2015: A Year in Review for the Armenian Genocide Centennial

Dzidzernagaper Memorial Complex in Armenia. (Source: Armenpress)

YEREVAN (Armenpress)”” 2015 marked a memorable year filled with events dedicated to the Armenian Genocide Centennial in and outside of Armenia.  These events proved to have powerful impacts as they helped achieve great lengths in the fight for justice. Therefore, it becomes very important to review the events in the past year to see the contributions that have been made as a result, and how Armenians have moved forward as a people.

The year began with the presentation of the Pan-Armenian Declaration on the Armenian Genocide Centennial by Armenian President Serzh Sarkisan at the session of the State Commission on Coordination of Events for the Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Following the session of the State Commission, Sarkisan, accompanied by the commission members and the participants of the meeting, visited the Dzidzernagapert Memorial Complex, where the proclamation ceremony of the Pan-Armenian Declaration for the Armenian Genocide Centennial took place. The declaration had been adopted unanimously on the same day at the session of the State Commission on Coordination of the events for the Armenian Genocide Centennial.

In March, Yerevan hosted the 5th media forum “At the Foot of Ararat”