Après la Chambre des Représentants le Sénat américain reconnait le génocide des Arméniens
Le Sénat US adopte à l'unanimité la résolution 150 reconnaissant le génocide des Arméniens dans l'Empire ottoman . La Turquie bloquait (depuis 105 ans en 2020)cette reconnaissance par les USA , en faisant jouer tous ses lobbies et en menaçant l'administration américaine. En plus de faire reconnaitre le génocide arménien, la résolution rejette également les tentatives de « recruter, engager ou associer d’une autre manière » le gouvernement américain au déni du génocide« et »d’encourager l’éducation et la compréhension du public" à son sujet. "Le comportement de certains membres du Congrès américain nuit aux Cela risque de détériorer les relations de l'administration américaine avec les dirigeants turcs actuels , mais qui à l'inverse des diamants , ne sont pas éternels. WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate struck a historic blow today against Turkey’s century-long obstruction of justice for the Armenian Genocide, unanimously adopting S.Res.150, an Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)-backed measure that locks in ongoing U.S. recognition of this crime. The resolution, identical to a measure (H.Res.296) adopted 405 to 11 in the U.S. House in October, officially rejects Turkey’s denials of its genocide against Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Syriacs, Arameans, Maronites and other Christian nations. Passage of the resolution – spearheaded by Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) – marks the first time that the Senate has recognized the Armenian Genocide. “The Senate today joined the House in rejecting Ankara’s gag-rule against honest American remembrance of the Armenian Genocide – overriding the largest, longest foreign veto over the U.S. Congress in American history,” said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. “Today’s unanimous Senate action shines a spotlight on the President, who continues – against all reason – to enforce Erdogan’s veto against honest American remembrance of Turkey’s extermination and exile of millions of Christians. It’s time for the Executive Branch to join Congress in ending any and all American complicity in Ankara’s lies. Together, the President and Congress should put in place a sustained and pro-active policy that rejects Turkey’s lies, challenges Ankara’s obstruction of justice, and works with Armenian and Turkish stakeholders toward the international reparations and other remedies required of this crime.” The Armenian Genocide Resolution (S.Res.150) establishes, as a matter of U.S. policy, 1) the rejection of Armenian Genocide denial, 2) ongoing official U.S. government recognition and remembrance of this crime, and 3) support for education about the Armenian Genocide in order to help prevent modern-day atrocities. The ANCA has consistently pushed back against Turkey’s denials, striving to put America on the right side of the Armenian Genocide. Thousands of letters and phone calls have already been sent to Congress by Armenian American advocates through the ANCA online portal.
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Article by: The Armenian Weekly & ANCA
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