LIVE: Commemoration ceremony in Tsitsernakaberd Memorial

YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS. A commemorative ceremony has kicked off in the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan.

Representatives of various countries and international organizations have arrived in the Armenian capital to participate in the commemorative events on the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

The Armenian people, top officials and visiting foreigners pay tribute to the memory of the victims of Armenian Genocide on April 24, in the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial

The Armenian Genocide, committed by the Ottoman government, has been substantiated, recognized and confirmed by eyewitness accounts, laws, resolutions and decisions of numerous states and international organizations.

The full range of documents which label the massacres of the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as an act of premeditated genocide is huge.

Organization like the European Council, the European Parliament, several UN committees, the World Council of Churches, the Parliament of MERCOSUR and others have recognized the Armenian Genocide.

Many countries have recognized the Armenian Genocide – the first country to officially recognize it was Uruguay, in 1965.

The following countries have officially recognized and condemned the massacres of the Armenian people as an act of genocide, according to international rights – France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Greece, Slovakia, Cyprus, Lebanon, Uruguay, Argentina (2 laws, 5 resolutions), Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, Canada, Vatican, Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, New South Wales of Australia and 45 states of the US.