ArmInfo.Congressmen Adam Schiff and David Trott submitted the Resolution on Official Adjudication of Armenian Genocide by United States of America
The Resolution contains a call to the United States to pick lessons from Armenian Genocide in respect to prevent violations at the Middle East taking place today. The document states also that the proper commemoration of the Genocide victims will improve the international position of USA in respect to prevention of genocides today. " Today hundred thousands of religious minorities face the threat of the ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Hence, the adjudication of Armenian Genocide becomes more important, " Schiff mentioned.
The Schiff-Trott initiative was supported by other representatives of Armenian Issues Group in the Congress. Congressmen Valadao, Speier, Bilirakis, and Pallone have already expressed their support to the Resolution.
The Resolution was initialed on March 22, on the same day a special demonstration of the Promise film has been arranged. The movie was made on the initiative of American philanthropist and billionaire Kirk Kirkoryan. The Armenian Support group of the Congress initiated the signatures collection in respect to the letter addressed to the US President Donald Trump, calling to give a proper estimation of 1915 on April 24.