign which began in April of 1915, at the hands of the Young Turk Government
of the Ottoman Empire whereby over 1 million Armenian men, women and children were
slaughtered or marched to their deaths in the first genocide of the 20th Century; and
WHEREAS, during this first genocide of the 20th Century, thousands of Assyrians,
Greeks and other Christians also lost their lives at the hands of the Ottoman Empire; and
WHEREAS, these crimes against humanity also had the consequence of removing
Armenians and other targeted people from their historic homelands, and enriching the
perpetrators with the lands and other property of the victims of these crimes, including the
usurpation of many churches; and
WHEREAS, in response to the genocide, and at the behest of the President Woodrow
Wilson and the U.S. State Department, the Near East Relief organization was founded as the first
Congressionally - sanctioned American philanthropic effort created exclusively to provide
humanitarian assistance; and
WHEREAS, the Near East Relief organization rescued many Armenian people and other
Christian minorities from annihilation, who went on to survive and thrive outside of their
ancestral homelands all over the world and specifically in the State of California; and
WHEREAS, every person should be aware of and educated about the Armenian
genocide and other crimes against humanity, and know that April 1915 is recognized as the
commencement of the Armenian genocide and that April 2015 marks the centennial anniversary
of its commencement.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ROSEMEAD AS FOLLOWS:
That the City of Rosemead hereby recognizes April 2015 as the Centennial Anniversary
of the Armenian genocide, in order to ensure that this tragedy is properly commemorated and
recognized by the community at large.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Rosemead on the 28th day of April, 2015.
ATTEST:
Gloria Molleda
City Clerk
Margaret Clark
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Rachel Richman
City Attorney