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U.S. Senate Resolution 359
May 11, 1920
66th Congress
2nd Session
S. RES. 359. [Senate Resolution 359]
In the Senate of the United States.
May 11, 1920
Mr. Harding, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following resolution; which was ordered to be placed on the calendar.
May 11 (calendar day, May 13), 1920.
Considered and agreed to.
Resolution
Whereas the testimony adduced at the hearings conducted by the subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations have clearly established the truth of the reported massacres and other atrocities from which the Armenian people have suffered; and
Whereas the people of the United States are deeply impressed by the deplorable conditions of insecurity, starvation, and misery now prevalent in Armenia; and
Whereas the independence of the Republic of Armenia has been duly recognized by the supreme council of the peace conference and by the Government of the United States of America: Therefore be it
Resolved, That a sincere congratulations of the Senate of the United States are hereby extended to the people of Armenia on the recognition of the independence of the Republic of Armenia, without prejudice respecting the territorial boundaries involved; and be it further
Resolved, That the Senate of the United States hereby expresses the hope that stable government, proper protection of individual liberties and rights, and the full realization of nationalistic aspirations may soon be attained by the Armenian people; and be it further
Resolved, That in order to afford necessary protection for the lives and property of citizens of the United States at the port of Batum and along the line of the railroad leading to Baku, the President is hereby requested, if not incompatible with the public interest, to cause a United States warship and a force of marines to be dispatched to such port with instructions to such marines to disembark and to protect American lives and property.
May 11 (calendar day, May 13), 1920. — Considered and agreed to.
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VIRTUAL MUSEUM |
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TEMPORARY EXHIBITION |
On April 23, 2012, AGMI presents a temporary exhibition titled “Book as a witness of the Genocide” dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the Armenian printing and proclamation of Yerevan as 2012 World Book Capital City by UNESCO. The temporary exhibition comprises more than 300 rare first editions and other sources on the subject of the Armenian Genocide.
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SMYRNA DISASTER – 90 |
In September 2012 AGMI presents a temporary exhibition dedicated to the 90th anniversary of “Smyrna disaster” – destruction of the Christian population of Smyrna, one of the major sea ports of the Asia Minor. The fire of Smyrna becomes one of the dramatic episodes of the Armenian genocide carried out this time by Kemalist forces in September 1922.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE STUDIES |
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REMEMBER |
Shahpaz Barsegh was born in 1883 in Constantinople (Ottoman Empire), publicist-editor, social-political figure. He was a victim of the Armenian genocide.
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LEMKIN SCHOLARSHIP |
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EVENTS OF AGMI |
May 1, 2012Christos Malikkidas, the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Cyprus, visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex and put flowers at the Eternal...
April 24, 2012 Stephen W. Clark, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary and Elizabeth Morrison, Acting Senior Curator of...
April 21, 2012 Minister of culture of Romania, Mr. Hunor Kelemen visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex...
April 17, 2012 A group of Turkish participants of USAID supported program on Turkish-Armenian dialogue...
March 30, 2012 A group of Turkish students from California visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex, took a tour of the museum...
March 29, 2012 UK Ambassador to Armenia Catherine Lich visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex, took a tour of the museum and met with the director of the Armenian Genocide Museum and Institute Hayk Demoyan...
March 28, 2012 A group of Cambridge University MA/PhD Students of Department of Politics and International Studies visited Armenian Genocide Museum and took a tour of the museum after which they had a meeting with the director of AGMI Hayk Demoyan...
February 09, 2012 The Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council Nikolay Patrushev, who arrived in Armenia at the invitation of the Secretary of the Armenian Security Council Arthur Baghdasaryan, visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex...
November 10, 2011On November 9, 2011, the granddaughter of Fridtjof Nansen Marit Greve, with the Norwegian delegation, visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex...
November 10, 2011On November 7, 2011, Asya Darbinyan, a graduate research fellow at the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, recently spent four days at the Armenian Research Center conducting research for her dissertation on Near East Relief orphanages ...
November 9, 2011On November 6, 2011, Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna Head of the Russian Imperial House visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex, put flowers at the eternal fire and honored the memory of the innocent victims with a minute of silence ...
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