On September 23, at the initiative of the Union of Yazidis of France and with the unlimited support of the Sarcel Municipality and personally Mayor Patrick Haddad, an official event called "Yazidi Remembrance Day" was held, which gathered many guests. Representatives of the Embassy of Armenia, Iraq, leaders of Assyrian, Chaldean, Armenian organizations of France, leader of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, leaders of various French official and non-governmental organizations, ordinary citizens, as well as members of the Yazidi Diaspora from different cities of the Fifth Republic were represented at the event.

The event was held in the city of Sarcelles, a picturesque suburb of Paris, once called a small Jerusalem, where in May 2019 the Union of Yazidis of France, with the support of the Yazidi Diaspora and the Mayor of the city, erected a monument to the victims of the seventy-four Yazidi genocides, this place has become one of the destinations for the pilgrimage of thousands of Yazidis.

In his speech to the guests, the mayor of the city, a great friend of Yazidi people, Mr. Patrick Haddad expressed his full and unconditional support to all Yazidi people, and readiness to further help our community in France. The representative of the Embassy of Iraq, on behalf of the State of Iraq expressed support to Yazidis, and especially to the citizens of Iraq, spoke about the actions of the Iraqi authorities to support Yazidis in their country. Especially warm and at the same time alarming (in connection with the recent events in Artsakh) was the speech of the representative of the Embassy of Armenia Mr. Shirz Ovamikyan, in which he briefly spoke about the life of Yazidis of Armenia, and in particular about how in this difficult historical epoch for the Armenian state, Yazidis of Armenia, defending side by side with Armenians, their homeland Armenia, and in particular he spoke about the national hero of the Armenian and Yazidi people, Karam Sloyan.

In his speech Vitaly Nabiyev, Executive Director of the Union of Yazidis of France, thanked the mayor of the city Mr. Haddad, the President of France and the French society, all the guests and organizers of the event.

We would like to remind our readers that genocide commemoration events are held annually on August 3 (the day of the beginning of the genocide in Shangal in 2014) and every third Saturday of September (official ceremony with the participation of French authorities).

Such events are an important step in the fight against the denial of the Yazidi genocide and in ensuring justice for the victims.