WASHINGTON, DC – Over the past week, more than twenty new organizations have joined the growing coalition of ethnic, religious, educational, and human and civil rights groups supporting Congressional legislation commemorating the 15th anniversary of U.S. implementation of the Genocide Convention, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

Among those adding their voice this week to the 34 Senators and more than 100 Representatives already backing this legislation (S.Res.164 and H.Res.193) were the American Association for People with Disabilities (Washington, DC), American Society of the University of Haifa (New York, NY), Boston Mobilization (Boston, MA), Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding (Fairfield, CT), Conflict Resolution, Resource, and Research Institute (Tacoma, WA), Congress of Russian Americans (San Francisco, CA), Consultative Council of Jewish Organizations (New York, NY), Corpus Justice (Houston, TX), Council for the development of French in Louisiana (Lafayette, LA), Hellenic News of America (Havertown, PA), Hispanic Committee of Virginia (Falls Church, VA), Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Central Florida (Maitland, FL), Hungarian American Coalition (Washington, DC), Institute for Cultural Partnerships (Harrisburg, PA), Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County (Palm Beach, FL), National Albanian American Council (Washington, DC), National United Black Fund (Newark, NJ), Japan-America Society of Alabama (Birmingham, AL), Slovenian Research Center of America (Willoughby Hills, OH), Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (Washington, DC), and UNITE (New York, NY).

The Genocide Resolution was introduced in the House on April 10th by Representatives George Radanovich (R-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-chairs Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Joe Knollenberg (R-MI). With 110 cosponsors, the legislation (H.Res.193) was unanimously adopted by the Judiciary Committee on May 21st and currently awaits consideration by the full House. Senators John Ensign (R-NV) and Jon Corzine (D-NJ) introduced the Senate version of the resolution (S.Res.164), which currently has 34 co-sponsors. Both the Senate and House versions specifically cite the Armenian Genocide as well as the Holocaust and the Cambodian and Rwandan genocides as instances of past genocide.

The current coalition list in support of the Genocide Resolution is provided below:

American Association for People with Disabilities – Washington, DC
American Friends of the Alliance Israelite Universelle -New York, NY
American Hellenic Institute – Washington, DC
American Hellenic Media Project – New York, NY
American Jewish League for Israel – New York, NY
American Jewish World Service – New York, NY
American Society of the University of Haifa – New York, NY
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee – Washington, DC
Apostolic Exarchate for Armenian Catholics – New York, NY
Arab American Institute – Washington, DC
Armenia Fund USA – New York, NY
Armenian American Democratic Leadership Council – Falls Church, VA
Armenian Assembly – Washington, DC
Armenian Bar Association – Los Angeles, CA
Armenian Council of America – Paramus, NJ and Los Angeles, CA
Armenian Engineers and Scientists Association – Los Angeles, CA
Armenian Evangelical Union of North America
Armenian General Benevolent Union – New York, NY
Armenian Missionary Association of America – Paramus, NJ
Armenian National Committee of America – Washington, DC
Armenian Relief Society – Watertown, MA and Glendale, CA
Armenian Youth Federation of America – Watertown, MA and Glendale, CA
Boston Mobilization – Boston, MA
Brookdale College Center of Holocaust Studies – Lincroft, NJ
Bulgarian Institute for Research and Analysis – Bethesda, MD
Cambodian Association of America – Los Angeles, CA
Campaign to End Genocide-World Federalist Association- Washington, DC
Center for Prevention of Genocide – Arlington, VA
Center for World Indigenous Studies – Olympia, WA
Christian Solidarity International – Westlake Village, CA
Conflict Resolution, Resource, and Research Institute – Tacoma, WA
Congress of Russian Americans – San Francisco, CA
Consultative Council of Jewish Organizations – New York, NY
Corpus Justice – Houston, TX
Council for Jewish Education – Monsey, NY
Council for the development of French in Louisiana – Lafayette, LA
Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church – New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund – Berkley, CA
Federally Employed Women – Washington, DC
Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs – New York, NY
Friends of the New England Holocaust Memorial – Boston, MA
Government Accountability Project – Washington, DC
Hamazkayn Armenian Cultural and Educational Association – Watertown, MA and Glendale, CA
Hellenic American Council – Los Angeles, CA
Hellenic News of America – Havertown, PA
Hispanic Committee of Virginia – Falls Church, VA
Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Central Florida – Maitland, FL
Homenetmen Armenian General Athletic Union – Watertown, MA and Glendale, CA
Hungarian American Coalition- Washington, DC
Institute for Cultural Partnerships- Harrisburg, PA
International Campaign for Tibet – Washington, DC
Japan-America Society of Alabama – Birmingham, AL
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston – Boston, MA
Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County – Palm Beach, FL
Jewish War Veterans of the USA – Washington, DC
Knights of Vartan – New York, NY
Land and Culture Organization – New York, NY
Lao Human Rights Council – Eau Clair, WI
National Albanian American Council – Washington, DC
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) – Baltimore, MD
National Committee for Labor Israel – New York, NY
National Congress of American Indians – Washington, DC
National Council of Churches – Washington, DC
National Lawyers Guild – New York, NY
National Organization of Republican Armenians – Washington, DC
National Organization of Women (NOW) – Washington, DC
National United Black Fund- Newark, NJ
Near East Foundation – New York, NY
Order, Sons of Italy in America – New York, NY
Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church – New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College – New York, NY
Slovenian Research Center of America – Willoughby Hills, OH
Southern Regional Council – Atlanta, GA
Stewardship Project – Indianapolis, IN
Tekeyan Cultural Association – Watertown, MA
The Center for Russian Jewry with Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry – New York, NY
The Center for the Study of Human Rights at Worcester State College – Worcester, MA
Union of Orthodox Rabbis – New York, NY
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations – Washington, DC
UNITE – New York, NY
United Hellenic American Council – Chicago, IL
Women’s American Ort – New York, NY
Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring – New York, NY