Mr. Speaker. today we commemorate the events of 77 years ago In eastern Anatolia. a tragedy which to this day is a black mark in world history. From 1915 to 1923. the leaders of this disintegrating Ottoman Empire assisted in the execution of a genocidal campaign against the Armenian people. The forced marches. deportations and mass executions resulted in 1.5 million deaths. Although some. most notably the Turkish Government and its supporters. choose to dispute the facts in this case. the fact3 are really indisputable. Major newspapers ot the time. the diplomatic archives of the United States. Great Britain and Germany. and the United Nations Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities all provide evidence of the existence of the slaughter.
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