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BUSH BREAKS HIS PROMISE

Politics

Ignoring calls from a record two hundred and ten U.S. legislators, President Bush failed, once again, to honor his pledge to properly characterize the Armenian Genocide as a "genocide" in his annual April 24th remarks, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

In a statement issued, on April 24th, the annual day of remembrance for the Armenian Genocide, the President again resorted to the use of evasive and euphemistic terminology to obscure the reality of Turkey's genocide against the Armenian people between 1915-1923.

In retreating from his promise, the President ignored the counsel of the one hundred and seventy-eight Representatives and thirty-two Senators who had written letters urging him to properly characterize the Armenian Genocide.

In February of 2000, then presidential candidate George W. Bush, campaigning for votes among Armenian voters in the Michigan Republican primary, pledged to properly characterize the genocidal campaign against the Armenian people.

In his statements as President, he has consistently avoided any clear reference to the Armenian Genocide, and his Administration has consistently opposed legislation marking this crime against humanity.

The ANCA has also expressed concern that the Administration's refusal to recognize the Armenian Genocide reflects a broader unwillingness to confront genocide - as evidenced by the White House's failure to take decisive steps to bring an end to the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan.