ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION COSPONSORS GROW TO 125

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
20.05.2009 14:34 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ With the addition today of Congressmen Bruce Braley,
Peter Defazio, Bobby Rush, and John Yarmouth, the number of U.S. House
cosponsors of the Armenian Genocide Resolution, H.Res.252, reached 125,
reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

The Armenian Genocide Resolution specifically "1) calls upon the
President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States
reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues
related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented
in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide
and the consequences of the failure to realize a just resolution;
and 2) calls upon the President in the President’s annual message
commemorating the Armenian Genocide issued on or about April 24, to
accurately characterize the systematic and deliberate annihilation
of 1,500,000 Armenians as genocide and to recall the proud history
of United States intervention in opposition to the Armenian Genocide."

The measure was introduced on March 17th of the year by lead sponsors
Adam Schiff and George Radanovich, and Congressional Armenian
Caucus Co-chairs Frank Pallone and Mark Kirk. It is identical to
legislation in the House and Senate in the 110th Congress that was
adopted by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and publicly endorsed
by then-candidate for President Barack Obama, current Vice President
Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

H.Res.252 has been referred to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.