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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 791

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE RESOLUTION

No. 78 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY PILEGGI, ORIE, BOSCOLA, COSTA, KASUNIC, ROBBINS,
           FONTANA, C. WILLIAMS, McILHINNEY, FERLO, TARTAGLIONE,
           RAFFERTY, FOLMER, ARMSTRONG, O'PAKE, ERICKSON, LAVALLE,
           STACK, REGOLA, D. WHITE, PIPPY AND EARLL, APRIL 2, 2007

        REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, APRIL 2, 2007

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Designating April 24, 2007, as "Pennsylvania's Day of
     2     Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923."

     3     WHEREAS, Between 1915 and 1923, the Turkish Ottoman Empire
     4  perpetrated genocide on 1.5 million men, women and children of
     5  Armenian descent; and
     6     WHEREAS, The massacre of the Armenian people attempted to
     7  eliminate all traces of the 3,000-year-old Armenian culture and
     8  constituted a crime against humanity; and
     9     WHEREAS, In order to encourage his followers, Adolph Hitler
    10  asked, "Who remembers the Armenians?" prior to his initiation of
    11  the Holocaust of European Jews; and
    12     WHEREAS, By remembering and openly condemning the atrocities
    13  committed against the Armenians, the Commonwealth affirms the
    14  need for constant vigilance to prevent similar atrocities in the
    15  future; and
    16     WHEREAS, Recognition and public awareness of the 92nd
    17  anniversary of the Armenian genocide is necessary to ensure that

     1  similar acts do not occur in the future; and
     2     WHEREAS, Armenia became a free and democratic republic after
     3  nearly 70 years of oppressive Soviet rule; and
     4     WHEREAS, Armenian Americans residing in Pennsylvania have
     5  greatly enriched this Commonwealth as leaders in business,
     6  agriculture, academia, government and the arts; therefore be it
     7     RESOLVED, That the Senate designate April 24, 2007, as
     8  "Pennsylvania's Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide of
     9  1915-1923"; and be it further
    10     RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
    11  the Armenian National Committee of Pennsylvania.













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