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20 March 2002 - 15:33 AMT

US CONGRESSMEN CALLED UPON PRESIDENT TO USE TERM GENOCIDE IN ANNUAL SPEECH APRIL 24

A group of US Congressmen again addressed President George W. Bush a call to use the term «genocide» in his annual speech April 24 on the occasion of the Armenian Genocide 1915. As reported by the Armenian National Committee of America, 93 Congressmen have already signed the document addressed to Bush. The authors of the letter reminded that «many countries of the world including Canada, Argentina, Belgium, Lebanon, Vatican, Uruguay, Russia, Greece, Sweden, France, as well as the European Parliament have already passed decisions and resolutions, confirming the fact of the Armenian Genocide.»