GEORGIA STATE SENATE RECOGNIZES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

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GEORGIA STATE SENATE RECOGNIZES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

March 3, 2016 - 11:08 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Georgia State Senate on Wednesday, March 1
adopted SR 991, a resolution "Recognizing the month of April, 2016,
as GenocidePrevention and Awareness Month" in Georgia, reported the
Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly).

The resolution states that "when coining the term genocide, Raphael
Lemkin was moved to investigate the forced assimilation, deportation,
and near eradication of theArmenian population and other Christian
communities, beginning in April, 1915, prompting Adolf Hitler to
remark in 1939, 'Who after all, speaks today of the annihilation of
the Armenians?'"

"It was an honor to meet and join with members of the Georgia State
Senate in recognizing April as Genocide Awareness month," stated Dr.

Vahan Kassabian, Armenian Assembly Georgia State Chair, who was present
at the capitol to witness the bill's passage. "The resolution had
bipartisan support and we will continue our efforts to broaden genocide
recognition and human rights education in our school curriculum,"
Kassabian said.

The resolution goes on to reference the Holocaust of European Jews
during World War II, as well as the genocides in Cambodia, Bosnia,
Iraq, Rwanda, Sudan, and the current brutality of the Islamic State
(aka ISIS/ISIL/Daesh) in Syria and Iraq as outstanding examples.

The bill recognizes the "contributions of the Georgia Coalition
to Prevent Genocide" of which the Assembly is a member, as well as
Am Yisrael Chai, Eternal-Life Hemshech of Holocaust Survivors, the
Georgia Commission on the Holocaust, the Jewish Community Relations
Council (JCRC) of Atlanta, the National Center for Civil and Human
Rights, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) Atlanta Regional Office,
and AJC's ACCESS Atlanta.

Last year, Dr. Kassabian spearheaded the Armenian Genocide centennial
commemoration of Atlanta, which was held in conjunction with the
Georgia Coalition to Prevent Genocide, at the Breman Museum. Kassabian
was invited to speak to the JCRC-Atlanta town-hall meeting in August
when a resolution was put forth recognizing the 1915 Armenian Genocide.

Two months later, the JCRC's national body, the Jewish Council for
Public Affairs (JCPA), adopted the resolution, with support from
chapters in Boston, Palm Beach, and Providence, acknowledging the
centennial of the Armenian Genocide, and called on Congress and the
White House to recognize the Armenian Genocide.

SR 991 was sponsored by State Senators Elena Parent, David Shafer,
Renee Unterman, Joshua McKoon, Nan Orrock, and Harold Jones II.

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[onjig]

That's good.

 

 

It is in the best interest of both Armenia and Georgia to have good relations. Recognizing the Genocide is a good sign. It's sad to hear problems inside Georgia with the Armenian population there.

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That's good.

 

 

It is in the best interest of both Armenia and Georgia to have good relations. Recognizing the Genocide is a good sign. It's sad to hear problems inside Georgia with the Armenian population there.

onjig, it's the Georgia State in the USA not the country.