S.Res. 320: A resolution calling the President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide.

S.Res. 320: A resolution calling the President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide.

109th Congress · introduced 2005-11-18 · International Affairs · Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10661-10662)

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Where it came from: introduced 2005-11-18 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

A resolution calling the President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide.

Plain summary

Calls on the President: (1) to ensure that U.S. foreign policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the U.S. record relating to the Armenian Genocide and the consequences of the failure to realize a just resolution; and (2) in the President's annual message commemorating the Armenian Genocide to accurately characterize the systematic annihilation of 1,500,000 Armenians as genocide and to recall the history of U.S. intervention in opposition to the Armenian Genocide.

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Official text

A resolution calling the President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] · 34 cosponsors

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Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Jack Reed (D-RI), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)

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Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109sres320.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/sres>

Record fed-us-cong109-sres320 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109