Mr. President. last month. I joined in cosponsoring Senate Joint Resolution 212. which designates April 24. 1990. as a national day of remembrance of the 75th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. At the beginning of World War I. some 2.5 million Armenians lived in the Ottoman Empire. By 1923. 60 percent of this populationan estimated 1.5 million Armeniansdied as a result of policies pursued by the Ottoman rulers. Regarding the Armenian culture as alien and the Armenian demand for tolerance and freedom as unacceptable. the empire embarked upon a deliberate campaign to eliminate the Armenian people through deportation and death.
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