JOE BIDEN BECOMES 34TH COSPONSOR OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION
PanARMENIAN.Net
24.01.2008 14:44 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The highly regarded and influential chairman of
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE),
a longtime supporter of U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide,
officially announced his support yesterday for the Armenian Genocide
Resolution (S.Res.106), reported the Armenian National Committee of
America (ANCA).
"Armenian Americans – and all those committed to forever ending
the cycle of genocide – welcome Chairman Biden’s principled support
for Congressional reaffirmation of the Armenian Genocide, and thank
him for his years of leadership in helping to put America back on
the right side of this compelling moral and foreign policy issue,"
said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. Senator Biden’s decision
yesterday brings the official Senate cosponsor list to 34.
October 10, with a vote 27 to 21 the U.S. House Committee on Foreign
Affairs passed the Armenian Genocide Resolution, H.Res.106, which
was introduced by Representative Adam Schiff January 30, 2007.
However, the resolution did not reach the House floor.