ARMENIA INCLUDED IN CAPTIVE NATIONS LIST

PanARMENIAN.Net
18.07.2008 14:47 GMT+04:00

In 1959, the U.S. Congress promulgated a Joint Resolution authorizing
and requesting the President to declare the third week of July as
Captive Nations Week, The Economist reports.

The resolution says,

"Whereas the greatness of the United States is in large part
attributable to its having been able, through the democratic process,
to achieve a harmonious national unit of its people, even though
they stem from the most diverse of racial, religious, and ethnic
backgrounds; and

Whereas this harmonious unification of the diverse elements of our
free society has led the people of the United States to possess a warm
understanding and sympathy for the aspirations of peoples everywhere
and to recognize the natural interdependency of the peoples and
nations of the world; and

Whereas the enslavement of a substantial part of the world’s
population by Communist imperialism makes a mockery of the idea of
peaceful coexistence between nations and constitutes a detriment to
the natural bonds of understanding between the people of the United
States and other peoples; and

Whereas since 1918 the imperialistic and aggressive policies of Russian
communism have resulted in the creation of a vast empire which poses
a die threat to the security of the United States and of all the free
people of the world; and

Whereas the imperialistic policies of Communist Russia have led,
through direct and indirect aggression, to the subjugation of
the national independence of Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Ukraine,
Czechoslovakia, Latvia, Estonia, White Ruthenia, Rumania, East

Germany, Bulgaria, mainland China, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia,
North Korea, Albania, Idel-Ural, Tibet, Cossackia, Turkestan, North
Viet-Nam, and others; and

Whereas these submerged nations look to the United States, as the
citadel of human freedom, for leadership in bringing about their
liberation and independence and in restoring to them the enjoyment of
their Christian, Jewish, Moslem, Buddhist, or other religious freedoms,
and of their individual liberties; and

Whereas it is vital to the national security of the United States that
the desire for liberty and independence on the part of the peoples
of these conquered nations should be steadfastly kept alive; and

Whereas the desire for liberty and independence by the overwhelming
majority of the people of these submerged nations constitutes a
powerful deterrent to war and one of the best hopes for a just and
lasting peace; and

Whereas it is fitting that we clearly manifest to such peoples through
an appropriate and official means the historic fact that the people of
the United States share with them their aspirations for the recovery
of their freedom and independence:

Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That:

The President of the United States is authorized and requested to
issue a proclamation designating the third week in July 1959 as
"Captive Nations Week" and inviting the people of the United States
to observe such week with appropriate ceremonies and activities. The
President is further authorized and requested to issue a similar
proclamation each year until such time as freedom and independence
shall have been achieved for all the captive nations of the world."