LYNN WOOLSEY: I’VE BEEN WAITING 18 YEARS FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION TO BE ADOPTED
PanARMENIAN.Net
04.03.2010 23:01 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ I’ve been waiting 18 years for Armenian Genocide
resolution to be adopted, Florida Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey said.
"Denial of Armenian Genocide means denial of the victims’ memory. Some
Congressmen maintain this is not the right time to take the decision.
When is the right time, then?" Lynn Woolsey questioned at the hearing
of U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
"US has to join in the ranks of 42 American states and 11 states of
NATO who’ve recognized the Armenian Genocide," Florida Congresswoman
emphasized, adding "We have to protect human rights."
The Armenian Genocide resolution (H.Res. 106) was submitted to the
House of Representatives by Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), on
January 30, 2007, during the 110th United States Congress. It was
a non-binding resolution calling upon the US 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 for other purposes. Upon
its introduction it was referred to United States House Committee
on Foreign Affairs where it passed a 27-21 vote and was sent back
for a full house vote. On October 26, 2007, in a letter addressed
to the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, four key sponsors of the bill,
requested a debate on the bill in full House to be postponed.
The resolution affirming the U.S. record on the Armenian
Genocide (H.Res.252) was formally introduced in the U.S. House of
Representatives by Reps. Adam Schiff (D.-CA), George Radanovich
(R.-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D.-NJ), and Mark Kirk (R.-Ill) in 2009.
It currently has 137 co-sponsors.