Pedros Hajian: US Senate approves Armenian Genocide resolution – 12.12.2019
2) Բեդրոս Հաջիան՝ ԱՄՆ Սենատը միաձայն ընդունել է Հայոց ցեղասպանության ճանաչման բանաձեւը – 12.12.2019
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The U.S. Senate passed the resolution recognizing Armenian Genocide dispute Turkey’s lasting efforts to thwart any attempt, foreign media outlets write on Friday.
U.S. President Donald Trump should now follow suit and recognize the Armenian Genocide, former US Ambassador to UN Samantha Power tweeted.
1) Full text of US Senate’s resolution recognizing Armenian Genocide
The U.S. Senate unanimously adopted resolution calling to commemorate the Armenian Genocide through official recognition and remembrance and to reject efforts to associate the United States Government with denial of the Armenian Genocide.
The U.S. Senate approves unanimous consent request on the adoption of S.Res.150 recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
Bishop Sahag Maşalyan has been elected the 85th Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople.
In September 2015, the UN General Assembly, at the initiative of Armenia, decided to declare December 9 as International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime. The day was chosen because that day in 1948, the General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
After the constitutional amendments of 2015, at least five values, such as culture, science, education, the Armenian language and spiritual heritage, are protected by the state. No norms that contradict these values can be adopted by laws or other normative acts, as they will contradict the Constitution, said a former member of the Supreme Judicial Council, 





