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U.S. House Foreign Affairs starts hearing on H.Res.252 04.03.2010 19:23 GMT+04:00 http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_print.gif http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_mail.gif /PanARMENIAN.Net/ U.S. House Foreign Affairs started hearing on the Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.Res.252).

Opening the hearing, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman called on his colleagues to vote for adoption of Armenian Genocide Resolution.

 

The Armenian Genocide resolution (H.Res.106) was submitted to the House of Representatives by Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), on January 30, 2007, during the 110th United States Congress. It was a non-binding resolution calling upon the US President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide, and for other purposes. Upon its introduction it was referred to United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs where it passed a 27-21 vote and was sent back for a full house vote. On October 26, 2007, in a letter addressed to the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, four key sponsors of the bill, requested a debate on the bill in full House to be postponed.

 

Another resolution affirming the U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (H.Res.252) was formally introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. Adam Schiff (D.-CA), George Radanovich (R.-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D.-NJ), and Mark Kirk (R.-Ill) in 2009. It currently has 137 co-sponsors.

 

 

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Turkish authorities are carefully following Armenian Genocide resolution vote 04.03.2010 23:38 GMT+04:00 http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_print.gif http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_mail.gif /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived at presidential residence to watch the process of voting on Armenian Genocide resolution (H.Res.252) together with Turkish leader.

 

Earlier, Turkey's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu were following the process in governmental building.

 

 

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Lynn Woolsey: I’ve been waiting 18 years for Armenian Genocide resolution to be adopted 04.03.2010 23:01 GMT+04:00 http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_print.gif http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_mail.gif /PanARMENIAN.Net/ I’ve been waiting 18 years for Armenian Genocide resolution to be adopted, Florida Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey said.

 

“Denial of Armenian Genocide means denial of the victims’ memory. Some Congressmen maintain this is not the right time to take the decision. When is the right time, then?” Lynn Woolsey questioned at the hearing of U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 

“US has to join in the ranks of 42 American states and 11 states of NATO who’ve recognized the Armenian Genocide,” Florida Congresswoman emphasized, adding “We have to protect human rights.”

 

The Armenian Genocide resolution (H.Res. 106) was submitted to the House of Representatives by Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), on January 30, 2007, during the 110th United States Congress. It was a non-binding resolution calling upon the US President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide, and for other purposes. Upon its introduction it was referred to United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs where it passed a 27-21 vote and was sent back for a full house vote. On October 26, 2007, in a letter addressed to the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, four key sponsors of the bill, requested a debate on the bill in full House to be postponed.

 

The resolution affirming the U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (H.Res.252) was formally introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. Adam Schiff (D.-CA), George Radanovich (R.-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D.-NJ), and Mark Kirk (R.-Ill) in 2009. It currently has 137 co-sponsors.

 

 

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Jeff Fortenberry: Genocide resolution will harm Armenia-Turkey rapprochement 04.03.2010 22:14 GMT+04:00 http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_print.gif http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_mail.gif /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The historic truth is that Armenian Genocide was committed in Turkey, and I do not doubt it, Congressman from Texas, Jeff Fortenberry said.

 

“I do not doubt the fact of Genocide; still, I believe it’s not the right time for US to vote for the adoption of the resolution,” he noted during the hearing of U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 

“Armenia and Turkey should discuss the problem between themselves,” Jeff Fortenberry said, adding that Genocide resolution will harm Armenia-Turkey rapprochement.

 

The Armenian Genocide resolution (H.Res. 106) was submitted to the House of Representatives by Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), on January 30, 2007, during the 110th United States Congress. It was a non-binding resolution calling upon the US President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide, and for other purposes. Upon its introduction it was referred to United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs where it passed a 27-21 vote and was sent back for a full house vote. On October 26, 2007, in a letter addressed to the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, four key sponsors of the bill, requested a debate on the bill in full House to be postponed.

 

The resolution affirming the U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (H.Res.252) was formally introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. Adam Schiff (D.-CA), George Radanovich (R.-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D.-NJ), and Mark Kirk (R.-Ill) in 2009. It currently has 137 co-sponsors.

 

 

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Congressman Michael McMahon: adoption of Armenian Genocide resolution will “harm Karabakh issue” 04.03.2010 21:19 GMT+04:00 http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_print.gif http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_mail.gif /PanARMENIAN.Net/ I respect the memory of victims of tragic events in Ottoman Empire; I also support Armenia-Turkey rapprochement and Karabakh conflict settlement, Congressman Michael McMahon stated.

 

As he noted at the hearing of U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, adoption of resolution will seriously harm US’ efforts in Afghanistan. “Adoption of Armenian Genocide resolution will harm Armenia-Turkey rapprochement as well as Karabakh issue. “I support withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan. In case Turkey’s territory becomes closed to US, we will be induced to withdraw forces through more dangerous routes,” he stressed.

 

Based on the above, Congressman urged the Committee to vote against the resolution.

 

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.

 

 

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Ed Royce: Armenian Genocide resolution is not aimed against Turkey 04.03.2010 20:50 GMT+04:00 http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_print.gif http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_mail.gif /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.

 

 

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Gary Ackerman: The U.S. Congress must no longer delay recognition of Armenian Genocide 04.03.2010 20:15 GMT+04:00 http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_print.gif http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_mail.gif /PanARMENIAN.Net/

 

 

U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs of cannot again postpone the recognition of the Armenian Genocide , Rep. Gary Ackerman (New York) said at a hearing of the Committee on the Armenian Genocide recognition by the United States and the adoption of Armenian genocide resolution 252.

"Today, witnesses to the Armenian Genocide are in the hall here, one of them is 98-year-old, how much can they wait? Should we tell them once again to turn to us next year? History should be recognized. This problem should be solved here and now, " Ackerman said.

 

In turn, Congressman Chris Smith (New Jersey) said that Turkey is pursuing an aggressive propaganda aimed at denying the Armenian Genocide and the United States Congress should not remain indifferent to this issue. He added that the Congress has experience in genocide recognition, since in the past, he acknowledged the Holocaust. "We must not become complicit in the denial of crimes committed by Turkey," Chris Smith said. He noted that Armenian-Turkish relations normalization is possible only in case of recognition of the past.

 

The Armenian Genocide resolution (H.Res. 106) was submitted to the House of Representatives by Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), on January 30, 2007, during the 110th United States Congress. It was a non-binding resolution calling upon the US President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide, and for other purposes. Upon its introduction it was referred to United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs where it passed a 27-21 vote and was sent back for a full house vote. On October 26, 2007, in a letter addressed to the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, four key sponsors of the bill, requested a debate on the bill in full House to be postponed.

 

In 2009, another congressional resolution affirming the U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (H.Res.252) was been formally introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. Adam Schiff (D.-CA), George Radanovich (R.-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D.-NJ), and Mark Kirk (R.-Ill). It currently has 137 co-sponsors.

 

 

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US administration urges Congress to wait on Armenian Genocide Resolution 04.03.2010 20:02 GMT+04:00 http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_print.gif http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_mail.gif /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Obama administration is urging Congress to hold off on a resolution declaring the Ottoman era killing of Armenians as genocide. The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee was scheduled to vote on the resolution Thursday, and appeared likely to endorse it, AP reported.

 

But White House spokesman Mike Hammer said Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had spoken with the committee's chairman, Democratic Rep. Howard Berman, on Wednesday and indicated that such a vote would jeopardize reconciliation talks between Turkey and Armenia.

 

 

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Gul-Obama conversation took place prior to voting on Armenian Genocide resolution 04.03.2010 19:52 GMT+04:00 http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_print.gif http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_mail.gif /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish President Abdullah Gul held a phone conversation with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama on Wednesday. Sources from the Turkish Presidency told the Anatolian news agency, that President Gul and Obama exchanged views on bilateral and regional issues.

 

The fact that Gul-Obama conversation took place prior to the voting on Armenian Genocide resolution at the United States House of Representatives on Thursday, March 4 was noteworthy, said officials.

 

 

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Turkey threatens to recall its ambassador from U.S 04.03.2010 20:43 GMT+04:00 http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_print.gif http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_mail.gif /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey threatened Thursday to recall its ambassador Namik Tan if U.S. congressional panel votes to recognize the Armenian Genocide, a government official said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

Ankara recalled its ambassador in 2007 for consultations after a U.S. panel approved a similar bill. President Barack Obama and Turkish President Abdullah Gul held a phone conversation on Wednesday to discuss Turkey’s position on the Armenia bill.

 

The non-binding resolution, to be voted by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, would call on Obama to ensure U.S. policy formally refers to the massacre as “genocide” and to use that term when he delivers his annual message on the issue in April — something Obama avoided doing last year.

 

 

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The Washington Post: major lobbying company Gerhardt Group receives $ 70,000 a month from Turkey 04.03.2010 18:20 GMT+04:00 http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_print.gif http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_mail.gif /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Each year Americans remember the massacres killed hundreds of thousands of Armenian men, women and children during and immediately after World War I, and every year the U.S. Congress is drawn into a fierce debate between Armenia and Turkey, whether to characterise the events of early 20th century in the Ottoman Turkey as Genocide, today's issue of The Washington Post wrote.

 

"Introduced this week to the U.S. Congress a resolution on the Armenian Genocide is calling on the president to publicly recognize the massacres of 1915 as "genocide" and to use this term during the annual address to the Armenian community of the USA on 24 April. The resolution puts President Obama, Vice President Biden and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in an "uncomfortable " position, since they, as senators, strongly advocated the recognition of the Armenian Genocide", the article stated.

 

According to the newspaper, the resolution has caused Turkey's aggression and has intensified its lobbying activities. "The Turkish government has been spending millions on lobbying in Washington over the last decade, most of which focused on the issue of genocide recognition. Major lobbying company Gerhardt Group receives $ 70,000 a month from Turkey ," The Washington Post stressed.

 

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 date of the onset of the genocide is conventionally held to be April 24, 1915, the day that Ottoman authorities arrested some 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople. Thereafter, the Ottoman military uprooted Armenians from their homes and forced them to march for hundreds of miles, depriving them of food and water, to the desert of what is now Syria.

 

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. The Armenian Genocide has been also recognized by influential media including The New York Times, BBC, The Washington Post and The Associated Press.

 

The majority of Armenian Diaspora communities were formed by the Genocide survivors.

 

 

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OMG 3 min left very close...

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Kyanq hiyasqanch e !!!

23yes - 22 no

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Kyanq hiyasqanch e !!!

23yes - 22 no

YES People it passed!!! I just hope Obama does not block it going to Senate

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Good it passed, but we've been there before. I hope this time it will have a different outcome.

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Turkey threatens to recall its ambassador from U.S 04.03.2010 20:43 GMT+04:00 http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_print.gif http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_mail.gif /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey threatened Thursday to recall its ambassador Namik Tan if U.S. congressional panel votes to recognize the Armenian Genocide, a government official said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

Ankara recalled its ambassador in 2007 for consultations after a U.S. panel approved a similar bill. President Barack Obama and Turkish President Abdullah Gul held a phone conversation on Wednesday to discuss Turkey's position on the Armenia bill.

 

The non-binding resolution, to be voted by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, would call on Obama to ensure U.S. policy formally refers to the massacre as "genocide" and to use that term when he delivers his annual message on the issue in April — something Obama avoided doing last year.

 

 

 

 

so wan is turkey going to recall his ambassasstor

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so wan is turkey going to recall his ambassasstor

F-g the furks.I hope they start burning american cars in furkey now.Let them expose their primitive behavior

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US House Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted Armenian Genocide resolution 05.03.2010 00:48 GMT+04:00 http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_print.gif http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_mail.gif /PanARMENIAN.Net/ US House Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted Armenian Genocide resolution (H.Res.252) (23 for; 23 against).

After it was put to the vote in Profile Committee, the Resolution will be submitted to the House of Representatives for final vote.

 

Similar procedure will be held at US Senate.

 

The Armenian Genocide resolution (H.Res. 106) was submitted to the House of Representatives by Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), on January 30, 2007, during the 110th United States Congress. It was a non-binding resolution calling upon the US President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide, and for other purposes. Upon its introduction it was referred to United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs where it passed a 27-21 vote and was sent back for a full house vote. On October 26, 2007, in a letter addressed to the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, four key sponsors of the bill, requested a debate on the bill in full House to be postponed.

 

The resolution affirming the U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (H.Res.252) was formally introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. Adam Schiff (D.-CA), George Radanovich (R.-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D.-NJ), and Mark Kirk (R.-Ill) in 2009. It currently has 137 co-sponsors.

 

 

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US Administration trying to buy time for Turkey's parliament to act 05.03.2010 00:25 GMT+04:00 http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_print.gif http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_mail.gif /PanARMENIAN.Net/ White House spokesman Robert Gibbs suggested the administration was trying to buy time for Turkey's parliament to act. In October, Turkey and Armenia signed Protocols for normalization of relations, but Turkey has yet to ratify it, AP reported.

 

"Our focus is on continuing to make progress on an issue that has, for almost 100 years, divided two countries," Gibbs said. "Through some very tough diplomatic work by Secretary Clinton, we've made progress. We're on the cusp of normalization."

 

 

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Resolution 252 cannot prevent Armenian-Turkish normalization 04.03.2010 22:38 GMT+04:00 http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_print.gif http://www.panarmenian.net/news/images/ico_mail.gif /PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Voting for the Armenian Genocide resolution at U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, we are not opposing the Turkish state,” Keith Ellison the congressman from Minnesota said during a hearing at the Foreign Affairs Committee of U.S. House of Representatives.

 

According to the Congressman, this resolution cannot prevent the ongoing process of Armenian-Turkish normalization. "No matter what, we must promote the Armenian-Turkish reconciliation," he stressed.

 

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 date of the onset of the genocide is conventionally held to be April 24, 1915, the day that Ottoman authorities arrested some 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople. Thereafter, the Ottoman military uprooted Armenians from their homes and forced them to march for hundreds of miles, depriving them of food and water, to the desert of what is now Syria.

 

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. The Armenian Genocide has been also recognized by influential media including The New York Times, BBC, The Washington Post and The Associated Press.

 

The majority of Armenian Diaspora communities were formed by the Genocide survivors.

 

 

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just USA poking turky, tesnes es angam inch hashiv unen

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23 կողմ, 22 դեմ. Ցեղասպանության բանաձևն ընդունվեց

[ 2010/03/05 | 00:48 ] աշխարհ, քաղաքականությունhttp://hetq.am/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/congress-genocide_4.03.10.jpgԱՄՆ Կոնգրեսի Ներկայացուցիչների պալատի Արտաքին հարաբերությունների հանձնաժողովում այսօր Երևանի ժամանակով 23:15 սկսվել էր Հայոց ցեղասպանության վերաբերյալ թիվ 252 բանաձևի քվեարկությունը: Շուրջ մեկ ժամ և 30 րոպե տևած քվեարկությունից հետո 23 կողմ, 22 դեմ ձայնով բանաձևն ընդունվեց:

 

Դեմ քվեարկողների մեծ մասը հղում էր կատարում հայ-թուրքական նախաստորագրված արձանագրություններին` նշելով, որ պետք չէ խոչընդոտել դրանց վավերացման գործընթացին:

 

 

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so wan is turkey going to recall his ambassasstor

 

 

They did so just as you were posting that question.