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  • Hawaii Became 42nd U.S. State To Recognize The Armenian Genocide

    HAWAII BECAME 42ND U.S. STATE TO RECOGNIZE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    07.04.2009 12:00 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Hawaii, home to President Barack Obama, became
    the 42nd U.S. state to recognize the Armenian Genocide, with the
    State House of Representatives adopting a formal measure (HR192)
    that both condemned this crime and noted Turkey's ongoing denial
    of this atrocity, ANCA communications director Elizabeth Chouljian
    told PanARMENIAN.Net.

    The measure, which was adopted unanimously on the day of the
    President's trip to Turkey, declares April 24th as a "Day of
    Remembrance in Recognition of and Commemoration of the Armenian
    Genocide of 1915." The "Aloha State" proclamation makes Hawaii the
    42nd state to recognize the Armenian Genocide.

    "Hawaii's recognition today of the Armenian Genocide reflects the
    broad-based and growing tide of civil society support throughout
    the United States for a strong, moral American stand against all
    genocides," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "In this
    spirit, and keeping faith with the citizens of Hawaii and the forty-one
    other states that have officially marked this crime, we look forward,
    in the coming days, to the President honoring his pledge to recognize
    the Armenian Genocide."

    The legislation, HR192, states that, "approximately 1.5 million
    Armenian men, women, and children living within the Ottoman Empire's
    borders were killed in a brutal genocide," and that, "the Armenian
    Genocide remains unacknowledged by the Republic of Turkey to this
    day." The measure also notes that, "this body joins with Hawaii's
    Armenian-American community and all

    Armenians worldwide in recognizing and honoring those who were
    killed and persecuted during the Armenian Genocide, and urging people
    throughout the world to never forget these horrific crimes against
    humanity."

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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