Nancy Pelosi to address Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.04.2007 18:14 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On the occasion of the 92nd Anniversary Commemorating
the Armenian Genocide, The Armenian National Committee of America –
Western Region (ANCA-WR) welcomed a letter from Dr. Samuel M.

Edelman, Ph. D., Co-Director of the State of California Center of
Excellence for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights
and Tolerance, urging key Members of the United States House of
Representatives to ensure passage of H. Res. 106, the Armenian
Genocide Resolution.

Dr. Edelman addressed the letter to three Members in the House of
Representatives. Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA-29), who authored
H. Res. 106, Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA-12), who is the Chairman
of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs where H. Res. 106 currently
sits, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-08).

The first letter, addressed to Speaker Pelosi asks that "[Speaker
Pelosi] support this resolution and, as Speaker of the House, ensure
its speedy passage by the U.S. House." The second letter, addressed
to Representative Schiff, thanks the Congressman for authoring
H. Res. 106, which is entitled "Affirmation of the United States Record
on the Armenian Genocide Resolution." The second letter, addressed to
Chairman Lantos, asks that "[Chairman Lantos] support this resolution
and, as Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, ensure its
passage by your committee and its speedy referral to the House."

In each letter, Dr. Edelman notes the United States’ international
humanitarian relief effort in response to the Armenian Genocide and
that comparatively, this effort was one of the greatest relief efforts
of all time. Additionally, he discusses the gravity of the crime of
genocide and the United States’ historical record documenting the
Armenian Genocide which is "all the more poignant given the current
genocide in Darfur," the ANCA reports.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress