German lawmakers have approved the resolution recognizing Armenian Genocide, and with only one vote against and one abstention (PHOTOS).

The resolution titled “Remembrance and commemoration of the genocide of Armenians and other Christian minorities in 1915 and 1916” has been drafted by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats and junior coalition partner Social Democrats, along with the opposition Greens.

Spokeswoman for Agela Merkel said the Chancellor agrees with her party but will not attend a parliament vote.

Referring to the atrocities against the Armenians, the resolution says: “Their fate exemplifies the mass exterminations, the ethnic cleansing, the expulsions and indeed the genocides that marked the 20th century in such a terrible way.”

The document also states that the German Empire, which existed at the time, bears partial accountability for the events.