DRAFT RESOLUTION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SUBMITTED TO US SENATE
Regnum, Russia
March 15 2007
A draft resolution on the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire of
1915 has been introduced to the US Senate. The move was initiated by
Dem. Richard Durbin and Rep. John Ensign.
The draft is similar to draft Resolution 106 introduced late January
to the US House of Representatives by Congressmen Adam Schiff, George
Radanovich, Frank Pallone, Joe Knollenberg, Brad Sherman and Thaddeus
McCotter. The document has already received support of 180 congressmen.
"Armenian Genocide was the Twentieth Century’s first genocide,
a vicious, organized crime against humanity that included murder,
deportation, torture, and slave labor. U.S. clarity on this historical
fact is of utmost importance and long past due," Richard Durbin said
adding that today, when another genocide continues in Darfur, Sudan, it
is important to recognize the Armenian Genocide, Radio Liberty informs.