HI SR90

Acknowledges the genocide committed against Assyrians between 1915 and 1923 by Ottoman Turks, during which approximately two-thirds of the Assyrian population were killed in the Ottoman Empire and Persia.

Acknowledges the Seyfo genocide of August 1933, when approximately 6,000 Assyrians were murdered in Simele in modern-day Iraq by the Iraqi army and irregular Kurdish and Arab forces.

Urges the governments of Turkey and Iraq to recognize the genocide against Assyrians and provide scholars access to historical archives and relevant documents.

Notes that the International Association of Genocide Scholars determined the Assyrian genocide was part of a larger campaign against Christian minorities including Armenians and Pontian and Anatolian Greeks.

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