S.C.R. No. 75 Summary

• Acknowledges the genocide committed against Assyrians between 1915-1923 by Ottoman Turks and the Seyfo genocide committed in 1933 in Iraq, in which approximately two-thirds of the Assyrian population was killed.

• Notes that approximately 6,000 Assyrians were murdered in Simele in August 1933 by the Iraqi army and irregular Kurdish and Arab forces.

• Urges the governments of Turkey and Iraq to formally recognize the Assyrian genocide and provide scholars access to historical archives and relevant documents.

• References the International Association of Genocide Scholars' finding that the Assyrian genocide was part of a larger campaign against Christian minorities including Armenians and Greeks.

• Directs transmission of certified copies to the Governor, U.S. Secretary of State, Presidents of Turkey and Iraq, and the International Association of Genocide Scholars.