Left In Lowell

I am taking advantage of the access I have to this bully pulpit to ask you to consider joining hundreds of thousands of e-advocates across the U.S. to help end the cycle of genocide. As the granddaughter of survivors of the Armenian Genocide, I commemorate today, April 24th, as the day of remembrance for the 1.5 million Armenians who died as a result of this century’s first Genocide, and as we all know, not the last.

Currently in Congress there is a House (H.Res.106) and Senate (S.Res.106) resolution that ask “the 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.”

For geo-political reasons, the U.S. State Department does not recognize that the Armenian Genocide carried out by the Ottoman Turks between 1915-1923. Of course, this is the same Administration that has just begun to discuss sanctions in Darfur. That Genocide has been going on for four years; and this week finally Busch said he may have had enough. However, instead of intervention and ending it, he is discussing imposing sanctions.

Currently the Armenian National Committee of America is coordinating a nation-wide effort to “End the Cycle of Genocide” and through webmail is asking supporters to contact their elected officials.

I am proud to say that our two Senators as well as the entire Massachusetts congressional delegation are co-sponsors of this Resolution.