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YEREVAN, 29 APRIL, ARMENPRESS. Le Figaro Histoire magazine has devoted a 12 pages article to the Armenian Genocide titled "The Forgotten Armenian Genocide", in its published edition of April to May.
As “Armenpress” reports citing Nouvelles d`Armenie, one of the purposes of the magazine’s current edition is to remind the public about the first Genocide of the 20th century, during which in 1915-1923, 1.5 million Armenians were killed by the Young Turks.
The fact of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman government has been documented, recognized, and affirmed in the form of media and eyewitness reports, laws, resolutions, and statements by many states and international organizations. The complete catalogue of all documents categorizing the 1915 wholesale massacre of the Armenian population in Ottoman Empire as a premeditated and thoroughly executed act of genocide, is extensive. Uruguay was the first country to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide in 1965. The massacres of the Armenian people were officially condemned and recognized as genocide in accordance with the international law by France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Greece, Slovakia, Cyprus, Lebanon, Uruguay, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, Canada, Vatican, Australia and Bolivia.