A new Armenian Genocide resolution is being introduced in the House of Representatives this week.

Also, going beyond the genocide issue, Armenian-Americans may introduce several other resolutions in Congress this year involving Armenian-Turkish relations, according to The California Courier publisher Harut Sassounian.

As Mr. Sassounian stated in his article, the resolutions will include urge for Turkey to return the expropriated Armenian churches to the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul, allowing them to function as churches, not museums, mosques, or touristic sites.

Honoring the distinguished jurist Raphael Lemkin who coined the term genocide, influenced by the mass murder of Armenians in 1915 will also be addressed.

The resolutions will advocate the lifting of the blockade of Armenia imposed by Turkey and Azerbaijan; and supporting the protection of human rights of all minorities in Turkey (Alevis, Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks, Jews, and Kurds).