ARMENIAN AMERICANS CALL FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE VOTE ON GENOCIDE RESOLUTION
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
29.09.2009 13:00 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ More than 10,000 Armenian Americans from throughout
California, who gathered in Glendale for a grassroots rally, called
upon U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman and longstanding
friend of the Armenian American community Howard Berman to immediately
schedule a vote of his panel on the Armenian Genocide Resolution,
H.Res.252, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
The grassroots resolution, prepared by the organizations serving
on the rally’s host committee, represents the broad range of
grassroots constituencies and Armenian American civic groups active
in California. It was read in full before the capacity crowd in
Pelanconi Park and adopted by a unanimous roar of approval from those
in attendance. A second resolution was also adopted that called on the
Armenian government to refuse to approve a set of highly controversial
protocols that represent a surrender of Armenian rights, security,
and dignity.
The Berman resolution also encourages "all the members of the powerful
California Congressional delegation, most notably Speaker Nancy
Pelosi, Chairman Berman, and the lead authors of this legislation, Adam
Schiff and George Radanovich, to ensure that this genocide-prevention
measure is adopted by the full U.S. House of Representatives. Nearly
the entire California delegation, the largest and clearly the most
influential in the House, is on record in support of Congressional
recognition of the Armenian Genocide.