ED ROYCE: ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION IS NOT AIMED AGAINST TURKEY
PanARMENIAN.Net
04.03.2010 20:50 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The state of California has already recognized the
Armenian Genocide; it is now US Congress’ turn, California Congressman
Ed Royce stated.
As he noted at US House Foreign Affairs hearing on H.Res.252, the
resolution aims at registering the fact of Armenian Genocide in
Ottoman Empire. "US dropped behind other countries in the world in
Genocide recognition issue," Ed Royce said.
At the same time, he noted that Armenian Genocide resolution is not
aimed against Turkey itself, but rather the crime against humanity
committed in the Ottoman Empire. "We have to recognize the Genocide
and resist outer pressure on the issue," the Congressman emphasized.
The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic
destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during
and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres, and
deportations involving forced marches under conditions designed to
lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths
reaching 1.5 million.
The majority of Armenian Diaspora communities were formed by the
Genocide survivors.
To date, twenty countries and 44 U.S. states have officially recognized
the events of the period as genocide, and most genocide scholars and
historians accept this view.