,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #acf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april    
#bd1 #bjag ,mr4 ,menendez 7for himself1 
,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4 ,markey1 and ,mr4      
,udall7 submitted the following         
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,senate regarding the #ajbnd        
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 ,whereas1 on ,april #aa1  
#bjad1 the ,committee on ,foreign       
,relations of the ,senate reported      
favorably ,senate ,resolution #daj1     
#aacth ,congress1 expressing the sense  
of the ,senate regarding the anniversary
 of the ,armenian ,genocide1 and calling
 on the ,president to ensure that the   
foreign policy of the ,united ,states   
reflects appropriate understanding and  
sensitivity concerning issues related to
 human rights crimes against humanity1  
ethnic cleansing1 and genocide          
documented in the ,united ,states record
 relating to the ,armenian ,genocide2   
,whereas1 on ,april #ab1 #bjae1 ,pope   
,francis described the atrocities       

perpetrated by the ,ottoman ,turks      
against the ,armenians as the first     
genocide of the #bjth century2 ,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 ,whereas1 
on ,april #bb1 #bjaf1 on the occasion of
 ,armenian ,remembrance ,day1 ,president
 ,barack ,obama referred to the events  
of ,april #aiae as the first mass       
atrocity of the #bjth ,century and      
further called for a full1 frank1 and   
just acknowledgment of the facts2       
,whereas the ,german ,bundestag in ,june
 #bjaf1 and ,danish ,parliament1 in     
,january #bjag1 passed ,armenian        
,genocide resolutions1 thereby joining a
 growing list of legislatures from a    
wide number of countries who recognize  
the ,armenian ,genocide as such2        
,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 
reoccurrence of similar atrocities3     
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that it is the 
sense of the ,senate-- 7#a7 to remember 
and commemorate the #ajbth anniversary  
of the ,armenian ,genocide on ,april    
#bd1 #bjag2  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