CANBERRA: Senator Andrew Bragg has joined the Joint Justice Initiative, signing an Affirmation of Support backing Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian calls for national recognition of the 1915 Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire.
The Senator for New South Wales, who is a recent entry into the Parliament following the 2019 Federal Election, was present at the February 2020 launch of the Joint Justice Initiative, which is a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU), Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) and Australian Hellenic Council (AHC).
It declares Australia's recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides as a priority on behalf of their communities.
Bragg, who first learned about the Armenian Genocide during his days at the Australian National University, was happy to ensure his name was registered as a supporter of the Joint Justice Initiative.
"Our communities welcome Senator Bragg as a supporter of our aim to bring Australia to the side of truth and justice on this important issue by calling for our nation's recognition of the Ottoman Genocide of Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks," said ANC-AU Executive Director, Haig Kayserian.
On 25th February 2020, over 100 Federal Australian parliamentarians, diplomats, departmental officials, political staffers, academics, media and community leaders were treated to cultural performances, food, wine and brandy, as well as the historic signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, which affirmed that the signatory public affairs representatives of the three communities were jointly committed to seeing Australia recognise the Turkish-committed Genocide against the Armenian, Greek and Assyrian citizens of the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
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