New York Times bestselling author, Professor Peter Balakian joined political figures, and representatives and members of Sydney's Armenian community in commemorating the 93rd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia.

Balakian, Rebar Professor of the Humanities at Colgate University and Raphael Lemkin Prize-winning author of The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response (2003), exposed the 1,000 attendees to research identifying the Armenian Genocide as the 'template' used by Adolf Hitler for the Jewish Holocaust, as well as other 'modern' genocides.

"To understand the Jewish Holocaust, to understand the Cambodian Genocide, to understand Darfur; we must first of all understand their template of genocide in the modern period, the Armenian Genocide," said Prof. Balakian.

Balakian's address highlighted the need for worldwide recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide.

"Professor Balakian has brought great exposure to the Armenian cause worldwide and he is now continuing this in Australia," said Mr. Varant Meguerditchian of the organizing Armenian Genocide Commemorative Committee.

"The research he presented tonight shows why recognizing and condemning acts of Genocide remains an important human rights priority."