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12:26 23/01/2013 » POLITICS
Today, the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) announced the
release of an updated edition of its widely-used fact sheet on the
Armenian Genocide and the U.S. Record. The 11-page fact sheet provides
a summary of the extensive U.S. historic record on the Armenian
Genocide from Ambassador Henry Morgenthau's earliest condemnations to
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to the Armenian Genocide
Memorial in Yerevan. As the world observes the start of President
Obama and Vice President Biden's second term, with John Kerry
nominated for Secretary of State, the Assembly is making the updated
fact sheet available.
When the Armenian Genocide was implemented in Ottoman Turkey, the
United States responded swiftly with the largest overseas humanitarian
assistance program organized during World War I. This proud chapter of
American humanitarianism was supported by U.S. presidents who were
fully aware of the atrocities committed during the years 1915 to 1923.
The American diplomatic corps, through its many eyewitness reports
submitted to the Department of State, created a voluminous record on
the first mass genocide of the 20th century, and it was through the
services of the U.S. State Department that the first crucial
international condemnation of the Armenian Genocide as a crime against
humanity was communicated to the Turkish authorities. That May 24,
1915, cable transmitted on behalf of the governments of Britain,
France and Russia reads:
In view of those new crimes of Turkey against humanity and
civilization, the Allied governments announce publicly to the
Sublime-Porte that they will hold personally responsible [for] these
crimes all members of the Ottoman government and those of their agents
who are implicated in such massacres.
These developments formed the early background to the U.S. position on
wartime atrocities against civilians, which, in the aftermath of World
War II, propelled U.S. support for the United Nations Convention on
the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, a position the
United States expressly stated in 1951 to the International Court of
Justice when it listed "the Turkish massacres of Armenians" among "the
outstanding examples of the crime of genocide," and which President
Ronald Reagan affirmed in a 1981 proclamation and the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia further confirmed in 1993. The
Armenian Genocide was also cited as a precedent at the Nuremberg
trials. However, the passage of time and the growing influence of
denial efforts promoted by the government of Turkey have worked to
relegate this proud chapter in American foreign policy from public
awareness.
President Barack Obama, like other U.S. Presidents and officials, has
taken steps to rectify this problem. Highlights of that record are
below. President Obama has defined the events using the dictionary
definition that fits the term Genocide, he has used an Armenian term,
Meds Yeghern, for the Armenian Genocide in his annual April 24
Remembrance Day statements and he has referred back to his prior views
as a senator and presidential candidate when he explicitly referenced
the Armenian Genocide. President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton, and the Administration also made an historic effort to
reconcile Turkey and Armenia. In the universal effort to join allies
and other major countries in using the term Armenian Genocide, the
United States record on its own history cannot be deleted or
compromised.
Established in 1972, the Armenian Assembly of America is the largest
Washington-based nationwide organization promoting public
understanding and awareness of Armenian issues. The Assembly is a
501(c)(3) tax-exempt membership organization.
Fact sheet
http://aaainc.org/fileadmin/aaainc/pdf/2013/FACT_SHEET_-_U.S._Record_on_Armenian_Genocide.pdf?utm_sourceȘA %3AAssembly+Announces+Updated+Edition+of+Fact+Shee t+on+U.S.+Record+on+AG&utm_campaignȘA%3A+Assembly+ Announces+Updated+Fact+Sheet+on+U.S.+Record+on+AG& utm_medium=email
Source: Panorama.am
From: A. Papazian
U.S. Record
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2013/01/23/armenian-assembly/
12:26 23/01/2013 » POLITICS
Today, the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) announced the
release of an updated edition of its widely-used fact sheet on the
Armenian Genocide and the U.S. Record. The 11-page fact sheet provides
a summary of the extensive U.S. historic record on the Armenian
Genocide from Ambassador Henry Morgenthau's earliest condemnations to
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to the Armenian Genocide
Memorial in Yerevan. As the world observes the start of President
Obama and Vice President Biden's second term, with John Kerry
nominated for Secretary of State, the Assembly is making the updated
fact sheet available.
When the Armenian Genocide was implemented in Ottoman Turkey, the
United States responded swiftly with the largest overseas humanitarian
assistance program organized during World War I. This proud chapter of
American humanitarianism was supported by U.S. presidents who were
fully aware of the atrocities committed during the years 1915 to 1923.
The American diplomatic corps, through its many eyewitness reports
submitted to the Department of State, created a voluminous record on
the first mass genocide of the 20th century, and it was through the
services of the U.S. State Department that the first crucial
international condemnation of the Armenian Genocide as a crime against
humanity was communicated to the Turkish authorities. That May 24,
1915, cable transmitted on behalf of the governments of Britain,
France and Russia reads:
In view of those new crimes of Turkey against humanity and
civilization, the Allied governments announce publicly to the
Sublime-Porte that they will hold personally responsible [for] these
crimes all members of the Ottoman government and those of their agents
who are implicated in such massacres.
These developments formed the early background to the U.S. position on
wartime atrocities against civilians, which, in the aftermath of World
War II, propelled U.S. support for the United Nations Convention on
the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, a position the
United States expressly stated in 1951 to the International Court of
Justice when it listed "the Turkish massacres of Armenians" among "the
outstanding examples of the crime of genocide," and which President
Ronald Reagan affirmed in a 1981 proclamation and the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia further confirmed in 1993. The
Armenian Genocide was also cited as a precedent at the Nuremberg
trials. However, the passage of time and the growing influence of
denial efforts promoted by the government of Turkey have worked to
relegate this proud chapter in American foreign policy from public
awareness.
President Barack Obama, like other U.S. Presidents and officials, has
taken steps to rectify this problem. Highlights of that record are
below. President Obama has defined the events using the dictionary
definition that fits the term Genocide, he has used an Armenian term,
Meds Yeghern, for the Armenian Genocide in his annual April 24
Remembrance Day statements and he has referred back to his prior views
as a senator and presidential candidate when he explicitly referenced
the Armenian Genocide. President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton, and the Administration also made an historic effort to
reconcile Turkey and Armenia. In the universal effort to join allies
and other major countries in using the term Armenian Genocide, the
United States record on its own history cannot be deleted or
compromised.
Established in 1972, the Armenian Assembly of America is the largest
Washington-based nationwide organization promoting public
understanding and awareness of Armenian issues. The Assembly is a
501(c)(3) tax-exempt membership organization.
Fact sheet
http://aaainc.org/fileadmin/aaainc/pdf/2013/FACT_SHEET_-_U.S._Record_on_Armenian_Genocide.pdf?utm_sourceȘA %3AAssembly+Announces+Updated+Edition+of+Fact+Shee t+on+U.S.+Record+on+AG&utm_campaignȘA%3A+Assembly+ Announces+Updated+Fact+Sheet+on+U.S.+Record+on+AG& utm_medium=email
Source: Panorama.am
From: A. Papazian