CA AR98

Recognizes April 24, 2020, as "State of California Day of Commemoration of the 104th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915–1923"

Acknowledges that over 1.5 million Armenians were systematically killed or marched to their deaths by the Ottoman Empire and Turkish government between 1915 and 1937

Commends educators teaching about human rights and genocide, and encourages continued education about Armenian and other crimes against humanity

Condemns Turkey's ongoing denial of the Armenian Genocide and deplores persistent efforts by any person to deny this historical fact

Commends Near East Relief organization for delivering $117 million in assistance and saving over one million refugees, including 132,000 orphans, between 1915 and 1930