GENOCIDE RESOLUTION TO BE CONSIDERED.Byline: Daily News GLENDALE - The House Judiciary Committee Judiciary Committee may refer to:
 Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. and reaffirming support for the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1948 and came into effect in January 1951. . The resolution was introduced April 9 by U.S. Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Pasadena, and George Radanovich, R-Fresno, to coincide with the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Armenians maintain that more than 1.5 million Armenians were exterminated at the hands of the Ottoman Empire in 1915. The Turkish government maintains that the numbers are overstated o·ver·state tr.v. o·ver·stat·ed, o·ver·stat·ing, o·ver·states To state in exaggerated terms. See Synonyms at exaggerate. o and the casualties were victims of wartime. More than 100 representatives are supporting the resolution, including former House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt and current Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. ``This is a giant step toward full recognition of the Armenian Genocide To date, 22 countries officially recognize the genocide of Armenians committed by the Ottoman Empire between 1915-1916. International organizations There is some agreement among Western historians that the events constituted genocide. by the United States,'' Schiff said in a written statement Tuesday. ``It is important we call genocide, genocide. This bipartisan resolution accomplishes this weighty goal and pays homage to the memory of the millions of innocent victims of the genocide and honors the courage of the survivors.'' The resolution, which requires at least 19 votes to move to a floor vote by the House of Representatives, states that the lessons of the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust and the genocides in Cambodia and Rwanda will be used to help prevent future genocides. |
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