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Defeat of House Resolution on "Armenian Genocide"

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2017

Sean D. Murphy
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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 95 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 396 - 397
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2001

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References

1 See Mufson, Steven, Local Politics Is Global as Hill Turns to Armenia, Wash. Post, Oct. 9, 2000, at A1.Google Scholar

2 H.R. Res. 596, 106th Cong. (2000).

3 Id.§2(l).

4 Id. §3 (2). For an example of the president’s annual message, see Statement Commemorating the Deportation and Massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 36 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 916 (Apr. 24, 2000).Google Scholar

5 See Moore, Molly & John Ward, Anderson, Turkey Warns of Retaliation If U.S. Makes Genocide Charge, Wash. Post, Oct. 6, 2000, at A22.Google Scholar

6 Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives on a Resolution on Armenian Genocide, 36 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 2517 (Oct. 19, 2000).Google Scholar

7 See Hastert, J. Dennis, U.S. Speaker of the House, U.S. House of Representatives Press Release on Armenian Genocide Resolution (Oct. 19, 2000), at <http://speaker.house.gov/library/irdefense/001020armenia.asp>>Google Scholar; Schmitt, Eric, House Backs Off on Turkish Condemnation, N.Y. Times, Oct. 20, 2000, at A15.Google Scholar By contrast, in November 2000, the European Parliament adopted a resolution declaring the massacres of Armenians to be genocide. See Eur. Pari. Res. A5-0297/2000 (Nov. 15, 2000); European Parliament Accuses Turkey of Genocide, Wash. Post, Nov. 16, 2000, at A31. Further, as of March 2001, 15 state legislatures in the United States had adopted resolutions recognizing the Armenian killings as genocide. See Montgomery, Lori, Maryland Drawn into a Distant Dispute, Wash. Post, Mar. 26, 2001, at B1.Google Scholar