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HI HR167

Resolution

Official Source

Status

Passed

3/29/2016

Primary Sponsor

Angus McKelvey

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Origin

House of Representatives

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Honors and recognizes the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, an ethnically Armenian region in the South Caucasus with a significant place in Armenian history and culture
  • Acknowledges the region's December 10, 1991 independence vote and its role as a catalyst for the fall of the Soviet Union
  • Recognizes the people's perseverance through war, economic hardship, and other adversities over the past two decades, and commends their free and fair elections as a regional model
  • Encourages the international community to recognize the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic as a free, independent, and sovereign democracy
  • Directs transmission of certified copies to the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic representatives and to the President of the United States, Congressional leaders, and Hawaii's congressional delegation

Legislative Description

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic; Honor; Recognition

Last Action

Resolution adopted in final form.

3/29/2016

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