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American Hellenic Institute Supports The Armenian Genocide Resolutio

AMERICAN HELLENIC INSTITUTE SUPPORTS THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION

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04.03.2010 11:49

As the House Foreign Affairs Committee prepares to consider
H.Res.252-The Armenian Genocide Resolution-on Thursday, March 4,
2010, the American Hellenic Institute (AHI) joins with the Armenian
American community in helping to ensure passage of this important
human rights legislation.

"We urge the US Congress, for the sake of U.S. interests and American
values, to bring an end to all forms of U.S. complicity in Turkey’s
denial of this crime against all humanity and adopt legislation
recognizing the Armenian Genocide as a clear instance of genocide,
as defined by the United Nations Genocide Convention.

H.Res.252 calls on the United States President: (1) to ensure
that U.S. foreign policy reflects appropriate understanding and
sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic
cleansing, and genocide documented in the U.S. record relating
to the Armenian Genocide and the consequences of the failure to
realize a just resolution; and (2) in the President’s annual message
commemorating the Armenian Genocide to characterize the systematic
and deliberate annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians as genocide,
and to recall the proud history of U.S. intervention in opposition
to the Armenian Genocide.

The historical record on the Armenian Genocide and similar genocides
perpetrated against the Pontian Greek and Assyrian Christian minorities
by the Turkish government is well documented. The continued efforts by
Turkey to deny these genocides only serve as an obstacle to regional
stability and greater regional cooperation. We urge the House Foreign
Affairs Committee and the full House of Representatives to affirm
the U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide by adopting H.Res.252,"
American Hellenic Institute said in a statement.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS
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