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ARMENIAN-AMERICANS URGE US LEADERSHIP TO CALL ON STATE DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST SYRIA'S VULNERABLE CHRISTIANS
12:53, 7 June, 2013
YEREVAN, JUNE 7, ARMENPRESS: Armenian-Americans urge U. S. Secretary
John Kerry to call on State Department to assist Syria's vulnerable
christians. As reports Armenpress, the Armenian Committee of America's
organized online petitions to Secretary Kerry urging the State
Department to publicly and prominently reaffirm America's defense
of religious tolerance, and add the full force of U.S. diplomacy
to our calls upon all parties in Syria to refrain from acts of
terror and intimidation against faith-based minorities. As well
as, act now to meaningfully upgrade relief efforts for faith-based
minorities"For our part, as Armenian Americans, we are gratified that
the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, in its FY13 State-Foreign
Operations Bill, calls upon the State Department to prioritize
humanitarian and resettlement assistance for minority communities,
including Armenians and other Christian populations in Syria and
elsewhere in the Middle East. We look forward to the inclusion of
this provision in the final bill, and urge the Administration to act
now in the spirit of this measure to meaningfully upgrade its relief
efforts for these populations," reads the petition.
12:53, 7 June, 2013
YEREVAN, JUNE 7, ARMENPRESS: Armenian-Americans urge U. S. Secretary
John Kerry to call on State Department to assist Syria's vulnerable
christians. As reports Armenpress, the Armenian Committee of America's
organized online petitions to Secretary Kerry urging the State
Department to publicly and prominently reaffirm America's defense
of religious tolerance, and add the full force of U.S. diplomacy
to our calls upon all parties in Syria to refrain from acts of
terror and intimidation against faith-based minorities. As well
as, act now to meaningfully upgrade relief efforts for faith-based
minorities"For our part, as Armenian Americans, we are gratified that
the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, in its FY13 State-Foreign
Operations Bill, calls upon the State Department to prioritize
humanitarian and resettlement assistance for minority communities,
including Armenians and other Christian populations in Syria and
elsewhere in the Middle East. We look forward to the inclusion of
this provision in the final bill, and urge the Administration to act
now in the spirit of this measure to meaningfully upgrade its relief
efforts for these populations," reads the petition.