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    AMERICAN HELLENIC INSTITUTE SUPPORTS THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION

    armradio.am
    04.03.2010 11:49

    As the House Foreign Affairs Committee prepares to consider
    H.Res.252-The Armenian Genocide Resolution-on Thursday, March 4,
    2010, the American Hellenic Institute (AHI) joins with the Armenian
    American community in helping to ensure passage of this important
    human rights legislation.

    "We urge the US Congress, for the sake of U.S. interests and American
    values, to bring an end to all forms of U.S. complicity in Turkey's
    denial of this crime against all humanity and adopt legislation
    recognizing the Armenian Genocide as a clear instance of genocide,
    as defined by the United Nations Genocide Convention.

    H.Res.252 calls on the United States President: (1) to ensure
    that U.S. foreign policy reflects appropriate understanding and
    sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic
    cleansing, and genocide documented in the U.S. record relating
    to the Armenian Genocide and the consequences of the failure to
    realize a just resolution; and (2) in the President's annual message
    commemorating the Armenian Genocide to characterize the systematic
    and deliberate annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians as genocide,
    and to recall the proud history of U.S. intervention in opposition
    to the Armenian Genocide.

    The historical record on the Armenian Genocide and similar genocides
    perpetrated against the Pontian Greek and Assyrian Christian minorities
    by the Turkish government is well documented. The continued efforts by
    Turkey to deny these genocides only serve as an obstacle to regional
    stability and greater regional cooperation. We urge the House Foreign
    Affairs Committee and the full House of Representatives to affirm
    the U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide by adopting H.Res.252,"
    American Hellenic Institute said in a statement.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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