Australian government passes first-ever motion to recognize Armenian, Assyrian and Greek genocides

Six speakers unanimously debated Australia’s first-ever motion calling on the Australian government to recognize the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek genocides. The motion categorically calls on the federal government to recognize genocide.

The result of the motion represents the will of the Australian Parliament House of Representatives, and it is the first legislative success of the Joint Justice Initiative, formed in February 2020 by the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities. to promote the movement.

MP Trent Zimmerman introduced the motion to parliament which also had government MPs John Alexander and Julian Leeser as speakers, joined by opposition MPs Josh Burns, Steve Georganas and Joel Fitzgibbon, who seconded the motion.

“The House of Representatives has spoken. The largest and most representative legislative chamber of the Australian Parliament has unanimously called on the Australian government to recognize the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek genocides, ”said the executive director of the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) , Haig Kayserian.

“This unanimous result rejects Turkish interference in Australian foreign policy and calls on the Prime Minister of our country and his government to stand alongside the representatives elected by their constituents and characterize genocide as genocide,” Kayserian added. .

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The six speakers unanimously debated in favor of Australia’s first-ever motion to put Australia’s parliamentary agenda, which categorically calls on the federal government to recognize the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek genocides.

Therefore, the most representative house of the Australian Parliament called on the federal government to fulfill the will of the nation and to recognize the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek genocides.

The overall result is an expression of the will of the Australian Parliament House of Representatives and a significant application of pressure on the Australian government, as well as a blow to Turkey’s attempts to silence Canberra on this important human rights issue. the man.

This is the first legislative success of the Joint Justice Initiative, formed in February 2020 by the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities to promote this result.

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For the very first time, a motion has been placed on the agenda of the Australian parliament which categorically calls on the federal government to recognize the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek genocides.

This is the first legislative success of the Joint Justice Initiative, formed in February 2020 by the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities to promote this result.