To All Armenians on this board
 

For the first time in nearly five years, the
influential U.S. House International Relations Committee will discuss and
vote upon legislation on the Armenian Genocide (H.Res.316 and
H.Con.Res.195). In October of 2000, the panel voted 24 to 11 to
approve the Armenian Genocide Resolution, but the measure was
eventually withdrawn from consideration only minutes before it
was to go before the full House of Representatives.

To watch the live Webcast, visit the website of the
U.S. House International Relations Committee and click on "Live
webcast of meeting."

Thursday, September 15th - 2pm Eastern Time(It started at 10:30am, now they are at lunch, will resume at 2pm)

http://wwwc.house.gov/international_relations

Its about time

this is going to be interesting

it is on right now

Yeah.. it's only taken them about a hundred years.

thanks for the link Lev! :thumbsup

I wonder how many survivors are even in the US nowadays? Probably not many.

not many. 3 survivors are actually sitting there right now

there is a handfull left, my grandfather who was a survivor past away in 1994 at the age of 90, and he used to tell me the stories, and how he and his sister escaped but lost every member of his family. :(

Thanx for the link lev :thumbsup

Thanks for the link Lev listening to it now :thumbsup

ive never even heard of an Armenian until i came to GFY and its loaded with yas... is this genocide thing the reason you all came over to the us? seriously

There are a bunch of people that live in Miami beach that were there. They have some of the saddest stories.

Yeap, after the Genocide, 1.5 million Armenians died and another half million got scattered all around the world, including the U.S. Armenians first came to Worcester, MA, then from there to all over, with California having the biggest Armenian population in the U.S (close to a million). There are more Armenians in California than in Armenia's capital, Yerevan :)

they are voting right now!

33 Yes and 11 No!!!

mr smith needs a beating

I agree!

interesting :thumbsup:

Both bills got passed! History in making :)

Long Live Andre Agassi!!!

what will the bill resolve?

What did the acknowledgment of Holocaust resolve? The whole world learned of the attrocities that Nazi Germany commited against Jews. Do not forget that Genocide is the worst crime against humanity, it is a systematic and deliberate exterminations of an entire race! If the plans of Nazi Germany and the Ottoman Empire were fully completed, there will be no Jews or Armenians in the world.

This bill is so important, because if the most powerful country in the world recognizes this atrocity, other nations will follow and you will have an international recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

hmmm interesting :)

Ok, see this is a neccessary action, since until you informed me I had no idea this happened to the armenians, I hope they soon do the same for cubans in cuba. Recognize tha tcastro has killed millions

Thanks for the link Lev, lets hope some good comes out of this. Its about time man.

Glad to see fellow Armenians on this board. Thanks for the info Lev.

Thanks for the Info Lev.

FYI: April 24th is International Armenian Genocide Memorial day.