,h4 ,,res4 #bif  ,in the ,house of      
,representatives1 ,u4 ,s41  ,october    
#bi1 #bjai  ,,resolution  ,whereas the  
,united ,states has a proud history of  
recognizing and condemning the ,armenian
 ,genocide1 the killing of #a4e million 
,armenians by the ,ottoman ,empire from 
#aiae to #aibc1 and providing relief to 
the survivors of the campaign of        
genocide against ,armenians1 ,greeks1   
,assyrians1 ,chaldeans1 ,syriacs1       
,arameans1 ,maronites1 and other        
,christians2 ,whereas the ,honorable    
,henry ,morgenthau1 ,united ,states     
,ambassador to the ,ottoman ,empire from
 #aiac to #aiaf1 organized and led      
protests by officials of many countries 
against what he described as the        
empire's campaign of race extermination1
 and was instructed on ,july #af1 #aiae1
 by ,united ,states ,secretary of ,state
 ,robert ,lansing that the ,department  
approves your procedure 99 99 99 to stop
 ,armenian persecution2 ,whereas        
,president ,woodrow ,wilson encouraged  

the formation of the ,near ,east        
,relief1 chartered by an ,act of        
,congress1 which raised #aaf1jjj1jjj    
7over #b1ejj1jjj1jjj in #bjai dollars7  
between #aiae and #aicj1 and the ,senate
 adopted resolutions condemning these   
massacres2 ,whereas ,raphael ,lemkin1   
who coined the term genocide in #aidd1  
and who was the earliest proponent of   
the ,united ,nations ,convention on the 
,prevention and ,punishment of          
,genocide1 invoked the ,armenian case as
 a definitive example of genocide in the
 #bjth century2 ,whereas1 as displayed  
in the ,united ,states ,holocaust       
,memorial ,museum1 ,adolf ,hitler1 on   
ordering his military commanders to     
attack ,poland without provocation in   
#aici1 dismissed objections by saying   
who1 after all1 speaks today of the     
annihilation of the ,armenians81 setting
 the stage for the ,holocaust2 ,whereas 
the ,united ,states has officially      
recognized the ,armenian ,genocide1     
through 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 ,proclamation ,no4    
#dhch on ,april #bb1 #aiha1 and by      
,house ,joint ,resolution #adh1 adopted 
on ,april #h1 #aige1 and ,house ,joint  
,resolution #bdg1 adopted on ,september 
#aj1 #aihd2 and ,whereas the ,elie      
,wiesel ,genocide and ,atrocities       
,prevention ,act of #bjah 7,public ,law 
#aae-dda7 establishes that atrocities   
prevention represents a ,united ,states 
national interest1 and affirms that it  
is the policy of the ,united ,states to 
pursue a ,united ,states                
,government-wide strategy to identify1  
prevent1 and respond to the risk of     
atrocities by strengthening diplomatic  
response and the effective use of       
foreign assistance to support           
appropriate transitional justice        
measures1 including criminal            

accountability1 for past atrocities3    
,now1 therefore1 be it ,that it is the  
sense of the ,house of ,representatives 
that it is the policy of the ,united    
,states to--  7#a7 commemorate the      
,armenian ,genocide through official    
recognition and remembrance2  7#b7      
reject efforts to enlist1 engage1 or    
otherwise associate the ,united ,states 
,government with denial of the ,armenian
 ,genocide or any other genocide2 and   
7#c7 encourage education and public     
understanding of the facts of the       
,armenian ,genocide1 including the      
,united ,states role in the humanitarian
 relief effort1 and the relevance of the
 ,armenian ,genocide to modern-day      
crimes against humanity4  ,clerk4