,,iii #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 ,,res4 #aej ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,april #i1 #bjai ,mr4 ,menendez 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,ms4 ,stabenow1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,mr4 ,schumer1 ,mr4 ,gardner1 ,mr4 ,udall1 and ,ms4 ,harris7 submitted the following resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations ,,resolution ,expressing the sense of the ,senate that it is the policy of the ,united ,states to commemorate the ,armenian ,genocide through official recognition and remembrance4 ,whereas the ,united ,states has a proud history of recognizing and condemning the ,armenian ,genocide1 the killing of an estimated #a1ejj1jjj ,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 ,sr41 ,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 a campaign of race extermination1 and1 on ,july #af1 #aiae1 was instructed by ,united ,states ,secretary of ,state ,robert ,lansing that the ,department approves your procedure ''' to stop ,armenian persecution2 ,whereas ,president ,woodrow ,wilson encouraged the formation of ,near ,east ,relief1 chartered by an ,act of ,congress1 which raised approximately #aaf1jjj1jjj 7more than #b1ejj1jjj1jjj in #bjai dollars7 between #aiae and #aicj1 and the ,senate adopted resolutions condemning the massacres2 ,whereas ,raphael ,lemkin1 who coined the term genocide in #aidd and who was the earliest proponent of the ,united ,nations ,convention on the ,prevention and ,punishment of the ,crime 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 saying1 ,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 ,genocide-- 7#a7 through the ,may #bh1 #aiea1 written statement of the ,united ,states ,government to the ,international ,court of ,justice regarding the ,convention on the ,prevention and ,punishment of the ,crime of ,genocide and ,proclamation ,no4 #dhch issued by ,president ,ronald ,reagan on ,april #bb1 #aiha2 and 7#b7 by ,house ,joint ,resolution #adh1 #idth ,congress1 agreed to ,april #h1 #aige1 and ,house ,joint ,resolution #bdg1 #ihth ,congress1 agreed to ,september #aj1 #aihd2 and ,whereas the ,elie ,wiesel ,genocide and ,atrocities ,prevention ,act of #bjah 7,public ,law #aae-dda7 establishes that the prevention of atrocities is a national interest of the ,united ,states 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 ,senate that it is the policy of the ,united ,states-- 7#a7 to commemorate the ,armenian ,genocide through official recognition and remembrance2 7#b7 to 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 to encourage education and public understanding of the facts of the ,armenian ,genocide1 including the role of the ,united ,states in humanitarian relief efforts1 and the relevance of the ,armenian ,genocide to modern-day crimes against humanity4