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HCONRES 148 105th Congress House International Affairs Anniversaries Armenians Christianity Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commemorations Congress Congressional tributes Crime and Law Enforcement Crimes against humanity Europe Genocide Greek Americans History Middle East and North Africa Religion Religious liberty Turkey Victims of crimes

Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the burning of Smyrna and honoring the memory of its civilian victims, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 9, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Sep 9, 1997
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Sep 9, 1997
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Joins the Hellenic and the Armenian American communities in honoring the memory of the victims of Smyrna in 1922 and the millions of Orthodox Christians who perished in the genocidal campaign in Asia Minor from 1894 to 1923.

Calls for: (1) the United States to encourage the Republic of Turkey to take all appropriate steps to acknowledge these crimes against humanity and commemorate the victims at Smyrna; and (2) the restoration and preservation of an accurate history of such events so that such atrocities may never be repeated.

What's happening now September 9, 1997

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

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