OVER 10,000 CALL FOR COMMITTEE VOTE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION
Yerkir
28.09.2009 17:33
Yerevan (Yerkir) – More than 10,000 Armenian Americans from throughout
California, who gathered in Glendale yesterday for a grassroots
rally, called upon U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman and
longstanding friend of the Armenian American community Howard Berman
(D-CA) 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 complete text of the resolution is provided below.
RESOLUTION
A CALL FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION BY THE U.S. CONGRESS ON
THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION
We, over ten thousand Americans of Armenian descent, gathered at this
political rally on September 27, 2009, at Pelanconi Park, in Glendale,
California, make this call for immediate action by the U.S. Congress
on the adoption of the Armenian Genocide Resolution.
We call upon our friend, Congressman Howard Berman, the Chairman of
the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to immediately set a date, in
the coming weeks, for a vote of his panel on the Armenian Genocide
Resolution, H.Res.252.
We encourage 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.
Unanimously adopted on Sunday, 27th of September, 2009, at Glendale,
California.