,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #daj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #c1
 #bjad ,mr4 ,menendez 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,kirk7 submitted the following     
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,senate regarding the anniversary of
 the ,armenian ,genocide4  ,whereas the 
,armenian ,genocide was conceived and   
carried out by the ,ottoman ,empire from
 #aiae to #aibc1 resulting in the       
deportation of nearly #b1jjj1jjj        
,armenians1 of whom #a1ejj1jjj men1     
women1 and children were killed and     
#ejj1jjj survivors were expelled from   
their homes1 and the elimination of the 
over #b1ejj-year presence of ,armenians 
in their historic homeland2 ,whereas1 on
 ,may #bd1 #aiae1 the ,allied ,powers of
 ,england1 ,france1 and ,russia jointly 
issued a statement explicitly charging  
for the first time ever another         
government of committing crimes against 

humanity and civilization2 ,whereas     
,raphael ,lemkin1 who coined the term   
genocide1 and whose draft resolution for
 a genocide convention treaty became the
 framework for the ,united ,nations     
,convention on the ,prevention and      
,punishment of the ,crime of ,genocide1 
recognized the ,armenian ,genocide as   
the type of crime the ,united ,nations  
should prevent and punish through the   
setting of international standards2     
,whereas ,senate ,concurrent ,resolution
 #ab1 #fdth ,congress1 agreed to        
,february #i1 #aiaf1 resolved that the  
,president of the ,united ,states be    
respectfully asked to designate a day on
 which the citizens of this country may 
give expression to their sympathy by    
contributing funds now being raised for 
the relief of the ,armenians1 who at the
 time were enduring starvation1 disease1
 and untold suffering2 ,whereas ,senate 
,resolution #cei1 #ffth ,congress1      
agreed to ,may #aa1 #aibj1 stated that  
the testimony adduced at the hearings   

conducted by the subcommittee of the    
,senate ,committee on ,foreign          
,relations have clearly established the 
truth of the reported massacres and     
other atrocities from which the         
,armenian people have suffered2 ,whereas
 ,house ,joint ,resolution #adh1 #idth  
,congress1 agreed to ,april #h1 #aige1  
resolved1 ,that ,april #bd1 #aige1 is   
hereby designated as ,national ,day of  
,remembrance of ,man's ,inhumanity to   
,man1 and the ,president of the ,united 
,states is authorized and requested to  
issue a proclamation calling upon the   
people of the ,united ,states to observe
 such day as a day of remembrance for   
all the victims of genocide1 especially 
those of ,armenian ancestry '''2        
,whereas ,house ,joint ,resolution #bdg1
 #ihth ,congress1 agreed to ,september  
#aj1 #aihd1 resolved1 ,that ,april #bd1 
#aihe1 is hereby designated as ,national
 ,day of ,remembrance of ,man's         
,inhumanity to ,man1 and the ,president 
of the ,united ,states is authorized and

 requested to issue a proclamation      
calling upon the people of the ,united  
,states to observe such day as a day of 
remembrance for all the victims of      
genocide1 especially the one and        
one-half million people of ,armenian    
ancestry '''2 ,whereas the ,united      
,states ,holocaust ,memorial ,council1  
an independent ,federal agency1         
unanimously resolved on ,april #cj1     
#aiha1 that the ,united ,states         
,holocaust ,memorial ,museum would      
document the ,armenian ,genocide in the 
,museum1 and has done so through a      
public examination of the historic      
record1 including lectures and the      
maintenance of books1 records1 and      
photographs about the ,genocide2        
,whereas the ,government of the         
,republic of ,turkey has continued its  
international campaign of ,armenian     
,genocide denial1 maintained a blockade 
of ,armenia1 and continues to pressure  
the small but growing ,turkish civil    
society movement for acknowledging the  

,armenian ,genocide2 ,whereas1 in ,april
 #bjaa1 the month of remembrance of the 
,armenian ,genocide1 the ,government of 
the ,republic of ,turkey demolished a   
#ajj-;foot-high statue in the city of   
,kars which was erected to promote      
reconciliation with ,armenia2 ,whereas  
the denial of the ,armenian ,genocide by
 the ,government of the ,republic of    
,turkey has prevented the meaningful    
advancement of a constructive political1
 economic1 and security relationship    
between ,armenia and ,turkey2 and       
,whereas the teaching1 recognition1 and 
commemoration of acts of genocide and   
other crimes against humanity is        
essential to preventing the             
re-occurrence of similar atrocities3    
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that it is the 
sense of the ,senate-- 7#a7 to remember 
and observe the anniversary of the      
,armenian ,genocide on ,april #bd1      
#bjad2  7#b7 that the ,president should 
work toward an equitable1 constructive1 
stable1 and durable ,armenian-,turkish  

relationship that includes the full     
acknowledgment by the ,government of the
 ,republic of ,turkey of the facts about
 the ,armenian ,genocide2 and  7#c7 that
 the ,president should ensure that the  
foreign policy of the ,united ,states   
reflects appropriate understanding and  
sensitivity concerning issues related to
 human rights1 crimes against humanity1 
ethnic cleansing1 and genocide          
documented in the ,united ,states record
 relating to the ,armenian ,genocide4