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April 26, 2013 Friday
Washington: HON. JOHN P. SARBANES OF MARYLAND IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, April 25, 2013
Washington
The Library of Congress, The Government of USA has issued the
following news release:
Mr. SARBANES. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor the memory of the
innocents that perished in 1915 during the Armenian Genocide.
With a systematic barbarism visited upon them, countless Armenians
made their way to Syria seeking refuge from persecution. Today, the
world is aghast at the horrific violence engulfing Syria and the
Armenian people are once again threatened with upheaval and
dislocation.
Each year, the United States Congress has the opportunity to stand
with justice and recognize the Armenian Genocide. Such action would
fortify America's moral standing in the family of nations and send a
strong message to our NATO ally Turkey that it must examine the dark
chapters of its past and the discriminatory impulses of its present.
Turkey has repeatedly thwarted efforts by Congress and successive
administrations to recognize the Armenian Genocide by threatening all
manner of retaliation should recognition be accorded. I submit that we
do no favors to Turkey by acquiescing in its cynical campaign.
Turkey's path to the European Union, its abysmal relations with its
ethnic and religious minorities, particularly its violent conflict
with the Kurdish people, would all improve if the Armenian Genocide
was addressed openly and honestly.
As we approach the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in 2015,
it is time for the United States to formally recognize this tragic
chapter in world history and to bring some measure of peace and
healing to those of Armenian descent.
For more information please visit: http://thomas.loc.gov/
From: Baghdasarian
April 26, 2013 Friday
Washington: HON. JOHN P. SARBANES OF MARYLAND IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, April 25, 2013
Washington
The Library of Congress, The Government of USA has issued the
following news release:
Mr. SARBANES. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor the memory of the
innocents that perished in 1915 during the Armenian Genocide.
With a systematic barbarism visited upon them, countless Armenians
made their way to Syria seeking refuge from persecution. Today, the
world is aghast at the horrific violence engulfing Syria and the
Armenian people are once again threatened with upheaval and
dislocation.
Each year, the United States Congress has the opportunity to stand
with justice and recognize the Armenian Genocide. Such action would
fortify America's moral standing in the family of nations and send a
strong message to our NATO ally Turkey that it must examine the dark
chapters of its past and the discriminatory impulses of its present.
Turkey has repeatedly thwarted efforts by Congress and successive
administrations to recognize the Armenian Genocide by threatening all
manner of retaliation should recognition be accorded. I submit that we
do no favors to Turkey by acquiescing in its cynical campaign.
Turkey's path to the European Union, its abysmal relations with its
ethnic and religious minorities, particularly its violent conflict
with the Kurdish people, would all improve if the Armenian Genocide
was addressed openly and honestly.
As we approach the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in 2015,
it is time for the United States to formally recognize this tragic
chapter in world history and to bring some measure of peace and
healing to those of Armenian descent.
For more information please visit: http://thomas.loc.gov/
From: Baghdasarian