ANCA CALLS ON OBAMA TO HONOR HIS PLEDGE TO RECOGNIZE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
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24.01.2012 11:32
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Executive Director Aram
Hamparian offered the following comment on the France Senate passage
of the Genocide Law today:
“Today’s courageous vote by the French Senate shines the spotlight
across the Atlantic, on American policymakers, who, for far too long,
have let Ankara block U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide.”
“The growing international pressure on Turkey and, closer to home, the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide by 42 U.S. states, highlight that
President Obama, who promised as a candidate to recognize the Armenian
Genocide, has allowed a foreign country to impose a gag-rule on U.S.
recognition of this crime against humanity.”
“We mark this occasion by urging President Obama to honor his pledge
to recognize the Armenian Genocide and by calling on the U.S. House
leadership to allow a vote on the Armenian Genocide Resolution,
H.Res.304.”
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