ACKNOWLEDGING AND URGING TURKEY AND IRAQ TO RECOGNIZE THE GENOCIDE COMMITTED AGAINST ASSYRIANS BETWEEN 1915-1933.

Hawaii's SCR 109 acknowledges the genocide against Assyrians committed between 1915 and 1933, including the 1933 Simele massacre in Iraq, and urges Turkey and Iraq to formally recognize these events as genocide. The resolution calls on both nations to provide scholars with access to historical archives and documents related to the genocide. It directs certified copies to be sent to the U.S. Secretary of State, the leaders of Turkey and Iraq, and the International Association of Genocide Scholars. As a non-binding resolution, it expresses Hawaii's official stance without creating legal obligations.