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KIRK AND MENENDEZ INTRODUCE SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Congressional Documents and Publications
April 3, 2014
April is recognized as a month of remembrance of the Armenian Genocide
Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) News Release
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and U.S. Senator
Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, today introduced a Senate resolution commemorating the
Armenian Genocide.
"Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide,
during which 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turkey.
There are only a few brave survivors left, such as 107-year-old
Helen Paloian of Chicago, who lost her parents and two brothers,"
Senator Kirk said. "To honor the survivors and the memory of those
lost, and to lead globally on human rights, the United States should
finally join the European Union and 11 of our NATO allies in officially
recognizing the Armenian Genocide."
"The Armenian Genocide is a horrifying factual reality that can never
be denied," Chairman Menendez said. "This resolution reaffirms in the
strongest terms that we will always remember this tragedy and honor
the memory of innocent Armenian men, women and children who were
killed and expelled from their homeland. The Armenian Genocide must
be taught, recognized, and commemorated to prevent the re-occurrence
of similar atrocities from ever happening again."
The resolution, a copy of which can be found here, expresses the
sense of the Senate and calls for the following:
To remember and observe the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on
April 24, 2014
That the President should work toward an equitable, constructive,
stable, and durable Armenian-Turkish relationship that includes the
full acknowledgment by the Government of the Republic of Turkey of
the facts about the Armenian Genocide
That the President should ensure that the foreign policy of the
United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity
concerning issues related to human rights, crimes against humanity,
ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record
relating to the Armenian Genocide
Read this original document at:
http://www.kirk.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=1043
From: A. Papazian
Congressional Documents and Publications
April 3, 2014
April is recognized as a month of remembrance of the Armenian Genocide
Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) News Release
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and U.S. Senator
Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, today introduced a Senate resolution commemorating the
Armenian Genocide.
"Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide,
during which 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turkey.
There are only a few brave survivors left, such as 107-year-old
Helen Paloian of Chicago, who lost her parents and two brothers,"
Senator Kirk said. "To honor the survivors and the memory of those
lost, and to lead globally on human rights, the United States should
finally join the European Union and 11 of our NATO allies in officially
recognizing the Armenian Genocide."
"The Armenian Genocide is a horrifying factual reality that can never
be denied," Chairman Menendez said. "This resolution reaffirms in the
strongest terms that we will always remember this tragedy and honor
the memory of innocent Armenian men, women and children who were
killed and expelled from their homeland. The Armenian Genocide must
be taught, recognized, and commemorated to prevent the re-occurrence
of similar atrocities from ever happening again."
The resolution, a copy of which can be found here, expresses the
sense of the Senate and calls for the following:
To remember and observe the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on
April 24, 2014
That the President should work toward an equitable, constructive,
stable, and durable Armenian-Turkish relationship that includes the
full acknowledgment by the Government of the Republic of Turkey of
the facts about the Armenian Genocide
That the President should ensure that the foreign policy of the
United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity
concerning issues related to human rights, crimes against humanity,
ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record
relating to the Armenian Genocide
Read this original document at:
http://www.kirk.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=1043
From: A. Papazian