Cyprus – April, 1982
European Parliament - 1987
Russia – April, 1995
Greece – April, 1996
Belgium – March, 1998
Sweden – March, 2000
France – January, 2001 (NA 1998)
Vatican City – November, 2000

Council of Europe – April 24th, 2001
Switzerland – December, 2003
Wales – October 27th, 2004
Slovakia – December 1st, 2004
Netherlands - December, 2004
Poland - April, 2005
Germany - June, 2005
Lithuania - December, 2005

Vilnius, December 16, Armenpress: The Seim (parliament) of Lithuania passed a resolution on December 15 condemning the 1915 Armenian genocide committed by the government of then Turkey.

The Russian Regnum news agency said the resolution was backed by the majority of parliament members.

“International recognition of Armenian Genocide is a matter of concern not only for Armenia and Armenians, but is a challenge facing all mankind. As such, this recognition cannot be packed into a budget line or any other financial estimate.”
- Stated on November 9th, 2004 in Yerevan, Armenia

“Turks are furious about the bill passed in the French parliament on Thursday which publicly recognises as genocide the mass killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915.” – BBC News, January 20th, 2001

6/16/2005 RFE/RL, By Armen Dulian in Prague. All factions of the German Bundestag today have approved a resolution regarding the Armenian Genocide.

The word `genocide' is used in the resolution only once. The German Bundestag states that `numerous independent historians, parliaments and international organizations qualified the deportation and extermination of Armenians as genocide.'

WASHINGTON, DC - The Dutch Parliament, this week, unanimously adopted a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide and calling on the Netherlands government to consistently bring up the Armenian Genocide in future negotiations dealing with Turkey's accession to the European Union, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

"Turkey has not recognized the 1915 Armenian Genocide so far. As soon as Armenia was declared an independent state, Turkey closed the border with Armenia. Armenia has neither a short way to Europe nor any economic or diplomatic relations with Turkey. The Turkish Parliament has adopted a law condemning any public statement about the Armenian Genocide or the division of Cyprus. The Armenian community now living in Turkey is usually exposed to political pressure as a national minority."

"It is right that the injustice done to the people of Armenia should be recognized and condemned."

"Texte déposé: Le Conseil national reconnaît le génocide des Arméniens de 1915. Il demande au Conseil fédéral d'en prendre acte et de transmettre sa position par les voies diplomatiques usuelles. "

"The recognition of the Armenian genocide by the European Parliament and by several Member States and the fact that the Turkish regime after the First World War had several of those responsible for the genocide severely punished ought to provide a basis for the EU to present constructive proposals to Turkey on the handling of the matter, e.g. by setting up a multicultural international committee of historians on the 1915 Armenian genocide."

"Reiterates in this respect the position in its resolution of 18 June 1987 recognizing the genocide upon Armenians in 1915 and calls upon Turkey to create a basis for reconciliation;"

"The National Assembly and the Senate have adopted and the President of the Republic proclaims the following law:

France publicly recognizes the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
The present law shall be executed as a law of the state."

"This written declaration commits only the members who have signed it
Commemorating today the anniversary of the first genocide of the 20th century -- the Armenian genocide -- and paying tribute to the memory of its victims;

Condemning all manifestations of the crime of genocide as crimes perpetrated against humanity;

Considering that the unequivocal repudiation of the acts of genocide is a necessary means to help prevent its recurrence;

Taking note of the fact that various European institutions, parliaments of a number of member countries of the Council of Europe have adopted resolutions and statements recognising the Armenian genocide, in the case of the National Assembly of France a law;

Considering that the recognition by the international community of the Armenian genocide will eventually allow the Turkish authorities a similar admission, and as a result will lead to improved relations between Armenia-Turkey, and thus, contribute to regional peace, security and stability,

The undersigned, members of the Assembly, appeal to all the members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to take the necessary steps for the recognition of the genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenians at the beginning of the 20th century."

"An official statement and recognition of the Genocide of the Armenians is important and necessary. In 1985 the UN and the European Parliament established the fact that the Ottoman Empire had committed genocide against the Armenian people in the beginning of the 20th century. The Standing Committee [on Foreign Affairs] is of the opinion that the greater openness Turkey demonstrates, the stronger Turkey's democratic identity will be. It is therefore important that unbiased independent and international research on the genocide committed against the Armenian people be carried out. It is of great importance that an increasing openness and historical understanding of the events of 1915 and thereafter be developed. An improvement in this respect would also be of importance for the stability and the development in the whole Caucasus region."

"The date of 24 April 1915 marked the beginning of the implementation of the plan to exterminate Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire.

Today we commemorate the anniversary of what has been called the first genocide of the 20th century, and we salute the memory of the Armenian victims of this crime against humanity."

"The Senate,

Considering the numerous studies dedicated to the situation of the Armenian population in Turkey at the beginning of the 20th century;

Considering the UN convention on the prevention and punishment of genocide, which provides a definition of the concept of genocide;"

"The bill "For the establishment of the 24th of April as the day of commemoration of the genocide of Armenians by Turkey" was unanimously accepted in principle, in article and in its entirety in one discussion and is as follows:

The 24th of April is established as the day of commemoration of the genocide of Armenians by Turkey.

Article 1: The 24th of April is defined as the day of commemoration of the genocide of Armenians by Turkey.

Article 2: The character, content, bearer and manner of organization of the commemoration events are determined by a presidential decree that is issued with the proposal of the Ministries of the Interior, and of Public Administration and Decentralization, after taking into consideration the advice of the most recognized Armenian guilds and organizations.

Article 3: The present law will be in effect after its publication in the Official Gazette of the Hellenic Government."

"Based on irrefutable historic facts which attest to the extermination of Armenians on the territory of Western Armenia from 1915 to 1922 and, in accordance with the following Conventions adopted by the United Nations:"

"Believes that the tragic events in 1915-1917 involving the Armenians living in the territory of the Ottoman Empire constitute genocide within the meaning of the convention on the prevention and the punishment of the crime of genocide adopted by the UN General Assembly on 9 December 1948."

"On the occasion of the Anniversary of the genocide of the Armenian people which was started in 1915 in an organized manner by the then Turkish regime,

Notes with abhorrence and condemns unreservedly the crime against the Armenian people which had the dimensions of genocide and which uprooted the Armenians from ancestral lands.

Supports the full restoration of the inalienable rights of the Armenian people.

Underlines the harmonious and long-standing coexistence and brotherly cooperation with the Armenians of Cyprus and their contribution to the political, economic and cultural life of our country.

Considers this coexistence as evidence of the real possibility for harmonious coexistence of all the people of Cyprus regardless of language, religion or national origin.

In parallel considers it necessary to condemn the crime committed against the people of Cyprus by the Turkish invasion of 1974."