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Siranush
Ghazanchyan, July 5, 2021
Senator for Western Australia,
Rachel Siewert has joined the Joint Justice Initiative and pledged to recognise
the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.
Senator Siewert signed an
affirmation of support for the Joint Justice Initiative, which calls for
Federal Australian recognition of the genocides of 1915.
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 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.
A long standing Perth resident,
Senator Siewert is the Whip of The Australian Greens and Chair of the Senate
Community Affairs References Committee.
Haig Kayserian, Executive
Director of the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU), said that
the Joint Justice Initiative is extremely proud to have another federal
parliamentarian on board.
“On behalf of the
Armenian-Australian, Greek-Australian and Assyrian-Australian communities, we
thank Senator Siewert for her support,” Kayserian said.
The Joint Justice Initiative has
so far announced the support of Siewert, Susan Templeman MP, Adam
Bandt MP, Tim Wilson MP, Senator Janet Rice, Steve Georganas
MP, Michael Sukkar MP, Senator Louise 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 recognise the Turkish-committed Genocides against the
Armenian, Greek and Assyrian citizens of the Ottoman Empire during World W
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