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Federal Senator for Western
Australia, Louise Pratt has joined Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and
Greek-Australian calls for national recognition of the 1915 Genocide committed
against their ancestors by the Ottoman Empire, by signing an Affirmation
of Support backing 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.
Pratt has been a vociferous
advocate on social issues since first entering Federal Parliament in 2008,
prior to which she spent eight years serving in the Western Australian State
Parliament.
“Senator Louise Pratt has long
engaged with our communities on this issue, and we Armenian-Australians,
Assyrian-Australians and Greek-Australians thank her for adding her voice to
calls for Australian recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek
Genocides,” said Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Executive
Director, Haig Kayserian.
“We believe it is time Australia
joins righteous nations in standing for truth and justice on this issue, and
are delighted to be joined in our advocacy by Senator Pratt.”
The Joint Justice Initiative has
so far announced the support of Pratt, Warren Entsch, Joel Fitzgibbon
MP, Andrew Wilkie MP, Julian Leeser MP, Michelle Rowland
MP, Senator Paul Scarr, Tony Zappia MP, Senator Sarah
Hanson-Young, Senator Hollie Hughes, Senator Rex Patrick, Mike
Freelander MP, Senator Eric Abetz, Senator Larissa
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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