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REP. ESHOO AWARDED HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOR BY PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA
US Fed News
May 2, 2012 Wednesday 11:19 AM EST
WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Anna G. Eshoo, D-Calif. (14th CD), issued
the following press release:
Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Palo Alto) issued the following statement
after Ambassador Tatoul Markarian, Armenian Ambassador to the United
States, announced that she has been awarded the Mkhitar Gosh Medal,
the Armenian government's highest civilian honor. Armenian President
Serzh Sarkisian signed a Proclamation presenting Eshoo with the award
for her significant contributions to the strengthening and development
of Armenian-American relations, as well as international recognition
of the Armenian Genocide.
"I'm humbled by this honor and grateful to President Sarkisian and the
people of Armenia for it," Rep. Eshoo said. "As an Armenian American,
this award is deeply meaningful to me, and it speaks to the unfinished
work of the United States to once and for all recognize the atrocities
committed against the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire."
BACKGROUND:
As an Armenian and Assyrian American, Rep. Eshoo lost family members
during the Armenian Genocide, and has worked since coming to Congress
to achieve official recognition of the Armenian Genocide. The Mkhitar
Gosh Medal is named for a 12th Century Armenian priest and scholar
responsible for codifying and promulgating the Armenian legal system,
which remained in effect throughout Greater Armenia for hundreds
of years.
Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, Rep. Eshoo has also led
Congressional efforts to provide targeted assistance to Iraq's
dwindling population of religious minorities, including Assyrians,
Armenians, Syriacs, Jews, and Yezidis. She is the founder and co-chair
of the Religious Minorities in the Middle East Caucus.
US Fed News
May 2, 2012 Wednesday 11:19 AM EST
WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Anna G. Eshoo, D-Calif. (14th CD), issued
the following press release:
Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Palo Alto) issued the following statement
after Ambassador Tatoul Markarian, Armenian Ambassador to the United
States, announced that she has been awarded the Mkhitar Gosh Medal,
the Armenian government's highest civilian honor. Armenian President
Serzh Sarkisian signed a Proclamation presenting Eshoo with the award
for her significant contributions to the strengthening and development
of Armenian-American relations, as well as international recognition
of the Armenian Genocide.
"I'm humbled by this honor and grateful to President Sarkisian and the
people of Armenia for it," Rep. Eshoo said. "As an Armenian American,
this award is deeply meaningful to me, and it speaks to the unfinished
work of the United States to once and for all recognize the atrocities
committed against the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire."
BACKGROUND:
As an Armenian and Assyrian American, Rep. Eshoo lost family members
during the Armenian Genocide, and has worked since coming to Congress
to achieve official recognition of the Armenian Genocide. The Mkhitar
Gosh Medal is named for a 12th Century Armenian priest and scholar
responsible for codifying and promulgating the Armenian legal system,
which remained in effect throughout Greater Armenia for hundreds
of years.
Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, Rep. Eshoo has also led
Congressional efforts to provide targeted assistance to Iraq's
dwindling population of religious minorities, including Assyrians,
Armenians, Syriacs, Jews, and Yezidis. She is the founder and co-chair
of the Religious Minorities in the Middle East Caucus.