Madam Speaker. today I rise to mark the anniversary of the Armenian genocide which began on this date EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS. Vol. 154. Pt. 5 ninetythree years ago. From 19151923 the Ottoman Empire carried out the deportation of approximately 2 million Armenian men. women. and children from their homeland of which 1.5 million were killed. And to this day. neither the Ottoman nor Turkish govemments have been held to account for their involvement. The 20th century witnessed some of the worst violence and atrocities in history: the attempted extermination of the Jewish people during the Holocaust. Tutsis slaughtering Hutus in Rwanda.
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