April 24, 2007 - 19:38 AMT
Armenian Genocide Commemoration in Times Square NYC
The Armenian National Assembly to America (ANCA), Armenian Assembly of America (AAA) and Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) organized Armenian Genocide Commemoration in Times Square in New York on Sunday. A source in New York told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that Senators Charles Schumer and Robert Menendez, Co-chair of the Congressional Caucasus on Armenian Issues Frank Pallone, Representatives Adam Shiff and Carolyn Maloney, former Ambassador to Armenia John Evans were speakers of the event. They urged the U.S. Congress to pass the Armenian Genocide resolution and call Turkey to responsibility for the crime.