HAWAIIAN ISLANDS RECOGNIZES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

HONOLULU
APRIL 7, 2009
NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY

The Hawaiian Islands, President Barack Obama’s native land, is
the 42th state recognizing the Armenian Genocide: state’s House
of Representatives adopted a resolution condemning that crime and
mentioning Turkey’s continual denial of the crime. The Armenian
National Committee of America (ANCA) reported this.

The resolution that was adopted unanimously on tbe day of
U.S. President’s visit to Turkey announces April 24 "day of recognition
and commemoration of the 1915 Armenian Genocide." Thus the Hawaiian
Islands becomes the 42th state recognizing the Genocide.

ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian said that Hawaiian Islands’
recognizing the Armenian Genocide today reflects the wave of protection
of civil society rising all over the United States and aimed at a
strong and moral American position to all genocides. He also expressed
the hope that soon the President will carry out his promise and will
recognize the Armenian Genocide.

The House resolution mentioned that "nearly 1.5 million Armenian men,
women, and children living in the Ottoman Empire were killed during
the cruel genocide" and the "Armenian Genocide has not been recognized
by the Republic of Turkey yet." It is also mentioned that "this body
joint the American Armenian community of the Hawaiian Islands and the
Armenians all over the world by recognizing and honoring the memory
of those killed and persecuted during the Armenian Genocide and calls
people all over the world for not forgetting these terrible crimes
committed against the mankind."