Mr. Speaker, today I am proud to stand with those the world over to remember the Armenian genocide on this its 82nd anniversary.
The world community recognizes that 1.5 million Armenians were massacred in 1915 yet it has not recognized this massacre as a genocide. The United Nations defines genocide as the direct physical destruction of another racial or national group.
We might well ask when will justice based on historical truth prevail.
Succeeding generations of Armenians the world over have not and never shall rest content until justice is served, nor shall any person of goodwill.