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introduce
a national day to learn about and remember the Armenian |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled, and
by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Armenian
genocide remembrance day |
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(1) |
The Secretary of State shall
by order specify a date which shall be observed |
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each year as Armenian Genocide
Remembrance Day. |
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The purpose of Armenian
Genocide Remembrance Day shall be to provide all |
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persons opportunities to
learn about and reflect on the Armenian genocide |
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committed by or on behalf
of the Ottoman Empire. |
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This Act may be cited as
the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day Act 2009. |
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(2) |
This Act extends to England
and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. |
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