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ANCA TESTIMONY TO SENATE PANEL CALLS FOR US LEADERSHIP IN ENDING THE CYCLE OF GENOCIDE
ArmRadio.am
06.02.2007 10:28
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), in testimony
submitted to a key US Senate Judiciary panel, called for an end to US
complicity in Turkey's denial of the Armenian Genocide, and concrete
steps to end the ongoing genocide in Darfur, informs Elizabeth
Chouldjian, ANCA Press Secretary.
The ANCA's written testimony was submitted as part of the inaugural
hearing of the newly created Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human
Rights and Law, titled "Genocide and the Rule of Law", which included
remarks by Canadian Senator Romeo Dallaire, Deputy Assistant Attorney
General Sigal Mandelker, actor and activist Don Cheadle, and American
University College of Law Professor Diane F. Orentlicher.
"Today, as we witness the genocide unfolding in Darfur, it has become
increasingly clear that the failure of the international community,
over the course of the past century, to confront and punish genocide
has created an environment of impunity in which the brutal cycle of
genocide continues," began ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian,
in his testimony.
Hamparian cited the history of US complicity in Turkey's 92-year
campaign of genocide denial, most recently through the firing of former
Ambassador to Armenia John Marshall Evans for properly characterizing
the Armenian Genocide as 'genocide,' and the re- nomination of Richard
Hoagland for this diplomatic posting - despite his record of denying
the Armenian Genocide. Hamparian publicly thanked Senator Robert
Menendez (D-NJ), who has placed a "hold" on the Hoagland nomination.
At the opening of the hearing, Chairman Richard Durbin (D-IL) presented
a video, "Genocide and the Rule of Law" which began with mention of
the Armenian Genocide, and went on to cite the other genocides of the
20th century. The film highlighted efforts by genocide law champion,
former Sen. Bill Proxmire (D-WI), who made over 3,000 Senate speeches
in support of U.S. ratification of the United Nations Convention and
the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide.
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), in his moving opening remarks, cited a poem
inspired by the Armenian atrocities, but which sadly describes the
inhumanity of all subsequent genocides.
In his testimony, Cheadle noted Sudan as the most recent of example of
the cycle of genocide that pervaded the last century, beginning with
the Armenian Genocide. First term Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
outlined the "pattern of genocide" the international community has
faced over the past century, beginning with the Armenian Genocide.
ArmRadio.am
06.02.2007 10:28
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), in testimony
submitted to a key US Senate Judiciary panel, called for an end to US
complicity in Turkey's denial of the Armenian Genocide, and concrete
steps to end the ongoing genocide in Darfur, informs Elizabeth
Chouldjian, ANCA Press Secretary.
The ANCA's written testimony was submitted as part of the inaugural
hearing of the newly created Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human
Rights and Law, titled "Genocide and the Rule of Law", which included
remarks by Canadian Senator Romeo Dallaire, Deputy Assistant Attorney
General Sigal Mandelker, actor and activist Don Cheadle, and American
University College of Law Professor Diane F. Orentlicher.
"Today, as we witness the genocide unfolding in Darfur, it has become
increasingly clear that the failure of the international community,
over the course of the past century, to confront and punish genocide
has created an environment of impunity in which the brutal cycle of
genocide continues," began ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian,
in his testimony.
Hamparian cited the history of US complicity in Turkey's 92-year
campaign of genocide denial, most recently through the firing of former
Ambassador to Armenia John Marshall Evans for properly characterizing
the Armenian Genocide as 'genocide,' and the re- nomination of Richard
Hoagland for this diplomatic posting - despite his record of denying
the Armenian Genocide. Hamparian publicly thanked Senator Robert
Menendez (D-NJ), who has placed a "hold" on the Hoagland nomination.
At the opening of the hearing, Chairman Richard Durbin (D-IL) presented
a video, "Genocide and the Rule of Law" which began with mention of
the Armenian Genocide, and went on to cite the other genocides of the
20th century. The film highlighted efforts by genocide law champion,
former Sen. Bill Proxmire (D-WI), who made over 3,000 Senate speeches
in support of U.S. ratification of the United Nations Convention and
the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide.
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), in his moving opening remarks, cited a poem
inspired by the Armenian atrocities, but which sadly describes the
inhumanity of all subsequent genocides.
In his testimony, Cheadle noted Sudan as the most recent of example of
the cycle of genocide that pervaded the last century, beginning with
the Armenian Genocide. First term Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
outlined the "pattern of genocide" the international community has
faced over the past century, beginning with the Armenian Genocide.