AJR31: Joint Resolution Text

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

1995 Assembly JOINT RESOLUTION 31

April 3, 1995 - Introduced by Representative Wirch, cosponsored by Senator Andrea. Referred to Committee on State Affairs.

AJR31,1,1 Relating to: the Armenian genocide.

AJR31,1,4 Whereas, the extermination of more than 1,500,000 Armenians by the Ottoman Turks and the forced deportation of countless others has been remembered every year since 1915 on April 24 as Armenian Martyrs Day; and

AJR31,1,6 Whereas, 80 years ago Armenians were forced to witness the slaughter of their relatives and the loss of their ancestral homeland; and

AJR31,1,8 Whereas, Turkey continues to deny and distort the facts of the genocide and honors the perpetrators of that crime against humanity as national heroes; and

AJR31,1,11 Whereas, the continuous denial of the Armenian genocide by the present-day Turkish government deprives the Armenian people of the right to their own history; and

AJR31,1,13 Whereas, the Armenian people have not received reparations for their losses; and

AJR31,1,15 Whereas, ancestral Armenian lands have not been returned to the Armenian people; now, therefore, be it

AJR31,2,3 Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of the Wisconsin legislature commemorate this 80th anniversary of the Armenian genocide on April 24, 1995, and urge the citizens of Wisconsin to do the same; and, be it further

AJR31,2,7 Resolved, That the members of the Wisconsin legislature call on the President of the United States to obtain from the present Turkish government an acknowledgment of the genocide that was perpetrated against the Armenians from 1915 to 1923; and, be it further

AJR31,2,9 Resolved, That the assembly chief clerk shall provide a copy of this joint resolution to the President of the United States.

AJR31,2,10 (End)