Mount Ararat with the historic Khor Virap monastery visible at center-left

Genocide & Resilience

Uruguay became the first state to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide in 1965, the fiftieth anniversary of the 1915 deportations and massacres, when its parliament passed a resolution designating April 24 as an official day of remembrance.

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