YEREVAN. – The second Global Forum Against the Crime of Genocide got underway Saturday at Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia.

President Serzh Sargsyan delivered an opening address at the event.

The forum has brought together representatives from governments and parliaments, major international and human rights organizations, renowned experts of international law, members of the media, and numerous other interested persons.

The attendees include renowned actor, filmmaker and philanthropist George Clooney; The Washington Post editor and reviewer David Ignatius; and co-founder of 100 LIVES and the Aurora Prize and president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, businessmen and prominent philanthropists Vartan Gregorian.