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Siranush
Ghazanchyan, May
29, 2020, 16:54
Senator Larissa Waters of The
Australian Greens has signed an Affirmation of Support that confirms her
backing for national recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides,
reported the Joint Justice Initiative.
The February 2020 launch of
the Joint Justice Initiative at Australia’s Parliament House featured the
signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by the Armenian National Committee of
Australia (ANC-AU), Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) 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.
Waters was re-elected to the
Senate for a second stint in 2018 after an initial period in the Federal
Parliament from 2011 to 2017. She is also the Deputy Leader of The Australian
Greens, which calls for Federal Australian recognition of the Armenian Genocide
as a party position.
The Queensland representative has
been a strong and vocal advocate for social issues and refugees, among other
causes during her time in public office.
“On behalf of
Armenian-Australians, Assyrian-Australians and Greek-Australians, we thank
Senator Larissa Waters for standing on the side of truth and justice in joining
our growing calls for Australian recognition of the 1915 Genocides committed by
Ottoman Turkey,” said Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU)
Executive Director, Haig Kayserian.
The Joint Justice Initiative has
so far announced the support of Waters, Senator Pat Dodson, Jason
Falinski MP, Josh Burns MP, John Alexander MP, Senator Andrew
Bragg and Bob Katter MP, with a promise of more announcements to
come.
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 recognize the Turkish-committed Genocide against the Armenian,
Greek and Assyrian citizens of the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
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