Senate Concurrent Resolution 15 Summary

• Designates 2015 as "Delaware Year of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923," recognizing the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks killed by the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

• Acknowledges the Armenian Genocide as an issue of international and historic significance requiring resolution based on truth and justice.

• Urges the Republic of Turkey to acknowledge the facts of the Armenian Genocide and work toward a just resolution.

• Calls upon Delaware citizens, the U.S. Congress, and the President to formally recognize and reaffirm that the atrocities committed against the Armenian people constituted genocide.

• Recognizes Delaware's Armenian-American community and the historical role of Near East Relief, which delivered $117 million in humanitarian assistance between 1915 and 1930, saving over one million refugees.