Armenian genocide resolution H. Res. 106 is in process of discussion and critical vote nears in few minutes. Below is the opening statement by the chairman of House Committee on Foreign Affairs Tom Lantos.

The Massachusetts Council of Churches unequivocally recognizes the Armenian Genocide, launched on April 24, 1915 and continued through 1923, which resulted in the annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians in Ottoman Turkey and the deportation of almost the entire Armenian population from its ancestral lands in Asia Minor. The Armenian Genocide marked the first modern instance of genocide conducted as a policy of state...

For the first time in history a member of the Turkish parliament recognized the 1915 events and spoke of restitution of the despoiled property, independent French journalist Jean Eckian told PanARMENIAN.Net.

The Socialist Party of France will struggle for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey. The Genocide recognition must become the main precondition for Turkey’s accession to the European Union, head of the French Socialist Party Delegation, the Party’s First Secretary Francois Hollande said.

Today the “Liberal Jews of Great Britain” visited the Genocide museum and institute in Yerevan, Armenia. As the museum's director, Hayk Demoyan, told panorama.am, rabbis Danny Rich and Ruth Barnett were part of the delegation. A seminar and dialogue titled “The Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire” was held. The visit by the rabbis had a pre-planned program.

Sources within both the Administration and Congress confirmed the withdrawal of Richard Hoagland's nomination as America's next Ambassador to Armenia, reports the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

The Armenian Assembly of America welcomed the news that Congressman John P. Sarbanes (D-MD) has officially joined the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues this week, bringing the total Caucus membership to 155.

Another important milestone on the journey to UK Recognition of the Genocide was passed on July 11.

The Armenian National Committee of America - Eastern Region (ANCA-ER) is pleased to announce that Connecticut has joined Colorado, Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode Island to become the fifth state with a complete Congressional delegation in support of both H. Res. 106 and S. Res. 106. Grassroots activists played a key role in gaining Congressional cosponsorship of the resolution.