US CONGRESS TO DISCUSS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION
Pan Armenian News
13.06.2005 03:12
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The US Congress will discuss the Armenian Genocide
Resolution introduced by Congressmen George Radanovich and Adam Schiff.
Within the next several weeks the House Committee on International
Relations will submit the new resolution on the Armenian Genocide”,
Mr. Schiff said. To note, last time the Committee voted on the
issue five years ago. Earlier member of the Congressional Caucus
on Armenian Issues Adam Schiff submitted two draft resolutions. One
of them confirmed the Armenian Genocide, the other condemned Turkey
for imposing blockade upon Armenia. However the Congress refrained
from discussing the projects. Mr. Schiff agreed to recall them on
the condition that the House Committee on International Relations
will consider his resolution. According to the Congressmen, this
agreement does not guarantee the support of the committee chairman
or its members. However during the recent 5 years the opportunity
did not occur. “The resolution records of the Armenian Genocide and
1.5 million people killed at the beginning of the 20-th century. It
also says that the US Congress acknowledges the Armenian Genocide”,
the Congressmen added, RFE/RL reports.