CA AJR27

Recognizes April 24, 2022, as "State of California Day of Commemoration of the 107th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915–1923"

Calls upon the President of the United States and Congress to formally reaffirm that atrocities committed against the Armenian people constituted genocide

Commends educators teaching about human rights and genocide and pledges to support statewide educational and cultural events

Deplores persistent efforts to deny the historical fact of the Armenian Genocide and calls upon the President to work toward equitable Armenian-Turkish relations

Documents that over 1.5 million Armenians and hundreds of thousands of Assyrians and Greeks were killed by the Ottoman Empire and Republic of Turkey between 1915-1937