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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VOTE SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON PRESIDENT OBAMA - ANCA
11:58 16/04/2015 >> SOCIETY
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) welcomed the European
Parliament's adoption of an Armenian Genocide Centennial Resolution,
emphasizing how this official action shines a bright spotlight on
President Obama's much-anticipated April 24th statement regarding
this crime.
"The European Parliament's strong stand for a truthful and just
resolution of the Armenian Genocide underscores the stark nature of
the choice before President Obama," stated ANCA Executive Director
Aram Hamparian. "This April 24th, President Obama can take his moral
cues from Pope Francis or Recep Erdogan. He can stand up for truth,
along with the European Parliament, our top NATO allies, 43 U.S.
states, a growing pro-justice Turkish civil society movement, and the
moral conscience of the world community. Or he can opt - on the solemn
Centennial of this crime - to continue enforcing a foreign government's
gag-rule on honest American discourse on the Armenian Genocide."
"As Americans, we should never outsource our nation's human rights
policy or allow any foreign country - friend of foe - to compromise
our nation's stand against genocide," he added.
Prior to his election to the oval office, President Obama was clear
and unequivocal in promising to properly characterize Ottoman Turkey's
murder of over 1.5 million Armenian men, women and children between
1915 and 1923 as genocide. In a January 19, 2008, statement he wrote:
"The facts are undeniable. An official policy that calls on diplomats
to distort the historical facts is an untenable policy. As a senator,
I strongly support passage of the Armenian Genocide Resolution
(H.Res.106 and S.Res.106), and as President I will recognize the
Armenian Genocide."
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2015/04/16/anca-ep-resolution/
11:58 16/04/2015 >> SOCIETY
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) welcomed the European
Parliament's adoption of an Armenian Genocide Centennial Resolution,
emphasizing how this official action shines a bright spotlight on
President Obama's much-anticipated April 24th statement regarding
this crime.
"The European Parliament's strong stand for a truthful and just
resolution of the Armenian Genocide underscores the stark nature of
the choice before President Obama," stated ANCA Executive Director
Aram Hamparian. "This April 24th, President Obama can take his moral
cues from Pope Francis or Recep Erdogan. He can stand up for truth,
along with the European Parliament, our top NATO allies, 43 U.S.
states, a growing pro-justice Turkish civil society movement, and the
moral conscience of the world community. Or he can opt - on the solemn
Centennial of this crime - to continue enforcing a foreign government's
gag-rule on honest American discourse on the Armenian Genocide."
"As Americans, we should never outsource our nation's human rights
policy or allow any foreign country - friend of foe - to compromise
our nation's stand against genocide," he added.
Prior to his election to the oval office, President Obama was clear
and unequivocal in promising to properly characterize Ottoman Turkey's
murder of over 1.5 million Armenian men, women and children between
1915 and 1923 as genocide. In a January 19, 2008, statement he wrote:
"The facts are undeniable. An official policy that calls on diplomats
to distort the historical facts is an untenable policy. As a senator,
I strongly support passage of the Armenian Genocide Resolution
(H.Res.106 and S.Res.106), and as President I will recognize the
Armenian Genocide."
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2015/04/16/anca-ep-resolution/