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==Recognition==
[[File:Assyrianmonument.JPG|thumb|150ppx|Genocide monument in Paris, France]]
On 11 March 2010, the Genocide of the [[Chaldean people|Chaldeans]] was officially recognized by the [[Riksdag]] of [[Sweden]], alongside that of the [[Armenians]] and [[Pontic Greeks]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://riksdagen.se/templates/R_PageExtended____21484.aspx|title=Motion 2008/09:U332 Genocide of Armenians, Assyrians/Syriacs/Chaldeans and Pontiac Greeks in 1915|date=11 March 2010|publisher=The [[Riksdag]]|accessdate=12 March 2010|location=[[Stockholm]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thelocal.se/25468/20100311/|title=Sweden to recognize Armenian genocide|date=11 March 2010|work=[[The Local]]|accessdate=12 March 2010|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20100313002959/http://www.thelocal.se/25468/20100311/|archivedate=13 March 2010 <!--DASHBot-->|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>"[http://www.aina.org/news/20100311192620.htm Sweden Recognizes Assyrian, Greek and Armenian Genocide]." ''Assyrian International News Agency''. March 12, 2010.</ref> In March 2015, [[Armenia]] became the second country to recognize the Assyrian Chaldean genocide in a declaration from the [[National Assembly of Armenia|National Assembly]] which concurrently recognized the Greek genocide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://armenpress.am/eng/news/798768/adoption-of-declaration-to-certify-that-armenia-recognizes-greek-and-assyrian-genocide-eduard-sharmazanov.html|publisher=[[Armenpress]]|title=Adoption of declaration to certify Armenia recognizes Greek and Assyrian genocides: Eduard Sharmanazov|date=23 March 2015}}</ref> The Assyrian Chaldean genocide is also recognised by the [[New South Wales]] state parliament in [[Australia]]<ref>{{cite web|title=NSW Parliament formally recognises Assyrian genocide as Smithfield MP Andrew Rohan shares tale of parents' survival|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/south-west/nsw-parliament-formally-recognises-assyrian-genocide-as-smithfield-mp-andrew-rohan-shares-tale-of-parent8217s-survival/story-fngr8hxh-1226642271408|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=17 March 2015|date=14 May 2013}}</ref><ref>"[http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/upload/hutxy19692/FINAL_Assyrian_Memorial_ConsultationPaper.pdf Consultation Paper for Proposed Memorial Dedicated to the Victims of the Assyrian Genocide]." Fairfield City Council.</ref> and the last three governors of the state of [[New York]].<ref>[http://www.ny.gov/governor/keydocs/proclamations/proc_armenian.html State of New York, Gov. David Paterson, Proclamation], 24 April 2008. Retrieved 2010-02-02.</ref><ref>{{Wayback |date=20071025033413 |url=http://www.anca.org/press_releases/press_releases.php?prid=565 |title=Governor Pataki Commemorates Armenian Genocide}}, Proclamation, 05 May, 2004. Retrieved 2010-02-02.</ref>{{as of?|date=March 2015}}{{who|date=March 2015}}
This is in contrast to the [[Armenian Genocide]], which has also been [[Recognition of the Armenian Genocide|recognized]] by other countries and international organizations. Chaldean historians attribute the limited recognition to the smaller number of Chaldean survivors, whose leader [[Mar Shimun XXI Benyamin]] was killed in 1918.<ref name="Travis"/> For example, there are one million Armenians living in the United States alone, but even they were unable to persuade Congress to pass a [[United States resolution on Armenian genocide]]. In addition, the widespread massacres of all [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[Christians]] in [[Asia Minor]] is sometimes referred to by Armenian authors as an "[[Armenian Genocide]]". On April 24, 2001, Governor of the [[United States|US]] state of [[New York]], [[George Pataki]], proclaimed that "killings of civilians and food and water deprivation during forced marches across harsh, arid terrain proved successful for the perpetrators of genocide, who harbored a prejudice against ... Assyrian Christians."<ref>{{cite web|date=April 1, 2001|url=http://www.armenian-genocide.org/keyword_search.assyrian/Affirmation.196/current_category.40/affirmation_detail.html|title=New York State Governor Proclamation|accessdate=2006-06-16}}</ref>
