page_title: Armenian Genocide recognition
section_title: States, regions, provinces, municipalities and parliamentary committees
hierarchical_section_title: Armenian Genocide recognition / Parliaments and governments / States, regions, provinces, municipalities and parliamentary committees
caption_attribution_description: English: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day in Saint Sarkis Cathedral, Tehran
context_page_description: Armenian Genocide recognition is the formal acceptance that the systematic massacres and forced deportation of Armenians committed by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923, during and after the First World War, constituted genocide. The consensus of historians and academic institutions on The Holocaust and genocide studies recognize the Armenian Genocide. However, despite the recognition of the genocidal character of the massacre of Armenians in scholarship as well as in civil society, some governments have been reticent to officially acknowledge the killings as genocide because of political concerns about their relations with the Republic of Turkey, the successor state of the Ottoman Imperial authorities which perpetrated the genocide. The governments of Turkey and its close ally Azerbaijan are the only ones that directly deny the historical factuality of the Armenian Genocide, and both are adamantly opposed to the recognition of the genocide by other nations, threatening economic and diplomatic consequences to recognizers.
context_section_description: Recognition of the Armenian Genocide also includes:
  Australia
  Parliaments of 2 Australian states recognize the Armenian Genocide:
   New South Wales: In 2007 the Parliament of the State of New South Wales passed a motion condemning the genocide and called on the Australian Federal Government to do the same.
   South Australia: In March 2009 the Parliament of South Australia passed a similar motion to that passed in New South Wales in 2007.
  Additionally, the City of Ryde has adopted a unanimous motion dedicated to the centenary of the Armenian Genocide at its Council Meeting on April 14, 2015. The motion further calls on the Government of Australia to recognize and condemn all genocides. The City of Willoughby passed a motion recognizing the Armenian Genocide on May 11, 2015.
  Belgium
   Flanders: The Parliament of Flanders adopted a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide and called on Turkey to come to terms with its past.
  Brazil
  Parliaments of 4 Brazilian states recognize the Armenian Genocide:
   Ceará: In 2006, The Legislative Council of State of Ceará, Brazil, unanimously passed a bill which recognizes April 24 as the Day of the Armenian People. The Armenian Genocide victims will be hence commemorated on this day.
   Paraná: In 2013, Parliament of Brazilian state of Paraná adopted a bill recognizing the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
   Rio de Janeiro: The State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil recognized the Armenian Genocide on July 24, 2015 with a law, setting April 24 as "Day of recognition and memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide".
   São Paulo: The Legislative Assembly of the largest Brazilian state – São Paulo – passed a law recognizing April 24 "a Commemoration Day of the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide in 1915" in 2003.
  Bulgaria
   Bulgaria: 5 provinces (oblasts) have recognized the Armenian Genocide – first in 2008 was the Plovdiv Province followed by the provinces of Burgas, Ruse, Stara Zagora, Pazardzhik.
  Canada
   British Columbia: The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia recognized The Armenian Genocide.
   Ontario: The Legislative Assembly of Ontario unanimously adopted a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide in 1980.
   Quebec: Quebec was the first Province in Canada to recognize the Armenian Genocide in 1980.
  Additionally, the City of Montreal and the City of Toronto recognized the Armenian Genocide.
  Egypt
   Egypt: In February 2019, the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi addressed his recognition of the Armenian Genocide during the 2019 Munich Security Conference and had urged for complete recognition of the genocide by Egypt.
  France
   Corsica: On April 14, 2015, the Corsican Assembly adopted a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
  Iran
   Iran: The Tehran regional government recognized the Armenian Genocide. Unofficially, the Islamic Republic of Iran has repeatedly recognized the Armenian Genocide.
  Israel
   Israel: On August 1, 2016, the Knesset's Education, Culture and Sports Committee announced its recognition of the Armenian Genocide and urged the Israeli government to formally acknowledge the 1915 mass slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians as such.
  Italy
  Parliaments of 9 Italian regions recognize the Armenian Genocide:
   Abruzzo: The Italian region of Abruzzo on October 27, 2015 passed a bill to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
   Basilicata: The Regional Council of Basilicata, Italy, unanimously recognized the Armenian Genocide on September 27, 2016.
   Emilia-Romagna: The Emilia-Romagna region of Italy adopted on July 28, 2016 a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
   Lazio: The Regional Council of Lazio in Italy unanimously adopted a motion on recognition of the Armenian Genocide on March 18, 2019.
   Lombardy: The Regional Council of Lombardy in Italy unanimously adopted a motion on recognition and commemoration of the Armenian Genocide on April 14, 2015.
   Marche: The Regional Council of Marche, Italy, unanimously recognized the Armenian Genocide on October 6, 2015.
   Piedmont: On March 31, 2015 the Regional Council of Piedmont in Italy adopted a motion on recogniti
caption: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day in Saint Sarkis Cathedral, Tehran, 2017 (center: Archbishop Sepuh Sargsyan)
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