SAN FRANCISCO JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS STAND FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION
PanARMENIAN.Net
26.03.2008 15:03 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Jewish Community Relations Council of San
Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, Sonoma, and Alameda Counties (JCRC)
reiterated its previous support for official recognition of the
Armenian Genocide, independent French journalist Jean Eckian told
PanARMENIAN.Net.
The organization overwhelmingly approved a policy statement reissuing
a 1989 letter to Armenian community leader Bishop Aris Shirvanian,
expressing support for the Armenian Genocide resolution pending in
the U.S. Senate at that time. Senate Joint Resolution 212 sought
to designate April 24th as a national day of remembrance of the
Armenian Genocide.
"The JCRC’s policy statement is welcome and encouraging, especially
at this time of intensified denial of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey
and the U.S. administration’s willingness to support the dangerous
policy," said Roxanne Makasdjian, Bay Area ANC Chairperson.
"The JCRC’s position reflects the broad majority of opinions we’ve
encountered by members of Jewish-American organizations, and we
hope this action will act as a moral beacon for Jewish American
organizations in Washington, DC," she concluded.
The JCRC represents more than 80 Jewish organizations across the Bay
Area of San Francisco.