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TODAY: House of Representatives to Debate Australian Recognition of Armenian Genocide
Monday, 29 November 2021
- For the first time ever, a Motion has made the Australian parliamentary agenda that outright calls on the Federal Government to recognise the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides
- If the majority of speakers debate in favour of the motion, Australia’s most representative parliamentary chamber would be calling on the Federal government to fulfil the nation’s will and recognise the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides
- The debate is scheduled to take place in the Australian Parliament’s Federation Chamber at between 6:15 pm and 6:45 pm (Local Time) on Monday 29th November 2021. Please watch at www.facebook.com/ancaustralia
CANBERRA: On Monday 29th November 2021, the Federal Parliament’s House of Representatives will debate a Motion calling on the Australian Government to recognise the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek Genocides, reports the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU). This major leap in recognition follows in the footsteps of the historic 2018 motion which recgonised the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides through the prism of Australia's first major international humanitarian relief effort, which was to aid survivors of the genocides of 1915.The Motion, which is being moved by Trent Zimmerman (MP for North Sydney) proposes that the Australian government uphold its commitment to the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide by recognising “the genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1923 of Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks and other Christian minorities…”.
This motion comes 22 months following the launch of the Joint Justice Initiative which featured the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU), Assyrian National Council – Australia (ANC) and Australian Hellenic Council (AHC), which declares Australia's recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides as a priority on behalf of their communities.Since then, over 40 Federal parliamentarians have joined the Joint Justice Initiative pledging to support calls for national recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.“We have long known that the Australian people stand for recognition and justice for the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides, and it is our expectation that their elected officials in Canberra will use this motion to collectively call on the Federal government to stand on the right of history,” said Executive Director of the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU), Haig Kayserian.
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