OFFICE OF ASSEMBLYMEMBER PAUL KREKORIAN
Adrin Nazarian, Chief of Staff
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Statement by Assemblymember Paul Krekorian In Response to
Anti-Defamation League’s Announcement on the Armenian Genocide
Assemblymember Paul Krekorian (D-Burbank) issued the following statement
in response to the Anti-Defamation League’s August 21, 2007 announcement
regarding the Armenian Genocide:
"For almost a century, the Anti-Defamation League has been one of our
nation’s leading champions of tolerance and civil rights. The ADL has
always been a leader in our ongoing collective struggle against bigotry,
hatred and extremism. This strong history of fighting for justice and
truth, though, has made the ADL’s consistent and vocal opposition to
recognition of the Armenian Genocide in recent years that much more
disconcerting and disappointing.
"I am very pleased that the ADL has now publicly declared, at long last,
that the deliberate and systematic massacre of Armenians at the hands of
Turkey beginning in 1915 was ‘tantamount to genocide.’ All people who
care about truth and historical accuracy will welcome and appreciate the
ADL’s statement that respected historians have already reached clear
consensus in recognizing the Turkish atrocities against the Armenian
people as genocide. In making this announcement, the ADL has added its
considerable influence and outstanding reputation to the cause of those
who demand appropriate recognition of the Genocide and justice for its
victims and survivors.
"I heartily commend the membership and leadership of the ADL for
bringing about this very positive and welcomed change of perspective. I
urge the ADL now to take the next step and join with those of us who
strongly support the pending Congressional resolution clearly stating
that what happened to the Armenian people was genocide."