Bill Text: IA SR102 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution recognizing the month of April 2012 as Genocide Awareness Month.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-18 - Resolution filed, referred to Rules & Administration. S.J. 84. [SR102 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SR102-Introduced.html
Senate
Resolution
102
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Introduced
SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
102
BY
DANIELSON
A
Resolution
recognizing
the
month
of
April
2012
as
1
Genocide
Awareness
Month.
2
WHEREAS,
the
dawn
of
the
20th
century
was
welcomed
3
as
an
age
of
science,
an
age
of
enlightenment,
and
an
4
age
of
prosperity
and
peace;
and
5
WHEREAS,
the
20th
century
also
brought
a
century
of
6
misery
and
death,
including
the
Musa
Dagh
resistance
in
7
1915
followed
by
the
Armenian
persecution,
the
Rape
of
8
Nanking
in
1937,
the
Holocaust
of
the
1930s
and
1940s,
9
the
killings
in
Cambodia
in
1975,
the
massacres
in
10
Bosnia
in
1992,
the
slaughter
in
Rwanda
in
1994,
and
11
now
in
the
21st
century
the
displacements
and
deaths
in
12
Darfur;
and
13
WHEREAS,
all
of
these
tragedies,
separated
by
time
14
and
distance,
have
one
common
thread,
the
murder
of
15
men,
women,
and
children,
young
and
old
alike,
based
16
only
on
where
they
lived,
what
God
they
worshipped,
17
what
language
they
spoke,
or
to
what
community
they
18
belonged;
and
19
WHEREAS,
this
phenomenon
of
organized
mass
murder
20
was
given
a
unique
name,
genocide,
in
the
last
21
century;
and
22
WHEREAS,
in
the
last
100
years
genocide
has
23
brought
death
and
destruction
to
tens
of
millions
of
24
people;
and
25
WHEREAS,
in
the
dawn
of
the
21st
century
the
world
26
community
must
dedicate
itself
to
the
task
of
ending
27
genocide
and
creating
the
age
of
prosperity
and
peace
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that
was
dreamed
of
over
a
century
ago;
NOW
THEREFORE,
1
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
the
Senate
2
recognizes
the
month
of
April
2012
as
Genocide
3
Awareness
Month
and
urges
Iowa’s
schools,
universities,
4
and
civic
organizations
to
raise
public
awareness
5
of
the
history
and
horror
of
genocide
and
encourages
6
public
debate
on
how
genocide
may
be
eliminated.
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