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Rep. Chu cosponsors Resolution calling for recognition of Armenian Genocide
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14:30 24.05.2013
Congresswoman Judy Chu has cosponsored H. Res. 227 that urges
President Obama to work towards stable and durable Armenian-Turkish
relations based on the Republic of Turkey's full acknowledgement of
the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and its ongoing consequences. Rep. Chu
released the following statement:
`The Armenian Genocide claimed 1.5 million lives. Able-bodied men were
massacred or forced into labor. Women, children, the elderly and the
sick were sent on death marches that spanned hundreds of miles. Those
who survived were often separated from their loved ones, and left
behind the only homes they had ever known.
`The only way to describe such atrocities is genocide. We owe it to
those who were lost, their loved ones, and the few remaining survivors
to push for proper recognition of this event in the international
community.
`I am committed to seeing Congress do just that by passing this
resolution. I am proud to have co-sponsored this legislation every
Congress, and will continue to do so until it receives the vote that
the Armenian people deserve. America's commitment to human rights is
absolute, and we have a duty to recognize this tragedy, and to remind
the world that mass murder and destruction must not be ignored.'
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/05/24/rep-chu-cosponsors-resolution-calling-for-recognition-of-armenian-genocide/
14:30 24.05.2013
Congresswoman Judy Chu has cosponsored H. Res. 227 that urges
President Obama to work towards stable and durable Armenian-Turkish
relations based on the Republic of Turkey's full acknowledgement of
the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and its ongoing consequences. Rep. Chu
released the following statement:
`The Armenian Genocide claimed 1.5 million lives. Able-bodied men were
massacred or forced into labor. Women, children, the elderly and the
sick were sent on death marches that spanned hundreds of miles. Those
who survived were often separated from their loved ones, and left
behind the only homes they had ever known.
`The only way to describe such atrocities is genocide. We owe it to
those who were lost, their loved ones, and the few remaining survivors
to push for proper recognition of this event in the international
community.
`I am committed to seeing Congress do just that by passing this
resolution. I am proud to have co-sponsored this legislation every
Congress, and will continue to do so until it receives the vote that
the Armenian people deserve. America's commitment to human rights is
absolute, and we have a duty to recognize this tragedy, and to remind
the world that mass murder and destruction must not be ignored.'