Senator Boxer co-sponsors the Armenian Genocide Resolution

armradio.am
12.12.2009 11:10

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), a senior member of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee and Chair of its Subcommittee on International
Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global
Women’s Issues, joined her colleagues yesterday in cosponsoring S.
Res. 316, the Armenian Genocide resolution, reported the Armenian
Assembly of America (Assembly).

Senator Boxer’s cosponsorship is timely given Turkish Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statement on the Charlie Rose television
program this week while in the Washington, DC, that "I can say very
clearly that we do not accept genocide. This is completely a lie."

"We welcome Senator Boxer’s continued commitment in combating genocide
denial through U.S. reaffirmation of the Armenian Genocide," stated
Armenian Assembly Executive Director Bryan Ardouny. "In the face of
continued denial of this great crime against humanity, it is incumbent
upon us and all people of goodwill to do everything in our power to
put an end to this vicious cycle," added Ardouny.

Introduced by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) in October of this year,
S. Res. 316 reaffirms the incontestable fact of the Armenian Genocide
and has also garnered the support of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
(D-NV). In addition, while not an official cosponsor, former
Presidential hopeful, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) in a recent interview
publicly affirmed the Armenian Genocide.

S.Res. 316 has been referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
and is pending further action. S.Res. 316 mirrors its counterpart in
the House of Representatives, H.Res. 252, which was introduced by
Congressmen Adam Schiff (D-CA) and George Radanovich (R-CA), along
with Armenian Caucus Co-Chairs Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Mark Kirk
(R-IL).