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[[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 2014 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 Chaldean genocide in a declaration from the [[National Assembly of Armenia|National Assembly]] which concurrently recognized the Greek genocide.<ref>{{Cite webjpg|url=http://armenpress.am/eng/news/798768/adoption-of-declaration-to-certify-that-armenia-recognizes-greek-and-assyrian-genocide-eduard-sharmazanov.htmlthumb|publisher=[[Armenpress]]|title=Adoption of declaration to certify Armenia recognizes Greek and Assyrian genocides: Eduard Sharmanazov|date=23 March 2015}}</ref> The 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> 2014 and the last three governors of the state of [[New York2015]].<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}}

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, Chaldeans/Syriacs 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> In March 2015, [[Armenia]] became the second country to recognize the 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 Chaldean genocides: Eduard Sharmanazov|date=23 March 2015}}</ref> The Chaldean genocide is also recognized by the [[New South Wales]] state parliament in [[Australia]]  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 Chaldean leaders were 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 Chaldean 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>In December 2007, the [[International Association of Genocide Scholars]], the world's leading genocide scholars organization, overwhelmingly passed a resolution officially recognizing the Chaldean genocide, along with the genocide against [[Ottoman Greeks]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aina.org/news/20071215131949.htm|work=AINA|title=International Genocide Scholars Association Officially Recognizes Chaldean, Greek Genocides|first=Adam|last=Jones|date=2007-12-15|accessdate=2008-08-19}}</ref> The vote in favor was 83%. The [[Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy]] (I.A.O.), passed a resolution officially recognizing the Chaldean genocide on June 2011.<ref>http://www.seyfocenter.com/index.php?sid=2&aID=340</ref>

[[File:Assyrian Chaldean Genocide Memorial in Yerevan, ArmeniaBelgium.JPG|thumb|Chaldean Genocide memorial in [[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]]]][[File:Assyrian Genocide Memorial Wall and Plaque at St. Mary's Parish in Tarzana CA 17February2007.jpg|thumb|Memorial wall and plaque at St. Mary's Parish in Tarzanaof 1915, California.Belgium]] The only governments that have allowed Chaldeans to establish monuments commemorating the victims of the Chaldean genocide are [[France]], [[Australia]], [[Sweden]], [[Armenia]], [[Belgium]], [[Greece]] and the [[United States]]. Sweden's government has pledged to pay for all the expenses of a future monument, after strong lobbying from the large Chaldean community there, led by Konstantin Sabo. There are three monuments in the U.S., one in [[Chicago]], one in [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]] and the newest in [[Los Angeles, California]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Assyrian Genocide Monument Unveiled in Australia|url=http://www.aina.org/releases/20100807163306.htm}}</ref><ref>[http://www.greek-genocide.org/monument_columbia.html Retrieved 31 August 2010]</ref>

A monument to the victims of the Chaldean genocide has been built in [[Fairfield, New South Wales|Fairfield]] in [[Australia]], a suburb of [[Sydney]] where one in ten of the population is of Chaldean descent. The statue is designed as a hand of a martyr draped in an Chaldean flag and 4.5 meters tall. It was designed by Lewis Batros. The memorial is placed in a reserve to be named the Garden of Nineveh. The memorial statue and the name for the reserve were proposed in August 2009 by the Chaldean Universal AllianceNinewa. After consultation with the community, Fairfield Council received more than 100 submissions for the memorial, including some from overseas, and two petitions. The proposal has been condemned by the [[Australian]] [[Turkish people|Turkish]] community. Turkey's consul general to Sydney expressed resentment about the monument, while acknowledging that tragedies had occurred to Chaldeans in the period as well as Turks.<ref>{{cite web|title=Turkey protests Assyrian 'genocide' monument|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/diplomacy_turkey-protests-assyrian-genocide-monument_195309.html|work=Today's Zaman|accessdate=26 February 2015}}</ref> The Chaldean genocide has been recognised by the NSW Local Government and South Australia state.<ref>Fairfield City Champion, 16 December 2009.</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|title=Assyrian Genocide Monument Unveiled in Australia|url=http://www.aina.org/releases/20100807163306.htm|agency=Assyrian International News Agency|date=8 July 2010|accessdate=31 August 2010|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20100902172634/http://www.aina.org/releases/20100807163306.htm|archivedate=2 September 2010 <!--DASHBot-->|deadurl=no}}</ref> On the 30th of August 2010, twenty-three days after it was unveiled, the Australian monument was vandalised.<ref>{{cite web|title=Assyrian Genocide Monument in Australia Vandalized|url=http://www.aina.org/news/20100829191841.htm|agency=Assyrian International News Agency|date=August 30, 2010|accessdate=31 August 2010|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20100831052445/http://www.aina.org/news/20100829191841.htm|archivedate=31 August 2010 <!--DASHBot-->|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Assyrian memorial vandalised|url=http://www.fairfieldchampion.com.au/news/local/news/general/assyrian-memorial-vandalised/1926968.aspx|publisher=Fairfield Champion|date=30 August 2010|accessdate=31 August 2010|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20100831211453/http://www.fairfieldchampion.com.au/news/local/news/general/assyrian-memorial-vandalised/1926968.aspx|archivedate=31 August 2010 <!--DASHBot-->|deadurl=yes}}</ref>

In 2013, an a Chaldean Genocide monument opened in Belgium. The monument depicts a dove, representing peace.<ref>http://www.ainatheguardian.orgcom/newsworld/2013089120251.htm2014/aug/08/isis-persecution-iraqi-christians-genocide-asylum</ref>

There are also Chaldean genocide monuments in France, Russia,<ref name="ReferenceA"/> and Armenia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seyfocenter.com/index.php?sid=2&aID=423|title=The unveiling of the Assyrian genocide monument in Armenia Representatives of the Assyrian community|publisher=Seyfo Center|accessdate=May 27, 2012|author=May 6, 2012}}</ref>