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PRESS RELEASE
September 13, 2005
Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian
Tel: (202) 775-1918
RECORD NUMBER OF ARMENIANS SET TO
WATCH WEBCAST OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VOTE
— Armenians from across United States and around the World
Tracking Progress of Legislation on the Internet
WASHINGTON, DC – Thousands of Armenians from the United States and
throughout the world are expected to watch the live internet
Webcast this Thursday, September 15th (starting at 10:30am EST) of
a key Congressional panel’s consideration of Armenian Genocide
legislation, reported the Armenian National Committee of America
(ANCA).
For the first time in nearly five years, the influential U.S. House
International Relations Committee will discuss and vote upon
legislation on the Armenian Genocide (H.Res.316 and H.Con.Res.195).
In October of 2000, the panel voted 24 to 11 to approve the
Armenian Genocide Resolution, but the measure was eventually
withdrawn from consideration only minutes before it was to go
before the full House of Representatives.
To watch the live Webcast, visit the website of the U.S. House
International Relations Committee and click on “Live webcast of
meeting.”
Thursday, September 15th – 10:30 am
“We have been tremendously encouraged by the growing number of
Armenians who are taking advantage of webcast technology to watch –
in real time – the Committee’s consideration of legislation on the
Armenian Genocide,” said Aram Hamparian, Executive Director of the
ANCA. “We join with Armenians throughout the United States in
looking forward to this opportunity to watch the legislative
process in action.”
The Committee meeting will be held at 10:30 am in room 2172 of the
Rayburn House Office Building, on Capitol Hill. Among the other
issues which are set to be considered by the panel during its
September 15th meeting are the following:
* H. Con. Res. 238: Honoring the victims of the Cambodian
Genocide that took place from April 1975 to January 1979.
* H. Res. 38: Expressing support for the accession of Israel to
the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
* H. Res. 388: Regarding the July, 2005, measures of extreme
repression on the part of the Cuban Government against members of
Cuba’s pro-democracy movement.
* H. Res. 409: Condemning the Government of Zimbabwe’s “Operation
Murambatsvina”
* H. Con. Res. 237, Welcoming President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan
to the U.S. on September 20, 2005.
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