15.09.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. “Acknowledgment of the Armenian Genocide is a moral issue, and our body should be on the right side of it”. Congressman James E. Rogan (R-CA) was scheduled to deliver this statement to the House Committee on International Relations on September 14.
James E. Rogan has co-authored House Resolution 398, calling on the United States to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide. Rogan reminded that when Adolf Hitler prepared to embark upon a horrible Holocaust against the Jews, he said: “Who remembers the Armenians?” In State Department circles, the question could well be asked today, Rogan thinks.
“This resolution is not “anti” any other nation. It was not crafted to advance the interests of one United States ally over another. It simply calls on our government to acknowledge that between 1915 and 1923 over one and a half million Armenians were displaced, deported, tortured and killed”.
“Our colleagues who join me as members of the Armenian Caucus are not alone in fighting for this resolution. During the Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches held earlier this year, holocaust survivors publicly called upon the West to affirm and recognize the Armenian Genocide”, said the congressman. -0-
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