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February 28, 2014 Friday
Washington: HON. ANNA G. ESHOO OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, February 27, 2014
Washington
The Library of Congress, The Government of USA has issued the following Speech:
Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, the 27th of February marks the 26th
anniversary of the horrific attack against Armenians in the town of
Sumgait in Soviet Azerbaijan. Dozens of Armenians were killed and
hundreds more were wounded. During the pogrom, Armenian women and
children were raped, people were set on fire and beaten to death,
while police stood by unwilling or unable to intervene.
The violence touched off a broader attack against Azerbaijan's ethnic
Armenians, ultimately resulting in a war with Nagorno-Karabakh in
which tens of thousands of people were killed. The conflict remains
unresolved today and the military blockade of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic continues. The pogroms precipitated a massive refugee
situation displacing hundreds of thousands of people, virtually
eliminating Azerbaijan's once-significant Armenian population.
Mr. Speaker, as people of conscience, this is a remembrance we must
all engage in. For me, it is also a very personal remembrance. My own
family fled the slaughter of the Armenian Genocide under the Ottomans,
and when we learned of the massacres against Armenians in 1988, we saw
history repeating itself. These vicious acts of murder, targeted at
ethnic groups, must be forcefully condemned whenever and wherever we
see them.
Without our recognition and our forceful condemnation, the cycle of
violence will continue. Even today, Christians and other minority
groups are being driven from Syria by extremists, and the once large
and diverse ethnic mosaic there is all but eradicated. Without our
attention and action by the world community, there will be no end in
sight.
Today, Mr. Speaker, let us remember the Armenians who lost their lives
in Azerbaijan 26 years ago. And then let us take up the work that our
principles demand of us, standing united against ethnic violence,
discrimination, extremism and brutality, wherever we find it.
February 28, 2014 Friday
Washington: HON. ANNA G. ESHOO OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, February 27, 2014
Washington
The Library of Congress, The Government of USA has issued the following Speech:
Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, the 27th of February marks the 26th
anniversary of the horrific attack against Armenians in the town of
Sumgait in Soviet Azerbaijan. Dozens of Armenians were killed and
hundreds more were wounded. During the pogrom, Armenian women and
children were raped, people were set on fire and beaten to death,
while police stood by unwilling or unable to intervene.
The violence touched off a broader attack against Azerbaijan's ethnic
Armenians, ultimately resulting in a war with Nagorno-Karabakh in
which tens of thousands of people were killed. The conflict remains
unresolved today and the military blockade of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic continues. The pogroms precipitated a massive refugee
situation displacing hundreds of thousands of people, virtually
eliminating Azerbaijan's once-significant Armenian population.
Mr. Speaker, as people of conscience, this is a remembrance we must
all engage in. For me, it is also a very personal remembrance. My own
family fled the slaughter of the Armenian Genocide under the Ottomans,
and when we learned of the massacres against Armenians in 1988, we saw
history repeating itself. These vicious acts of murder, targeted at
ethnic groups, must be forcefully condemned whenever and wherever we
see them.
Without our recognition and our forceful condemnation, the cycle of
violence will continue. Even today, Christians and other minority
groups are being driven from Syria by extremists, and the once large
and diverse ethnic mosaic there is all but eradicated. Without our
attention and action by the world community, there will be no end in
sight.
Today, Mr. Speaker, let us remember the Armenians who lost their lives
in Azerbaijan 26 years ago. And then let us take up the work that our
principles demand of us, standing united against ethnic violence,
discrimination, extremism and brutality, wherever we find it.