ARAM HAMPARIAN: DATE FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION VOTE NOT FIXED YET
PanARMENIAN.Net
13.09.2007 15:46 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Congressman Edward Markey from Massachusetts called
yesterday for the passage of the Armenian Genocide Resolution. The
pressure is certainly growing for a vote to be held soon, Armenian
National Committee of America Executive Director Aram Hamparian told
a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
"It is long past time for the United States to officially recognize
the massacre of one and a half million Armenians early in the 20th
century for what it undeniably was genocide," said Rep. Edward Markey.
"We continue to receive positive feedback from the House leadership
about bringing the Armenian Genocide Resolution to a vote, but have
yet to receive any specific indication of when they plan on actually
scheduling this legislation," said Aram Hamparian.
The H. Res. 106 is supported by 227 Congressmen against 218 needed
for vote. The resolution introduced by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) 30
January, 2007, urges the U.S. President to use the term ‘genocide’
in the April 24 annual statement.