Australian Parliament Passes Resolution Recognizing Armenian Genocide

The House of Representatives of the Australian Federal Parliament has unanimously passed a bill calling on the Australian government to recognize the genocides of Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks. This was reported by the Armenian National Committee of Australia.

The resolution honors the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and calls on the Australian government to uphold its obligations as a signatory to the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, recognizing the genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire against Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks, and other Christian minorities from 1915 to 1923.