BREAKING NEWS: ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION (H.RES.106) TO BE CONSIDERED BY KEY COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 10TH

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
Oct 2 2007

The House Foreign Affairs Committee is set to mark up the Armenian
Genocide Resolution (H.Res.106) on Wednesday, October 10th, reported
the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA.) Committee discussion
and adoption of the resolution will set the stage for subsequent full
House consideration of the key human rights measure.

Armenian American activists are encouraged to voice their
support for the Armenian Genocide resolution by participating
in the ongoing ANCA Congressional Call-In Campaign by visiting:
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The Committee discussion and vote will be webcast live at
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time of the Committee meeting is yet to be announced.

To remind, introduced on January 30th by Rep. Adam Schiff along with
Representative George Radanovich (R-CA), Congressional Armenian
Caucus Co-Chairs Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Joe Knollenberg (R-MI),
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) and Rep. Thaddeus
McCotter (R-MI), the Armenian Genocide resolution calls upon the
President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States
reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues
related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented
in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide. The
resolution is cosponsored by 226 Members of Congress from 39 states.

A similar resolution in the Senate (S.Res.106), introduced by
Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. John Ensign
(R-NV) currently has 31 cosponsors, including Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid (D-NV) and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (D-NY).

Over the past nine months, Armenian Americans and human rights
advocates have joined with Members of Congress in educating their
colleagues about the Armenian Genocide and the importance of proper
recognition of this crime against humanity. The ANCA has mounted
several national grassroots initiatives including the highly successful
"Click for Justice" and "Call for Justice" campaigns as well as the
"End the Cycle of Genocide" Advocacy Days, cosponsored with the
Genocide Intervention Network.

The Armenian Genocide resolution is supported by a broad-based
coalition of over 50 human rights, religious, civic, and ethnic
organizations, including the (in alphabetical order): American
Federation of Jews from Central Europe (New York, NY), Bulgarian
Institute for Research and Analysis (Bethesda, MD), Center for Russian
Jewry with Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (New York, NY), Washington
Chapter Czechoslovak National Council of America (Washington, DC), etc.