Washington, DC – Sixty members of the U.S. Congress have signed a bipartisan, bicameral letter led by Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) calling for U.S. leadership in holding Azerbaijan accountable for committing war crimes, taking hostages, and illegally occupying Armenian territory – before the COP29 United Nations climate summit in Baku this November, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). “Having faced no accountability for its genocidal ethnic cleansing of Artsakh, it is incumbent on world leaders to use the COP29 summit (more...)

-- Exhibit Chronicles Azerbaijani Aggression against Artsakh’s Indigenous Armenians and the Need for Accountability

Washington, DC – The powerful photo exhibit “Real-Time Genocide: Artsakh,” featuring the works of photojournalist Davit Ghahramanyan, ran from September 19 – 27th, 2024 at the Russell Senate Office Building Rotunda. The exhibit, made possible through the efforts of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), captured the horrors of Azerbaijan and Turkey’s attacks in 2020 against Artsakh and its devastating aftermath (more...)

WASHINGTON, DC – The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) engaged in high-level talks with Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) last week regarding the urgent need for robust U.S. action to hold Azerbaijan accountable for the genocidal ethnic cleansing of Artsakh’s (Nagorno Karabakh) indigenous Armenian population. The discussion emphasized the importance of implementing comprehensive U.S. sanctions, providing lifesaving humanitarian aid to the 120,000 forcibly displaced Artsakh Armenians, and international guarantees for their safe return to their homes.  Senator Peters reaffirmed (more...)

-- ANCA Program Features Bipartisan Congressional Calls for Azerbaijani Accountability

Washington, DC— U.S. lawmakers, Armenian community advocates, coalition partners, and Artsakh Genocide survivors gathered on Capitol Hill at the ANCA's “Accountability | 2024” event, marking a full year of impunity for Azerbaijan’s September 19-20, 2023, military offensive and ethnic cleansing of Artsakh. Azerbaijan’s attack, after ten months of blockade, culminated in the genocide of over 120,000 indigenous Armenians from their historic Artsakh homeland. (more...)

-- ANCA backs passage of Artsakh Revenue Recovery Act

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) – the ANCA endorsed candidate for California’s U.S. Senate seat – has introduced a bi-partisan bill (H.R.9666) to seize Azerbaijani assets for transfer to an Artsakh Revenue Recovery Fund that would be established to compensate Armenians forcibly driven from Artsakh for lost revenue resulting from Azerbaijan’s genocidal ethnic cleansing. (more...)