,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #bbg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,may #bj1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,valadao 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,schiff1   
,mr4 ,pallone1 and ,mr4 ,grimm7         
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs  ,,resolution         
,calling on the ,president to work      
toward equitable1 constructive1 stable1 
and durable ,armenian-,turkish relations
 based upon the ,republic of ,turkey's  
full acknowledgment of the facts and    
ongoing consequences of the ,armenian   
,genocide1 and a fair1 just1 and        
comprehensive international resolution  
of this crime against humanity4         
,whereas the ,obama ,administration has1
 since early #bjji1 sought to improve   
,armenian-,turkish relations through    
diplomatic efforts to lift the ,republic
 of ,turkey's blockade of ,armenia and  
facilitate an end to ,ankara's refusal  
to establish diplomatic relations with  
,yerevan2 ,whereas at the start of this 

process1 ,president ,barack ,obama had1 
on ,april #f1 #bjji1 voiced the ,united 
,states ,government's expectation that  
,armenia-,turkey dialogue would bear    
fruit very quickly1 but that1 since     
then1 the ,obama ,administration has    
commended ,armenia's participation in   
this dialogue while holding ,turkey     
largely responsible for the lack of     
results from this process1 with the     
,secretary of ,state noting1 on ,june   
#d1 #bjab1 that1 on this matter1 the    
ball remains in ,turkey's court42       
,whereas on ,april #bd1 #bjac1          
,president ,barack ,obama stated1 ,a    
full1 frank1 and just acknowledgment of 
the facts is in all of our interests4   
,nations grow stronger by acknowledging 
and reckoning with painful elements of  
the past1 thereby building a foundation 
for a more just and tolerant future42   
,whereas the ,republic of ,turkey1      
rather than acknowledging and reckoning 
with painful elements of the past1 has  
escalated its international campaign of 

,armenian ,genocide denial1 maintained  
its blockade of ,armenia1 and increased 
its pressure on the small but growing   
,turkish civil society movement         
acknowledging the ,armenian ,genocide   
and seeking justice for this systematic 
campaign of destruction of millions of  
,armenians1 ,greeks1 ,assyrians1        
,pontians1 ,syriacs1 and other          
,christians upon their biblical-era     
homelands2 ,whereas the ,united ,states 
is on record as having officially       
recognized the ,armenian ,genocide1 in  
the ,united ,states ,government's ,may  
#bh1 #aiea1 written statement to the    
,international ,court of ,justice       
regarding the ,convention on the        
,prevention and ,punishment of the      
,crime of ,genocide1 through ,president 
,ronald ,reagan's ,april #bb1 #aiha1    
,proclamation ,no4 #dhch1 and by        
,congressional legislation1 including   
,house ,joint ,resolution #adh adopted  
on ,april #h1 #aige1 and ,house ,joint  
,resolution #bdg adopted on ,september  

#aj1 #aihd2 ,whereas even prior to the  
,convention on the ,prevention and      
,punishment of the ,crime of ,genocide1 
the ,united ,states has a record of     
having sought to justly and             
constructively address the consequences 
of the ,ottoman ,empire's intentional   
destruction of the ,armenian people1    
including through ,senate ,concurrent   
,resolution #ab adopted on ,february #i1
 #aiaf1 ,senate ,resolution #cei adopted
 on ,may #aa1 #aibj1 and ,president     
,woodrow ,wilson's ,decision of the     
,president of the ,united ,states of    
,america ,respecting the ,frontier      
between ,turkey and ,armenia1 ,access   
for ,armenia to the ,sea1 and the       
,demilitarization of ,turkish ,territory
 ,adjacent to the ,armenian ,frontier1  
dated ,november #bb1 #aibj2 ,whereas    
,president ,barack ,obama entered office
 having stated his firmly held          
conviction that the ,armenian ,genocide 
is not an allegation1 a personal        
opinion1 or a point of view1 but rather 

a widely documented fact supported by an
 overwhelming body of historical        
evidence1 affirmed his record of calling
 for ,turkey's acknowledgment of the    
,armenian ,genocide1 and pledged that as
 ,president ,i will recognize the       
,armenian ,genocide2 and ,whereas the   
,united ,states national interests in   
the establishment of equitable1         
constructive1 stable1 and durable       
relations between ,armenians and ,turks 
cannot be meaningfully advanced by      
circumventing or otherwise seeking to   
avoid materially addressing the central 
political1 legal1 security1 and moral   
issue between these two nations1        
,turkey's denial of truth and justice   
for the ,armenian ,genocide3 ,now1      
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house of   
,representatives calls on the ,president
 to work toward equitable1 constructive1
 stable1 and durable ,armenian-,turkish 
relations based upon the ,republic of   
,turkey's full acknowledgment of the    
facts and ongoing consequences of the   

,armenian ,genocide1 and a fair1 just1  
and comprehensive international         
resolution of this crime against        
humanity4