HAWAII BECAME 42ND U.S. STATE TO RECOGNIZE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

PanARMENIAN.Net
07.04.2009 12:00 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Hawaii, home to President Barack Obama, became
the 42nd U.S. state to recognize the Armenian Genocide, with the
State House of Representatives adopting a formal measure (HR192)
that both condemned this crime and noted Turkey’s ongoing denial
of this atrocity, ANCA communications director Elizabeth Chouljian
told PanARMENIAN.Net.

The measure, which was adopted unanimously on the day of the
President’s trip to Turkey, declares April 24th as a "Day of
Remembrance in Recognition of and Commemoration of the Armenian
Genocide of 1915." The "Aloha State" proclamation makes Hawaii the
42nd state to recognize the Armenian Genocide.

"Hawaii’s recognition today of the Armenian Genocide reflects the
broad-based and growing tide of civil society support throughout
the United States for a strong, moral American stand against all
genocides," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "In this
spirit, and keeping faith with the citizens of Hawaii and the forty-one
other states that have officially marked this crime, we look forward,
in the coming days, to the President honoring his pledge to recognize
the Armenian Genocide."

The legislation, HR192, states that, "approximately 1.5 million
Armenian men, women, and children living within the Ottoman Empire’s
borders were killed in a brutal genocide," and that, "the Armenian
Genocide remains unacknowledged by the Republic of Turkey to this
day." The measure also notes that, "this body joins with Hawaii’s
Armenian-American community and all

Armenians worldwide in recognizing and honoring those who were
killed and persecuted during the Armenian Genocide, and urging people
throughout the world to never forget these horrific crimes against
humanity."

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress