RA MFA WELCOMES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION ADOPTION
PanARMENIAN.Net
11.10.2007 16:13 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "The Armenian Foreign Ministry welcomes the adoption
of the resolution affirming Armenian Genocide by American House
Committee on Foreign Affairs. That is an important step to obtain
justice," the RA MFA Spokesman, Vladimir Karapetian said.
October 10, with a vote of 27 to 21, the influential panel of the
U.S. House of Representatives adopted H.Res.106, the Armenian Genocide
Resolution, thus opening the way for full house consideration of
the measure.
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.
The H.Res.106 is just a House resolution. It’s not sent for approval
to the Senate and is not supposed to be signed by the President.